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Vancouver continues to fall short of climate goal set for 2030

Vancouver continues to fall short of climate goal set for 2030

Carbon pollution cut by 17% since 2007, but short of 50% goal for 2030
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Faster progress needed on removing interprovincial trade barriers: CFIB report

Faster progress needed on removing interprovincial trade barriers: CFIB report

TORONTO — Doing business across provincial lines is starting to get easier but progress is slow, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
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Island municipalities look to go electric with their fleets — even garbage and dump trucks

Island municipalities look to go electric with their fleets — even garbage and dump trucks

More than half the vehicles in Esquimalt’s public works and parks departments could be replaced with EVs by 2038
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Nine B.C. public auditors hammered by U.S. regulator

Nine B.C. public auditors hammered by U.S. regulator

In part one of a two-part series, Glacier Media reports how a number of B.C. accounting firms have come under immense scrutiny in the U.S. with little public acknowledgment from the province and its professional regulator
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Sun Peaks to get new permanent cross course, could attract high-level competition

Sun Peaks to get new permanent cross course, could attract high-level competition

Grand opening planned for winter season
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Kamala Harris likely to follow path blazed by Biden on Canada-U.S. relationship

Kamala Harris likely to follow path blazed by Biden on Canada-U.S. relationship

U.S. President Joe Biden endorsed Harris, his second-in-command, as he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race Sunday.
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Canfor Corp. CEO Don Kayne to step down at the end of 2024

Canfor Corp. CEO Don Kayne to step down at the end of 2024

VANCOUVER — Canfor Corp. says its president and CEO is retiring at the end of the year. The Vancouver-based company says Don Kayne has held the role since 2011, and has been with the company for 46 years.
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Two-thirds of Canadians 'desperately' need interest rates to go down: MNP survey

Two-thirds of Canadians 'desperately' need interest rates to go down: MNP survey

The central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.75 per cent in June and economists expect another cut could be in store when it meets Wednesday for its next rate decision.
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Nine B.C. cleantech firms to share $7.6M in grants

Nine B.C. cleantech firms to share $7.6M in grants

Recipients include new joint venture between Westport Innovations and Volvo
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For some Canadians, the Democrats' America trumps Trudeau’s Canada

For some Canadians, the Democrats' America trumps Trudeau’s Canada

A second consecutive term under the Democrats would likely be better for the Canadian economy and for B.C. businesses from a trade perspective
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