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Victoria changes rules to allow cannabis packaging to be recycled at stores
Regulators initially prohibited used packaging in legal cannabis stores
Hong Kong hot potato landing squarely in British Columbia’s lap
A statement: in support of the daily democratic demands in the streets of Hong Kong, rather milquetoast in language by western standards, to speak for the 300,000 there who hold Canadian...
BC Hydro proposes 1% rate cut, followed by hikes
A 1% rate cut next year would be followed by increases in 2021 and 2023
Rising cost of public services outpaces inflation in private sector
Reviewing trends in inflation can provide useful insights into the evolution of the larger economy. Consumer price inflation in B.C., as computed by Statistics Canada, averaged 1.6% annually over...
B.C. employment rises 3.8% in one year
As with the national performance, B.C. employment fell in July. Employment declined by 4,800 persons, or 0.2% from June, to just under 2.57 million persons owing to a sharp decline in full-time...
Moose-Greyhound collision lawsuit dismissed
Moose took out brakes, steering in collision, sending bus into swamp
Business owners unhappy with new Granville Island governance council
Governing body lacks entrepreneurs and those who have made a living from the arts and culinary sectors
Provincial government takes control of Surrey police transition team
Questions over transition costs, transparency and officer numbers remain
What are we reading? August 22, 2019
Each week, BIV staff will share with you some of the interesting stories we have found from around the web. Kirk LaPointe, editor-in-chief: Slavery began 400 years ago this month in America, whose...
Global warming causing Pacific salmon decline: DFO
State of Canadian Pacific Salmon report comes in midst of disastrous year for Fraser River sockeye
Western Forest Products strike sees both sides digging in
A strike that has sidelined thousands of forest industry workers on Vancouver Island for the last two months appears no closer to resolution, with one side ratcheting up the stakes and the other...