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Vancouver's arts and culture bleeding out in “steady migration", warn city creatives

One of Vancouver's most creative and unique spaces is so obscure it takes a Youtube video to find it: through an alley, behind the blackbird-painted door across from some dumpsters, and up a creaky ...
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B.C., Ottawa sign health agreement worth $1.4 billion, $65 million for overdoses

Money from Ottawa to fight an ongoing overdose crisis helped sway British Columbia into signing a new 10-year, $1.4 billion health funding deal, says the province's health minister. Terry Lake stood ...
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BC Attorney General

British Columbia's representative for children and youth is urging the province's attorney general to intervene in the case of a Metis toddler being adopted to non-aboriginal parents in Ontario. Mary ...
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B.C. Premier Clark backs away from hacking allegations against Opposition NDP

It's not the apology B.C. New Democrat Leader John Horgan has demanded, but British Columbia Premier Christy Clark now admits she jumped to conclusions when she blamed the Opposition for hacking her ...
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A Brimful of Asha offers a hilarious take on marriage and tradition

Warm, humorous and thought-provoking, "A Brimful of Asha" brings audiences into the life of a traditional Indo-Canadian household, reflecting on the many challenges surrounding marriage. Why Not ...
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Canada's Pavillion Labeled as an Embarrassment, Lack of Snow on Cypress Becomes a Late-Night Punchline, and Olympic Skytrain Waits are Downgraded

Labeled as an "embarrassment" to the country and a "rinky-dink" effort by the 2010 host country, many are voicing sheer outrage and disappointment on the $10 million pavilion. However, Heritage ...
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Kevin Grandia

Is your pension fund or insurance company a leader or laggard when it comes to avoiding risky bets on the future impacts of climate change? A new survey finds that major Canadian institutional ...
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Harper says Canada not for sale, as Conservatives approve CNOOC Nexen buy-out

Following the Conservative government's approval of a $15 billion sale of Calgary-based Nexen Inc. by a state-owned Chinese enterprise, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today that "Canada is ...
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north vancouver

While Emily Carr University makes headlines for the announcement of its new $133 million campus, a $1.3 million shortfall for Capilano University means the institution is planning to eliminate ...
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Occupy Vancouver camper wins Last Candidate Standing election debate

Light sabres. Pineapples. Saxophones. Bribery with Canadian Tire money. Vancouver municipal election 2011: Not your usual election props, but at the idiosyncratic Last Candidate Standing election ...
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Canada-China FIPPA agreement may be unconstitutional, treaty law expert says

With two weeks remaining before the controversial Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act (FIPPA) is ratified, international investment law and treaty expert Gus Van Harten says ...
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Ottawa gives conditional approval to giant LNG project for B.C. coast

The federal government gave conditional approval Tuesday to the massive Pacific NorthWest LNG project planned for British Columbia's northwest coast. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Natural ...