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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 37m
Tariffs heighten urgency to boost B.C. productivity, BoC official warns Vancouver audience
Experts urge B.C. tax reform to attract investment and spur innovation
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 46m
Industry minister says relief coming for tariff-hit softwood lumber sector
OTTAWA — Federal Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said financial relief is coming soon for Canada's tariff-struck softwood lumber sector.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 1h
Vancouver Art Gallery finding its balance amid financial strain
Fewer exhibitions, more local talent and a renewed focus on its permanent collection in play for the VAG
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 1h
B.C. government's professional workers to expand strike after talks break down
VICTORIA — Almost all of British Columbia's licensed professional workers are going on strike after contract talks broke down this week.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 1h
B.C. government's professional workers to expand strike after talks break down
VICTORIA — Almost all of British Columbia's licensed professional workers are going on strike after contract talks broke down this week.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 1h
Industry minister says relief coming for tariff-hit softwood lumber sector
OTTAWA — Federal Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said financial relief is coming soon for Canada's tariff-struck softwood lumber sector.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 2h
New leader of B.C. Greens aims to protect renters, expand non-market housing
Emily Lowan cites NDP government’s ‘austerity’ and ‘trickle-down economics’
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 2h
'Tug of war': Markets contend with earnings results, escalating trade tensions
TORONTO — Canada's main stock index notched another record high, while U.S. markets were mixed as investors weighed the impact of trade tensions and U.S. corporate earnings.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 3h
S&P/TSX finishes more than 280 points higher, U.S. stock markets mixed
TORONTO — Canada's main stock index notched another record high, helped by strength in basic materials stocks, while U.S. markets posted mixed results. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 283.51 points at 30,637.12.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 3h
US stocks rise following another day of swings
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed higher in another topsy-turvy day on Wall Street. The S&P 500 added 0.4% Wednesday, but only after jumping toward one of its biggest gains since the summer, erasing it all and then climbing back.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 4h
Champagne says world economy showing signs of resilience in face of U.S. trade war
WASHINGTON — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said a new International Monetary Fund report shows while the global economy is showing resilience in the face of U.S. tariffs, trade uncertainty is holding it back.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 6h
Greyhound buses attempting a comeback in B.C.
The company left Western Canada in 2018 and Canada entirely in 2021.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 6h
Champagne says world economy showing signs of resilience in face of U.S. trade war
WASHINGTON — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says a new International Monetary Fund report shows that while the global economy is showing resilience in the face of U.S. tariffs, trade uncertainty is holding it back.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 6h
S&P/TSX composite up more than 300 points, U.S. stock markets also climb higher
TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was up more than 300 points in late-morning trading in a broad-based rally, while U.S. markets also pushed higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 372.23 points at 30,725.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 9h
Manufacturing sales down one per cent in August at $69.4 billion
OTTAWA — Manufacturing sales fell one per cent to $69.4 billion in August, as production declined in the aerospace and auto industries, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 9h
Rob Shaw: Even Eby’s critics are siding with him on softwood
When loggers, unions and industry giants all back the premier, you know Ottawa has neglected B.C.’s forestry sector
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 9h
US stocks climb following profit reports from banks and tech
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are climbing following profit reports from some of the world’s biggest names in banking and technology. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% in early trading Wednesday.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 10h
Canadian manufacturing sales down 1.0 per cent in August at $69.4 billion
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell one per cent to $69.4 billion in August, as production declined in the aerospace and auto industries.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 11h
Tariffs, duties to take heavy toll on B.C. sawmills
Lumber producers face combined border costs nearing 50 per cent as prices fall below break-even levels
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 12h
Bryan Yu: B.C. entering an era of housing restraint
Falling sales and slower migration mark a shift after years of record growth
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 1d
B.C. Premier Eby says lifting the tanker ban would sink billions in 'real' projects
SURREY — Lifting the oil tanker ban off British Columbia's North Coast for a nonexistent pipeline from Alberta would endanger billions in other real investments that Premier David Eby says will need the support of coastal First Nations.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 1d
Vancouver mayor cites 'Indigenous title issue' in fight to abolish park board
Ken Sim: No park land to be transferred without 'direct consent' of Vancouver residents
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 1d
Building-boom ambitions meet economic headwinds in B.C.
More workers, productivity, capital needed to meet feds' target of doubling home construction, say some economists
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 1d
'Razor’s edge of survival': Eby calls for attention on softwood amid tariff hike
British Columbia's softwood industry is facing an "existential threat" from increasing U.S. tariffs that needs to be treated with the same urgency by the federal government as threats to Canadian steel and auto jobs, B.C. Premier David Eby says.
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks for your 'patience,' Eby says to public over B.C. workers strike
About 25,000 union members are off the job across 20 ministries, Crown corporations, and agencies.
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