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loonie.</div> <div class="media-links"> <time datetime="2024-11-08T17:42:00.0000000Z">Nov 8, 2024 9:42 AM</time> <span class="theme-colour">Read more ></span> </div> </div> </a> <a href="/british-columbia/business-groups-say-canada-needs-to-plan-differently-for-trumps-second-term-9776512" class="media media-bordered"> <div class="media-left media-left-lg"> <img alt="Business groups say Canada needs to plan differently for Trump's second term" class="lazyimg " data-src="https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/shared/feeds/cp/2024/11/da162be041042102cca4f9a16401828d46267407169299fef5d47449a901150d.jpg;w=480;h=320;mode=crop" height="320" src="/images/blank.gif" style="aspect-ratio:480/320" width="480"> </div> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="media-heading mt-0 mb-1">Business groups say Canada needs to plan differently for Trump's second term</h2> <div class="media-intro">OTTAWA — Donald Trump's mandate to get tough on trade is expected to be stronger in his second term as U.S. president, posing different challenges for Canada than his first four years in the White House.</div> <div class="media-links"> <time datetime="2024-11-07T23:02:31.0000000Z">Nov 7, 2024 3:02 PM</time> <span class="theme-colour">Read more ></span> </div> </div> </a> <a href="/british-columbia/housing-minister-announces-applications-open-for-1b-critical-infrastructure-program-9776650" class="media media-bordered"> <div class="media-left media-left-lg"> <img alt="Housing minister announces applications open for $1B critical infrastructure program" class="lazyimg " data-src="https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/shared/feeds/cp/2024/11/6cdcc728e1a7f2473ed24dc586dd5f1797108a135b454b2bf3de0aafc3e3e23c.jpg;w=480;h=320;mode=crop" height="320" src="/images/blank.gif" style="aspect-ratio:480/320" width="480"> </div> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="media-heading mt-0 mb-1">Housing minister announces applications open for $1B critical infrastructure program</h2> <div class="media-intro">OTTAWA — Applications opened Thursday for a $1-billion federal program to help municipalities and Indigenous communities build critical infrastructure.</div> <div class="media-links"> <time datetime="2024-11-07T21:08:00.0000000Z">Nov 7, 2024 1:08 PM</time> <span class="theme-colour">Read more ></span> </div> </div> </a> <a href="/british-columbia/national-rent-prices-decline-year-over-year-for-first-time-since-pandemic-report-9775833" class="media media-bordered"> <div class="media-left media-left-lg"> <img alt="National rent prices decline year-over-year for first time since pandemic: report" class="lazyimg " data-src="https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/shared/feeds/cp/2024/11/02a5c059885058347d0f7a8ffb1d0371e1d6b189c41a4614e8f6e1d8ee8856bb.jpg;w=480;h=320;mode=crop" height="320" src="/images/blank.gif" style="aspect-ratio:480/320" width="480"> </div> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="media-heading mt-0 mb-1">National rent prices decline year-over-year for first time since pandemic: report</h2> <div class="media-intro">Average asking rents declined nationally on a year-over-year basis for the first time in more than three years in October, said a report out Thursday. The report from Rentals.</div> <div class="media-links"> <time datetime="2024-11-07T20:08:40.0000000Z">Nov 7, 2024 12:08 PM</time> <span class="theme-colour">Read more ></span> </div> </div> </a> <a href="/british-columbia/qsr-appetite-strong-following-solid-pandemic-era-performance-9742391" class="media media-bordered"> <div class="media-left media-left-lg"> <img alt="QSR appetite strong following solid pandemic-era performance" class="lazyimg " data-src="https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/westerninvestor/images/westerninvestor/drive-thrus.jpg;w=480;h=320;mode=crop" height="320" src="/images/blank.gif" style="aspect-ratio:480/320" width="480"> </div> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="media-heading mt-0 mb-1">QSR appetite strong following solid pandemic-era performance</h2> <div class="media-intro">Significant drive-thru portfolio capitalizes on investor demand</div> <div class="media-links"> <time datetime="2024-11-07T15:30:00.0000000Z">Nov 7, 2024 7:30 AM</time> <span 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