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Survey: Pessimism over the economy, personal finances in Canada is up across the country

Survey: Pessimism over the economy, personal finances in Canada is up across the country

Every six months, Research Co. and Glacier Media ask Canadians about the state of finances in the country and inside their homes.
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Ex-Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­mayor's book describes political work to decriminalize drugs in B.C.

Ex-Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­mayor's book describes political work to decriminalize drugs in B.C.

Kennedy Stewart describes how decriminalization of small drug possession came to be.
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Rob Shaw: Eby selects Penny Ballem as his special adviser on health

Rob Shaw: Eby selects Penny Ballem as his special adviser on health

Throughout her career, Ballem has made a practice out of telling politicians what they don’t want to hear, when they need to hear it.
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Energy stocks help lift S&P/TSX composite higher as price of oil rises

Energy stocks help lift S&P/TSX composite higher as price of oil rises

TORONTO — Strength in the energy sector as the price of oil rose helped Canada's main stock index climb in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets were in the red. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 56.09 points at 20,513.55.
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Two B.C. judicial complaints investigated in 2021

Two B.C. judicial complaints investigated in 2021

B.C. provincial court received 211 complaints for 2021, down from the 352-complaint high in 2017.
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UBC regrets handling of Turpel-Lafond, as she loses honour at different university

UBC regrets handling of Turpel-Lafond, as she loses honour at different university

VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia says it deeply regrets its handling of the case of retired judge and former law professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, who was the subject of a CBC investigation about her claims of Indigenous heritage.
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Inside Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Mayor Ken Sim’s first six weeks in office

Inside Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Mayor Ken Sim’s first six weeks in office

Orientation briefings from senior bureaucrats, introductions to B.C. and federal cabinet ministers and city council meetings dominated Ken Sim’s first month-and-a-half schedule as Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­mayor.
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Food inflation remains stubbornly high despite efforts to quell inflation

Food inflation remains stubbornly high despite efforts to quell inflation

TORONTO — Food inflation outpaced overall inflation for months, with grocery prices hitting double-digit increases in 2022, and economists say it will take longer to subside than overall inflation.
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Kennedy Stewart returns to university, may not be done with politics

Kennedy Stewart returns to university, may not be done with politics

Three months after losing the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­mayoralty to Ken Sim, Kennedy Stewart said he is excited to be back at Simon Fraser University with a promotion.
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Outlook 2023: The bill for Canada’s long run of low-interest rates is coming due in 2023

Outlook 2023: The bill for Canada’s long run of low-interest rates is coming due in 2023

The year that just ended threw up some big surprises, including the first land war in Europe since 1945, spiralling inflation and an exceptionally compressed cycle of monetary policy tightening engineered by central banks caught off guard by soaring
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