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B.C. hotels, short-term rentals post record revenues in 2019

B.C. hotels, short-term rentals post record revenues in 2019

Airbnb is the only short-term rental provider that has agreed to collect B.C. taxes
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Quiet Salish Sea gives scientists chance to study endangered killer whales

Quiet Salish Sea gives scientists chance to study endangered killer whales

There has been about a 30 per cent decrease in commercial shipping traffic into the Port of Vancouver from China due to COVID-19 in just the first four months of the year
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North Vancouver rescue crews respond to two mountain callouts a few hours apart

North Vancouver rescue crews respond to two mountain callouts a few hours apart

District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services responded to two calls to assist people in distress on the Grouse Grind and BCMC Trail Saturday.
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British Columbians warned over hand sanitizers containing potentially toxic ingredient

British Columbians warned over hand sanitizers containing potentially toxic ingredient

The BC Centre for Disease Control says the hand sanitizers, made in Mexico, may contain methanol
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Former B.C. cabinet minister who was husband of current minister dies at 73

VICTORIA — A minister who served in a former British Columbia NDP government, and whose wife now serves in the current one, has died. The New Democrat B.C.
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‘Conditions are deplorable’: Mexican diplomat calls for oversight for B.C. migrant workers

‘Conditions are deplorable’: Mexican diplomat calls for oversight for B.C. migrant workers

Mexican consul general in B.C. calls for Mexico's migrant workers to be afforded the same rights as Canadian workers
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Squamish's Anthill Films produces short with National Film Board

Squamish's Anthill Films produces short with National Film Board

60 Day Cycle explores Vancouver during COVID-19's early days
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Vancouver Coastal Health warns of COVID-19 exposure to strip club visitors

Vancouver Coastal Health says people who visited a strip club earlier this week may have been exposed to the novel coronavirus. The agency is warning of a possible exposure to COVID-19 to people who were at Brandi's Exotic Show Lounge between 9 p.m.
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Dentists work to clear backlog after months-long closures

Dentists work to clear backlog after months-long closures

Dentistry gets less than 0.2 per cent of the entire health budget in B.C.
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Meet Henry. He has 3 hearts and 8 arms

Meet Henry. He has 3 hearts and 8 arms

Weighing in at 2.2 kilograms, he joins more than 150 aquatic species at the not-for-profit aquarium and learning centre
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