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Consumer Matters: Top scams to avoid in 202202:07 | January 11, 2022
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B.C. assures plans are in place as LifeLabs workers go on strike01:50 | 1 hour ago
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B.C. family’s lawsuit against ICBC challenging the insurers no-fault system02:18 | 1 hour ago
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Missing and murdered Indigenous peoples marches01:49 | February 14, 2025
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Employees at two B.C. Loblaw stores to wear body cameras02:20 | February 14, 2025
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Former BC Conservative candidate’s car torched in Nanaimo02:15 | February 14, 2025
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Mother of beaten teen gets some money from court settlement02:01 | February 14, 2025
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B.C. premier talks tariffs and cancelling grocery rebate01:56 | February 14, 2025
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Province growing impatient with Vancouver’s Expo land redevelopment02:03 | February 14, 2025
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Williams Lake in danger of losing biomass plant02:06 | February 14, 2025
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This is BC: Vancouver Island teen defies auto racing stereotypes02:04 | February 13, 2025
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Consumer Matters: Top scams to avoid in 2022
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January 11, 2022
As we head into the new year, the Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about some of the riskiest scams and how many of them originate from online purchases. Consumer Matters reporter Anne Drewa has more.
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