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What a fairer migrant farm worker program could look like

What a fairer migrant farm worker program could look like

More worker power and better oversight needed to protect the people B.C. depends on to grow its food.
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Opinion: How organizations can address toxic workplace cultures to tackle sexual harassment

Opinion: How organizations can address toxic workplace cultures to tackle sexual harassment

To develop meaningful solutions, sexual harassment needs to be seen as an organizational issue and not just an interpersonal one.
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Energy costs forcing Canadians to bypass basic needs, StatCan says

Energy costs forcing Canadians to bypass basic needs, StatCan says

One in seven Canadians resort to unsafe temperatures amid rising energy prices, according to a new Statistics Canada survey.
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Fiscal and monetary policy rowing in opposite directions, Macklem says

Fiscal and monetary policy rowing in opposite directions, Macklem says

OTTAWA — Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says fiscal and monetary policy are rowing in opposite directions, making it harder to bring inflation down.
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Eby says B.C. deserves heating bill relief, too, after federal tax on fuel oil paused

Eby says B.C. deserves heating bill relief, too, after federal tax on fuel oil paused

VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says it's unfair that Atlantic Canada is being targeted for federal relief on heating bills that won't apply to B.C., after Ottawa announced a three-year pause on carbon pricing for home fuel oil.
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B.C. coalition seeks 'critical' crackdown on violent retail crime

B.C. coalition seeks 'critical' crackdown on violent retail crime

VANCOUVER — London Drugs president Clint Mahlman said he never thought he'd be telling a news conference about having to authorize some staff members wearing stab vests.
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B.C. tribunal dismisses human rights complaint of 'contact high' from cannabis farm

B.C. tribunal dismisses human rights complaint of 'contact high' from cannabis farm

Patricia Gendron worked for Koppert Canada Ltd. as a technical consultant with clients running cannabis growing operations.
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Poilievre calls on Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from carbon price

Poilievre calls on Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from carbon price

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from the carbon price, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a temporary exemption that only applies to home heating oil.
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Housing group brings renters' troubles with corporate landlords to review panel

Housing group brings renters' troubles with corporate landlords to review panel

HALIFAX — A national housing advocacy group delivered about 400 stories of renters' difficulties in dealing with large corporate landlords to federal offices in 10 Canadian citieson Monday.
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B.C. raises pay $2 per hour for daycare workers at licensed facilities

B.C. raises pay $2 per hour for daycare workers at licensed facilities

VICTORIA — Daycare workers at British Columbia's licensed child-care facilities will receive a $2-per-hour pay increase starting Jan. 1. Grace Lore, B.C.
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