Business
Pubs, restaurants to pay wholesale prices on liquor permanently in COVID-recovery
Pre-pandemic, restaurateurs and tourism operators paid full retail price on most liquor purchases
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Industry fighting back against B.C. woodstove bans
Clean-air advocates not sold on industry data about new stoves
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New report finds COVID-19 pandemic cut B.C.’s hospitality jobs in half
Some 14,000 businesses closed during height of pandemic
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Statistics Canada says annual inflation rate climbs to 1% in January
The reading compared with a year-over-year increase of 0.7 per cent in December
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7-Eleven Canada working on in-store ‘consumption areas’ for beer and wine
Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is still reviewing its liquor sales licence applications
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Cost of a single Bitcoin exceeds $50,000 for first time
Price up almost 200% in the last 3 months, Tesla plans to buy $1.5-billion in the cryptocurrency
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B.C. colleges, universities allowed to run COVID-19 deficits
Falling revenue, rising costs mean red ink for 20 institutions
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‘Keystone is dead’: former senior Obama adviser
It’s time for Canada to get over the demise of the Keystone XL pipeline expansion
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Pharmacies can help with COVID-19 vaccines, B.C. Liberals say
Shirley Bond says public trust is higher after influenza shots
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B.C. wasn’t consulted on shutting more salmon farms, Horgan says
Industry pleads for time after federal order to close 19 sites
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