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Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales down in August

Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales down in August

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, fell 0.6 per cent to $81.9 billion in August.
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Rob Shaw: Eby faces tough sell enticing Green voters to NDP

Rob Shaw: Eby faces tough sell enticing Green voters to NDP

Greens likely haven't forgotten BC NDP efforts to wipe them off electoral map
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Opinion: Poor policy decisions have helped B.C.’s forestry decline

Opinion: Poor policy decisions have helped B.C.’s forestry decline

Provincial leaders must consider what can be done to improve the outlook for a foundational industry
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Independents and party breakdowns making B.C. election hard to predict

Independents and party breakdowns making B.C. election hard to predict

Advance voting is already underway. General voting day is Oct. 19.
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Stock market today: Wall Street gains ground and adds to its records

Stock market today: Wall Street gains ground and adds to its records

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes closed higher on Wall Street, adding to their all-time highs. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% Monday to build on its record set Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average came back from an early loss to add 0.
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Opinion: A return to massive deficits will bring fiscal austerity to B.C.

Opinion: A return to massive deficits will bring fiscal austerity to B.C.

A return to chronic operating deficits is one factor behind the weakening of B.C.’s overall public finances
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India recalls ambassador from Canada in growing dispute over assassination of Sikh activist

NEW DELHI (AP) — India said Monday it is recalling its ambassador and other diplomats from Canada, hours after it rejected a Canadian notification that the ambassador was a “person of interest” in the assassination of a Sikh activist last year.
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Eby urges Green voters to 'stick together' with NDP to keep Conservatives from office

Eby urges Green voters to 'stick together' with NDP to keep Conservatives from office

SQUAMISH, B.C. — New Democrat Leader David Eby is urging Green voters in British Columbia's tight election to back the NDP to keep John Rustad's B.C.
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Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Inflation Statistics Canada will release its latest reading for inflation on Tuesday when it publishes its consumer price index for September.
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No place for violence in B.C. politics as police investigate bomb threat, says Eby

No place for violence in B.C. politics as police investigate bomb threat, says Eby

LANGLEY, B.C. — Violence should have no place in British Columbia politics, said New Democrat Leader David Eby as police investigated a bomb threat at a party campaign office on Vancouver Island.
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