Business
B.C. farmers can access new funds to prepare for extreme weather
Individuals can access up to $35,000 in cost-shared funding
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House of Commons industry committee to investigate Rogers outage
July 8 outage knocked out ATMs, shut down Interac payments and prevented calls to 911
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Bank of Canada rate hike contributes to loonie falling to a 20-month low
Canadian dollar dropped to a low of 75.62 cents US
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Five B.C. hotels hit Canada’s Top 10 for international travellers
Victoria’s Empress, Hotel Vancouver among a 6 Fairmont properties on the Travel + Leisure list
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WestJet check-in restored after system-wide outage snarled cross-country travel
System outages affected both WestJet Airlines and air traffic control agency NAV Canada
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Rogers to credit customers with equivalent of five days of service for outage
July 8 outage affected 911 services as well as financial networks and other critical services
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X sues to force Musk to complete his $44B acquisition
Two sides had been bracing for a legal fight
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Feds invests over $1.4 million in B.C. plant-based food producer
Big Mountain Foods 2 to add fully-automated robotic equipment, commercialize chickpea tofu
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Via Rail strike averted with last-minute deal with Unifor
Deal prevents 2,400 workers from walking off the job, still has to be ratified by the union
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Minister directs telecoms to reach agreement on assisting each other during outages
Direction comes in the wake of lengthy Rogers service shutdown last week
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