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B.C. government says more oversight coming for dysfunctional municipalities

The ongoing dysfunction in the City of Kamloops has gotten so bad that the B.C. government is considering major changes to the oversight of feuding city councils across the province.

10-year-old child who died in North Vancouver boat crash identified

The child who died in Saturday’s boating crash has been identified as 10-year-old Lionel Hall, a Vancouver student who enjoyed soccer, rugby, hurdles and track, according to a family friend.

Fewer Americans are visiting Canada. Ad campaigns assure them they're welcome here

With fewer people from the U.S. visiting Canada, some tourism associations worry many Americans fear a chilly reception here in the wake of political tensions between the two countries. So they've launched ad campaigns seeking to assure their neighbours to the South that they'll be warmly greeted. 

Not-for-profits are racing to save affordable apartments. But critics say we should just build new ones

While Canada continues to lose affordable rental housing at alarming rates, we look at the dramatic shift in B.C., where a provincially funded Rental Protection Fund has helped not-for-profits secure record-breaking amounts of units as they go for sale — and whether this could work countrywide.

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