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How to build a zero-waste economy

How to build a zero-waste economy

Sarah Paiji Yoo is among a growing number of business owners who want to move the global economy away from plastics.
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Wildfire options 'exhausted' as lightning, drought strain resources in B.C. district

Wildfire options 'exhausted' as lightning, drought strain resources in B.C. district

Days of drought conditions and lightning strikes have sparked fires across the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako in the British Columbia Interior, straining resources and spurring a number of new evacuation orders and alerts.
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Opinion: Here's how the Bank of Canada's interest rate hike will impact Canadians

Opinion: Here's how the Bank of Canada's interest rate hike will impact Canadians

An economist explains what the Bank of Canada’s interest rate hike to five per cent means for Canadians.
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Are you an artist looking to exhibit in New West? Here’s your chance

Are you an artist looking to exhibit in New West? Here’s your chance

Arts New West is accepting solo and group art submissions till July 15.
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‘Smooth and soulful’: New West artist set to perform at the 46th Vancouver Folk Music Festival

‘Smooth and soulful’: New West artist set to perform at the 46th Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Watch the blues, jazz and soul singer Krystle Dos Santos perform live at Jericho Beach Park this week
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Indigenous women in Canada forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped

Indigenous women in Canada forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped

TORONTO (AP) — Decades after many other rich countries stopped forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women, numerous activists, doctors, politicians and at least five class-action lawsuits say the practice has not ended in Canada.
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Letter: Municipalities need to lead the way on climate change

Letter: Municipalities need to lead the way on climate change

"This kind of leadership will have a domino effect."
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B.C. woman finds plastic in world's most remote region

B.C. woman finds plastic in world's most remote region

A woman's scientific journey from B.C. to a polar sea unveils plastic pollution has reached Earth's most remote places.
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204 fraud-related charges laid against trio in Surrey

204 fraud-related charges laid against trio in Surrey

One of the three individuals is wanted on outstanding warrants related to the charges.
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Two massive 'supermoons' set to illuminate Metro Vancouver skies

Two massive 'supermoons' set to illuminate Metro Vancouver skies

The second display will be a "blue" moon.
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