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B.C. BUDGET: Property transfer tax take to drop to $1.54 billion as hot market cools

B.C. BUDGET: Property transfer tax take to drop to $1.54 billion as hot market cools

Real estate boom still looms large as government grapples with home affordability
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Victoria's tent city soil being treated in Highlands

Victoria's tent city soil being treated in Highlands

Soil remediation is expected to cost around $350,000
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B.C. unveils three-year mental health plan

B.C. unveils three-year mental health plan

Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux says rise of young people with mental illness 'a troubling phenomenon'
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Equipment fund latest top-up for schools

Equipment fund latest top-up for schools

Latest one-time fund is $29.4 million "student learning grant" for textbooks, equipment and supplies
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Updated: Conservative leadership candidates debate in Langley (with videos)

Updated: Conservative leadership candidates debate in Langley (with videos)

Fraser Valley event organized by local associations after the region was left out of the national debate schedule
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B.C. transplant specialist says drug overdose organ donors on the rise

B.C. transplant specialist says drug overdose organ donors on the rise

The Canadian Transplant Society said it makes no difference to transplant recipients if an organ comes from someone killed by drug overdose.
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B.C. study to look at how people use marijuana ahead of legalization

B.C. study to look at how people use marijuana ahead of legalization

The B.C. Centre on Substance Use needs 1,000 volunteers who use the drug for its latest project.
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Dogs helping Victoria veterans cope with PTSD

Dogs helping Victoria veterans cope with PTSD

Stephane Marcotte has a connection with his dog Sarge that he finds difficult to describe, but it’s one he knows has changed his life.
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Future uncertain for Hermann’s Jazz Club

Future uncertain for Hermann’s Jazz Club

Maria Manna can feel music inside the walls of Hermann’s Jazz Club even when there’s no music playing.
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Victoria's first dispensary heading to public hearing

It's something Alex Robb has been hoping and waiting for, for the past several months.
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