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B.C. unemployment rate drops to 5.4% in July

B.C. unemployment rate drops to 5.4% in July

Employment in the province held relatively steady from June to July, according to Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey data
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Allie Blades: Kevin Falcon must unite the right in B.C. politics

Allie Blades: Kevin Falcon must unite the right in B.C. politics

BC United has to command conservative voters or it will lose
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These companies have laid off Canadian workers in 2023

These companies have laid off Canadian workers in 2023

A wave of layoffs in 2022, which left thousands of Canadian workers jobless, is continuing this year as recession predictions loom and the tech sector downturn deepens.
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Allie Blades: Kevin Falcon must unite the right in B.C. politics

Allie Blades: Kevin Falcon must unite the right in B.C. politics

BC United has to command conservative voters or it will lose
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National employment numbers for July from Statistics Canada, at a glance

National employment numbers for July from Statistics Canada, at a glance

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's July employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 5.5 per cent (5.4) Employment rate: 62.0 per cent (62.2) Participation rate: 65.6 per cent (65.7)
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Burnaby hookah lounge ordered to pay $25K in withheld wages

Burnaby hookah lounge ordered to pay $25K in withheld wages

Two ex-employees complained to the Employment Standards Branch about the Bloo BBY hookah lounge, saying they weren’t paid their wages on a regular basis and never got tips.
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B.C. broker fined $50K over phoney mortgage applications

B.C. broker fined $50K over phoney mortgage applications

Former submortgage broker Ravinder Biln created fake income records to land clients mortgages they were otherwise not entitled to.
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Victoria approves beautification fund for downtown businesses

Victoria approves beautification fund for downtown businesses

The program will have a $100,000 budget, with funding split evenly between the city and downtown business association
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Some federal parties resisted foreign interference probe looking beyond China: Singh

Some federal parties resisted foreign interference probe looking beyond China: Singh

OTTAWA — New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party has faced resistance to including countries other than China in the terms of reference for a public inquiry on foreign interference.
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Vancouver's Westland expands into Eastern Canada through acquisitions

Vancouver's Westland expands into Eastern Canada through acquisitions

Westland acquires insurance brokerage firms in Ontario and New Brunswick
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