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Tipping the scales: How much British Columbians dish out on tips, taxes and fees

squamishchief.com – Glacier Media crunches the numbers when it comes to gratuities left at dining establishments like restaurants, bars, cafes and catered venues in 2022.

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Rob Shaw: Eby’s autism funding announcement shows he’s not captured by bureaucracy

biv.com – “We’re relieved but a little skeptical as well,” added Elena Lawson, co-founder of the Children’s Autism Federation of BC.

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Peak pandemic spending led to ‘tip inflation’ for B.C.’s service industry

richmond-news.com – The pandemic, coupled with a higher cost of living pressures, has led to a renewed appreciation for service workers and expansion of tipping and higher tips.

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Judge orders temporary ban on Quewezance sisters’ hearing

sasktoday.ca – The Quewezance sisters were convicted in 1994 for killing Anthony Dolff. They maintain they are innocent and their cousin has confessed to the murder.

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Jack Knox: Nil could make us happier than being at the World Cup

timescolonist.com – This is the only time you’ll ever hear Canadians use the word, once every four years during the planet’s most-watched sporting event

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Can wild and farmed fish co-exist?

biv.com – Aquaculture growth is declining. The plan for BC’s salmon farms is “to progressively minimize or eliminate the interactions between farmed and wild salmon.”

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Bobsledder Cyrus Gray brings the thunder to Whistler

piquenewsmagazine.com – The Vancouver Island, BC Olympic athlete is one of several Canadians racing in World Cup action at the Whistler Sliding Centre track in November 2022.

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B.C. to create new stand-alone Housing Ministry

timescolonist.com – Premier David Eby said the intention is to remove housing from the Ministry of the Attorney General and give it its own budget and ministry.

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West Van philanthrophist donates $3.8M to Downtown Eastside centre

piquenewsmagazine.com – Lily Lee is giving back to community where she worked as public health nurse in the 1950s.

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Pemberton brewery recognized at 2022 BC Beer Awards

piquenewsmagazine.com – Pemberton’s own family-run brewery, The Beer Farmers, won gold in two categories for their Farmer’s Daughter White Belgian wit.

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Opinion: YVR’s CEO piloting the recovery of the place where humanity meets

biv.com – If you look it up today, you will find that Tamara Vrooman became CEO at YVR on Canada Day in 2020. But it wasn’t the YVR we knew. And she couldn’t be the CEO we knew, even the CEO that she knew.

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Opinion: Confessions of a city boy

piquenewsmagazine.com – ‘Please allow me to introduce myself’

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NEW Custom Westin Page & Market Update

whistler-realestate.ca – Westin Resort & Spa custom detailed page on my website. Plus the latest Whistler market Update for November. Active, Sold, Days to sell. Denise Brown Whistler Realtor 604-902-2033 denise@whistler-rea…

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NCIS Hawaii season 2: Tara and Whistler romance in doubt after surprise revelation | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV

news.winestle.com – She goes on: “I mean you never responded so I just came to see if you’re okay?” Failing…

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Jack Knox: Ten-plaque bench is a celebration, not a memorial

timescolonist.com – Most commemorative benches, picnic tables and other pieces of public furniture are dedicated to people only after they’re gone. Most are in loving memory of the dearly departed, not the happily here.

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