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Taxpayers may be on the hook for B.C. United employees' severance

Taxpayers could be bailing out B.C. United for the severance owed to 25 of the party's caucus employees who will be laid off. The party brought the request to the Legislative Assembly Management Committee.
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MPs to hold emergency debate about deaths of First Nations people at hands of police

MPs will hold an emergency debate in the House of Commons tonight on the recent deaths of First Nations peoples during interactions with Canadian police forces. Six First Nations peoples have died in the last two weeks at the hands of police officers, something NDP MP Lori Idlout describes as a "disturbing pattern."

B.C. wildfire fighters in line to get earlier pensions as province, union aim to retain crew members

The B.C. government says that wildland firefighters will have retirement benefits similar to other public safety workers, like paramedics and correctional officers.
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Nature Trust of B.C. raises $4 million to protect Kootenay grizzly and elk habitat

The Nature Trust of B.C. has now purchased more than 3.5 square kilometres of land to create two protection areas near Cranbrook. The new conservation areas contain vital habitat for large animals like grizzly bears and elk.

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