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Thursday, February 8, 2018 11:15 AM
British Columbia’s lowest-paid workers will earn a $15-an-hour minimum wage by June 2021, Premier John Horgan announced today, endorsing the recommendations of the Fair Wages Commission.
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Monday, February 5, 2018 10:15 AM
British Columbia’s thriving tech sector will have a new voice in Ottawa and abroad, following Alan Winter’s appointment as the province’s first innovation commissioner.
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Friday, November 3, 2017 9:15 AM
Premier John Horgan is welcoming Amazon’s plans to double the size of its professional workforce in British Columbia.
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Friday, September 29, 2017 11:01 AM
The Province is contributing to a regional Metro Vancouver bid to play host to Amazon’s second headquarters, Amazon HQ2, which could generate US$5 billion in investment and create up to 50,000 jobs in B.C., announced Premier John Horgan at the UBCM convention today.
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Friday, September 29, 2017 10:25 AM
The British Columbia government is launching a community crisis fund and scaling up rapid access to addiction treatment as part of a provincewide plan to stem the overdose emergency and help save lives, Premier John Horgan announced today.
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017 4:25 PM
Together, the governments of Canada and British Columbia continue to support the people of British Columbia and First Nations communities facing the immediate and long-term impacts of wildfires.
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017 11:10 AM
British Columbia’s future leaders in the fields of tech, design and the creative arts will have access to state-of-the-art learning facilities, thanks to an exciting new campus for Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Premier John Horgan announced today.
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Friday, April 7, 2017 12:55 PM
The Government of British Columbia is investing $7.7 million to promote the use of B.C. wood, advance wood building systems and products, and expand global markets.
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Wednesday, April 5, 2017 10:20 AM
B.C. Premier Christy Clark made the following statement after a Qingming Festival ceremony at Vancouver’s Mountain View Cemetery to honour Chinese ancestors and British Columbia’s Chinese community for their contributions:
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Friday, March 17, 2017 10:45 AM
Workers coming to B.C. through the B.C. Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) can now be exempt from the additional property transfer tax on foreign buyers, helping ensure B.C. continues to attract highly skilled workers and entrepreneurs across all sectors of the province’s diverse economy, including the growing tech sector.
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