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B.C. employment rate sees small gains in March amid economic turmoil

Statistics Canada released the country's jobs numbers on Friday, revealing that British Columbia's employment rate ticked up slightly in March compared to the previous month.

Egg prices soar in the U.S. but not in B.C. Here's why

Rising egg costs have been a hot-button topic in the United States, but a farming organization in British Columbia says that while prices in the province have risen, eggs remain "one of the least expensive proteins in the grocery store." 

Burnaby, B.C., spa employee who offered vaginal-tightening guilty on 7 counts of sexual assault

Crown prosecutors argued that Farshad Khojsteh Kashani sexually assaulted seven complainants during vaginal-tightening treatments at Fab Skin Care on Kingsway.
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How eliminating underground parking is helping the climate

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we see what happens when cities drop rules about how many parking spaces developers need to build, see how the north and south poles are breaking records together, and learn why a Quebec town is taxing people who don't have a tree in their yard.

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