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So I Bought a (Digital) Piano

Riding the 99 B-line is an unique experience. So many storefronts, diverse crowds of people and that comforting voice saying things like, "next stop Main Street". Every time I travel on that accordion ...
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They were just in the Neighbourhood: Photo Highlights

They were just in the neighbourhood and if you happen to be at the Commodore Ballroom between the hours of 10pm and 11:30pm you would've seen and heard them. Whom I talking about, well, the Indie Rock ...
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Northern Gateway rebuts challenge to proposed pipeline approval process

VANCOUVER — A lawyer for pipeline builder Northern Gateway told a Federal Court of Appeal that the company provided extensive accommodation to First Nations and did exhaustive studies into potential ...
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Four good ones at VIFF take us to The Vatican, India, the Arctic and Hong Kong:

My Film Festival picks for today give us an acting duel between a current and a future Pope, superb journalism trailing nationalist agitators in India, Inuit people trying to understand Canada and all ...
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Not so sunny ways: Canada looks the other way on arms scrutiny

“Canada is back.” So said the new Liberal government when it took office – back to being a peace keeper nation. During the 2015 Federal election, many social justice advocates joined the campaign to ...
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Ottawa gives conditional approval to giant LNG project for B.C. coast

The federal government gave conditional approval Tuesday to the massive Pacific NorthWest LNG project planned for British Columbia's northwest coast. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Natural ...
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B.C. to lead country in growth, but job creation stuck in second gear

VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark's promises to transform British Columbia into Canada's top job-creating engine appears to be stuck in second gear, even as the provincial economy is predicted to surge ...
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Pinpoint Tactics Business Consulting

Compared to overcoming his personal struggles, Michael Desrochers of PainPRO Therapeutics thinks building a million dollar health and wellness business is actually easy. How did serial entrepreneurs ...
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treaty 8

Amnesty International is calling for a stop work order on British Columbia’s $8.8 billion Site C hydroelectric dam, saying the mega project on the Peace River threatens the human ...
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B.C. says Petronas is not considering sale of proposed LNG terminal

The British Columbia government says the main stakeholder in a proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal is not considering selling its stake in the multibillion-dollar project. The Ministry of ...
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Royal visit makes Whitehorse inn 'world's most-popular three-star hotel'

A hotel in Yukon's capital is talking itself up as the "world's most popular three star hotel" after hosting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and getting worldwide attention. British media outlets ...
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Aboriginal girls most at risk of sexual violence in care: B.C. representative

Aboriginal girls are the victims of sexual violence more than twice as often as other girls in care of the British Columbia government, a "disturbing" new report finds. The report from the province's ...