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Intact Financial signs partnership deal with women's pro hockey league

Intact Financial signs partnership deal with women's pro hockey league

TORONTO — Property and casualty insurance company Intact Financial Corp. has signed a multi-year partnership deal with the Professional Women's Hockey League.
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Bryan Yu: B.C. housing market warms up as yearly manufacturing sales cool

Bryan Yu: B.C. housing market warms up as yearly manufacturing sales cool

Seasonally adjusted MLS sales rise 15.3% month over month
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What stores are open on Thanksgiving? Not many since most stay closed to prepare for Black Friday

What stores are open on Thanksgiving? Not many since most stay closed to prepare for Black Friday

WASHINGTON (AP) — With Thanksgiving and the formal launch of the holiday shopping season , Americans will again be consumed with the annual trifecta of turkey, travel and transactions — lots of them. While most big U.S.
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B.C. Ferries faces 'funding gap' as fares fail to keep pace with capital costs

B.C. Ferries faces 'funding gap' as fares fail to keep pace with capital costs

The cost of building new ferries is 40 per cent higher than it was in 2020, CEO Nicolas Jimenez told the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce
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Two companies drop McGregor after civil jury ruled he must pay $250K to woman who says he raped her

Two companies drop McGregor after civil jury ruled he must pay $250K to woman who says he raped her

LONDON (AP) — Two companies have cut ties with Conor McGregor after a civil court jury in Ireland ruled last week that he must pay nearly 250,000 Euros ($257,000) to a woman who accused the mixed martial arts fighter of raping her.
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Who are the Border Patrol chaplains? And why does the agency need more of them now?

Who are the Border Patrol chaplains? And why does the agency need more of them now?

DANIA BEACH, Florida (AP) — Border Patrol agents are tasked with enforcing hotly contested immigration policies as many Americans at both ends of the political spectrum look askance at the border — and the agents.
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Sarasota's Season of Sharing program pays some families' bills as they recover from hurricane season

Sarasota's Season of Sharing program pays some families' bills as they recover from hurricane season

Cecilia Grove didn’t work for 38 days after Hurricane Helene's storm surge flooded the kitchen of the restaurant where she waits tables.
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Border Patrol trains more chaplains as the job and polarizing immigration debate rattle agents

Border Patrol trains more chaplains as the job and polarizing immigration debate rattle agents

DANIA BEACH, Florida (AP) — As immigration remains a hotly contested priority for the Trump administration after playing a decisive role in the deeply polarized election , the Border Patrol agents tasked with enforcing many of its laws are wrestling
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Opinion: Why Gen Zers are reducing their alcohol consumption

Opinion: Why Gen Zers are reducing their alcohol consumption

Growing health and wellness consciousness, accompanied by changing social patterns, have sparked Gen Z’s interest in the ‘sober curious’ movement.
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Man who died on bus a longtime Munro's bookseller who helped launch Earth Week events

Man who died on bus a longtime Munro's bookseller who helped launch Earth Week events

Doug Koch, 66, had left the bookstore on Government Street Saturday morning, saying he felt unwell.
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