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What you need to know about deferring mortgage payments

What you need to know about deferring mortgage payments

With more than a million Canadian homeowners trying to defer payments, many with little success, five mortgage brokers offer insight and advice
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Pandemic response must uphold human rights, avoid discrimination: B.C. commissioner

Pandemic response must uphold human rights, avoid discrimination: B.C. commissioner

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's human rights commissioner is urging policy-makers, employers, landlords and service providers to keep human rights principles at the core of their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mayor Crompton has a message: Don't come to Whistler

Mayor Crompton has a message: Don't come to Whistler

'Forget about strange—the challenge we face is surreal'
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B.C. approves $500 renters' supplement, freezes rents and evictions

B.C. approves $500 renters' supplement, freezes rents and evictions

The measures fall under the province's $5 billion COVID-19 action plan, announced on Monday
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B.C. nurses demand mandatory social isolation

B.C. nurses demand mandatory social isolation

Squamish healthcare worker signs open letter calling for shutdown of non-essential workplaces
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Many failing to heed physical-distancing practices in Whistler and beyond

Many failing to heed physical-distancing practices in Whistler and beyond

Recent parties, large gatherings causing concern
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Whistler Half Marathon cancelled

Whistler Half Marathon cancelled

Virtual race being offered in its place
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Avalanche Canada ending forecasting for the season

Avalanche Canada ending forecasting for the season

Not wanting to encourage backcountry recreation, organization will issue final forecast of the season on March 28
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Construction work can continue under COVID-19 restrictions

Construction work can continue under COVID-19 restrictions

B.C. Building Trades concerned about worker safety at large projects like Site C
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If you have spare masks, gloves — share them with healthcare workers

If you have spare masks, gloves — share them with healthcare workers

Operation Protect seeks to collect supplies of personal protective equipment to give to frontline workers in the fight against the novel coronavirus
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