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Thursday, March 21, 2024 11:50 AM
A partnership aimed at fighting pollution in the aviation sector, growing investment and supporting clean, sustainable jobs and business opportunities for people in British Columbia has been made between the B.C. government and Vancouver International Airport (YVR).
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:45 AM
British Columbia’s electric highway will get a supercharge this year with $30 million from Budget 2024 to add more than 500 public charging stations to more than 5,000 already available across the province.
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Thursday, February 29, 2024 2:00 PM
The ongoing drug toxicity public-health emergency continues to devastate communities throughout British Columbia, with at least 198 deaths suspected to have been caused by toxic, unregulated drugs reported to the BC Coroners Service in January 2024.
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Thursday, February 15, 2024 10:05 AM
A new battery energy-storage system (BESS), developed by Coquitlam-based Moment Energy, will soon provide reliable, high-speed charging capacity for the public and fleet vehicles at the Vancouver International Airport (YVR).
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024 12:00 PM
Preliminary reporting released by the BC Coroners Service confirms that toxic, unregulated drugs claimed the lives of at least 2,511 people in British Columbia in 2023, the largest number of drug-related deaths ever reported to the agency.
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023 10:00 AM
New funding for manufacturing businesses on Vancouver Island will increase advanced manufacturing capabilities, make better use of available wood fibre in the forest sector and create and protect local jobs.
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Thursday, December 14, 2023 11:30 AM
The deaths of at least 342 people experiencing homelessness were reported to the BC Coroners Service in 2022, continuing an increase in deaths among the unhoused population of 138% in the past two years.
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Monday, December 11, 2023 12:30 PM
Proposed changes to the building code will expand the use of mass timber to build taller buildings and to make stronger communities.
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Thursday, December 7, 2023 1:35 PM
Regulations and policy manuals have been issued to further support local governments as they work in partnership with homebuilders to deliver more homes for people.
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Tuesday, December 5, 2023 11:45 AM
The Province adopted the British Columbia Building and Fire Codes (BC Codes 2024) to provide people with a greater level of building safety and to make new buildings more sustainable, resilient and accessible.
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