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Celebrate the Benefits of Co-operation on International Credit Union Day
Credit unions are recognized as a force for positive economic and social change and have provided significant value in both developed and emerging nations. On Thursday, October 20, 2016, credit unions...
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COLUMN: From the Hill -- Ideas for Improvement
Last week I was the NDP representative at the House of Commons Finance Committee’s pre-budget consultation hearings in British Columbia and Alberta. We heard from about a dozen witnesses each day, all...
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Thousands of Canadians leave country for medical care in 2015
Tens of thousands of Canadians continue to venture abroad for medical care, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. The...
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Snow could reduce need for air conditioning
A recent UBC study shows that snow cleared from winter roads can help reduce summer air-conditioning bills. The UBC study, a computer modelling exercise, found directing a building’s air handling units...
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Minister of Fisheries and Oceans sued for putting wild salmon at risk
The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is breaking the law by not testing B.C. farmed salmon for a virus that has spread like wildfire in Norway and Chile, before allowing them to be transferred into...
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Teck contributes $1.6 million to Riverfront Centre
The City of Trail and Teck are pleased to announce $1.6 million in funding for the Trail Riverfront Centre, a new integrated library and museum facility that will enhance cultural and educational...
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Council is in favour of more beer; a food charter in the works; paving may be...
Present: Councillors Andy Morel (acting Mayor in Kathy Moore's absence), Lloyd McLellan, Aaron Cosbey, Marten Kruysse, John Greene, and Andrew Zwicker.Public Input Period: Petri Raito of the...
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COLUMN: We can't dig ourselves out of the fossil fuel pit
I’ve often thought politicians inhabit a parallel universe. Maybe it’s just widespread cognitive dissonance, coupled with a lack of imagination, that compels them to engage in so much contradictory...
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Province provides $100,000 to help women in small business throughout B.C.
Premier Christy Clark announced Friday $100,000 in provincial funding for the Women’s Enterprise Centre (WEC) to continue and expand its mentoring programs, helping women throughout British Columbia...
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Opinion: Putting patient food in the hands of corporations reveals the...
It's amazing what we gradually accept as normal -- even admirable -- in how we treat each other in Canada. Practices that were once seen as a repugnant surrender to government indifference, like food...
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UPDATED: Steelworkers, Kootenay Savings Credit Union headed for labour...
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Report shows growth in B.C.’s small business sector
There’s nothing small about the continued growth of B.C.’s small business sector as outlined in the Small Business Profile 2016: A profile of small business in British Columbia.The 2016 Small Business...
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The Health and Economic Costs of Everyday Chemicals Added to Nearly Everything
A detailed economic analysis recently completed by the New York University Langone Medical Centre suggests that low-level daily exposure to chemicals found in many products has a large economic cost...
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Pension, wages key issues in Kootenay Savings contract negotiations
Pension and wages continue to be the major sticking points for the parties involved the Kootenay Saving labour dispute.United Steelworkers Union 1-404 and 9705 members and Kootenay Savings Credit Union...
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Ranked ballots would weaken the competitiveness of Canadian elections
Replacing Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system with an alternative vote model — also known as ranked ballots — could severely weaken the competitiveness of federal elections, according to a...
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Selkirk College trades benefit from $1.845 million investment
Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour, announced an investment of $1.845 million in Selkirk College for skills training in high-priority trades...
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Cyclocross Race at Red, October 30
Some new excitement is scheduled at Red -- the region's first cyclocross race ever! Hope for good weather on October 30, for the sake of cyclocross racers doing the "Hallocross" event. This is a fun...
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Almost four million international visitors to B.C. in 2016
The August international visitor numbers are in and they are proof that this past summer has been an exceptional time of growth for tourism in British Columbia.Year-to-date figures show an 11.5%...
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COLUMN: 'Collective cowardice' on climate change
Scientists worldwide accept that Earth is warming at an unusually rapid rate, that humans are primarily responsible, mainly by burning fossil fuels, and that the consequences for humanity will be...
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Do away with messy public tenders, pre-approve instead
News that's guaranteed to cheer the hearts of a small number of B.C. companies is word that they've been added to a list of pre-qualified suppliers to the B.C. government.The lists are intended to...
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