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Community radio stations across Canada talk shop on AI at Sidney summit

Community radio stations across Canada talk shop on AI at Sidney summit

Artificial intelligence seen as a way to deal with administrative and creative tasks, such as writing grants and creating posters.
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Vancouver's only zero-carbon fire hall viewed as 'underutilized asset'

Vancouver's only zero-carbon fire hall viewed as 'underutilized asset'

Chair of mayor's budget task force identifies No. 17 fire hall, Hastings Park as city properties not maximizing value.
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Metro Vancouver examining officials’ devices amid North Shore sewage plant legal battle

Metro Vancouver examining officials’ devices amid North Shore sewage plant legal battle

Spokesperson says accessing documents and records a routine part of litigation
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LNG plant 'floatel' gets finishing touches at North Vancouver drydock

LNG plant 'floatel' gets finishing touches at North Vancouver drydock

The MV Isabelle once plied the waters of the Baltic Sea as a ‘cruise ferry,’ and more recently housed 1,500 Ukrainian refugees.
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First Nation-led financing model hits $2B in effort to close infrastructure gap

First Nation-led financing model hits $2B in effort to close infrastructure gap

A First Nation-led financing model has reached $2 billion in loans issued as it works to close the economic and infrastructure gap between member nations and the rest of Canada.
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Nexii gets reprieve to end of April

Nexii gets reprieve to end of April

B.C. Supreme Court extends protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act to April 30, so that it could find a buyer. 
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Parents finally downsizing? How to help with the big move — without the big costs

Parents finally downsizing? How to help with the big move — without the big costs

Your parents are finally downsizing after 40 years in the same house.
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B.C. businesses exposed to China’s sputtering economy

B.C. businesses exposed to China’s sputtering economy

Exports from the province to its second-largest trade partner likely to decline as Western countries decouple from China
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Scramble continues for B.C. small businesses to repay federal CEBA loans

Scramble continues for B.C. small businesses to repay federal CEBA loans

Business community ‘disappointed’ in Ottawa’s handling of the COVID-era program, which has sent some owners in search of financing options
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'It was better than the busiest summer day': Hockey Day in Canada a boon for region

'It was better than the busiest summer day': Hockey Day in Canada a boon for region

National exposure from the day-long Sportsnet broadcast is expected to pay economic dividends for years to come
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