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WestJet cancels 100-plus flights as pilot strike looms and customers scramble

WestJet cancels 100-plus flights as pilot strike looms and customers scramble

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Telus offering buyouts after investing in customer service tech, self-serve options

Telus offering buyouts after investing in customer service tech, self-serve options

VANCOUVER — Telus says it's offering buyouts to a large group of employees and anticipates several hundred workers will take them.
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Music festivals return to B.C. despite surging operation costs

Music festivals return to B.C. despite surging operation costs

Organizers are finding creative ways to keep festivals on stage and sustainable
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Changing strata law to 55-plus not a blanket ban on young

Changing strata law to 55-plus not a blanket ban on young

Some B.C. strata corporations have changed or plan to change to a 55-plus age regulation to get around a new provincial law that stops a ban on condo rentals
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Lafarge to make synthetic wax from CO2 captured at B.C. cement plant

Lafarge to make synthetic wax from CO2 captured at B.C. cement plant

Captured CO2 to make 1.5 barrels per day of precursor used in plastics, cosmetics, lubricants
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B.C. inflation cools to 4.3% in April: StatCan

B.C. inflation cools to 4.3% in April: StatCan

Province's inflation rate below national rate for first time in a year
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Newmont gobbles up Australian miner and B.C. mines

Newmont gobbles up Australian miner and B.C. mines

Newmont acquired Goldcorp. in 2019, now acquiring Brucejack, Red Chris mines
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Metro Vancouver real estate enters ‘weird’ spring market

Metro Vancouver real estate enters ‘weird’ spring market

Pent-up buyer demand drives multiple offers, bidding wars and increase in activity
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Rob Shaw: Old Town, new signs, as NDP tries to sweep away Royal BC Museum debacle

Rob Shaw: Old Town, new signs, as NDP tries to sweep away Royal BC Museum debacle

After 16 months, the RBCM has settled on 'contextual panels' as a solution to decolonize the exhibit
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Canada announces plans to place King Charles on $20 bill, coins

Canada announces plans to place King Charles on $20 bill, coins

The image of King Charles will eventually replace the queen on Canada's $20 bill and its coins, the federal government announced during Saturday's coronation events.
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