Pipelines and Donald Trump: British Columbia Goes to the Polls ...



Workers sorted lumber at a mill in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, last month. President Trump's recently announced tariffs would threaten the province's ...
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BC Election 2017: Political parties make promises for affordable housing

Real estate experts say prices are now rising in other B.C. cities, as workers priced out of Metro Vancouver, or home-sellers enjoying windfall gains, leave the Lower Mainland and buy homes elsewhere. The B.C. Liberals, NDP, and Greens all agree that ...




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