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No recession on horizon for B.C., say premier and finance minister (Victoria Times Colonist)
B.C.'s economy shows no signs of heading into a recession despite dire financial news in other jurisdictions, Finance Minister Colin Hansen said yesterday.

B.C. Ferries to remove fuel surcharges (Victoria Times Colonist)
The official start of service yesterday at Swartz Bay for Coastal Celebration, B.C. Ferries' newest vessel, came in the wake of a shipboard announcement that the fuel surcharge on several routes will be gone before Christmas.

Fish farmers still trying to add to B.C. economy (Nanaimo Daily news)
Quick, man the barricades. Those foolish fish farmers are still trying to create jobs and add to the economy in B.C. All the NIMBYs and nopes from the city are against any economic activity on the coast.

Lone survivor of B.C. plane crash happy to be home in Alberta (Times & Transcript)
The lone survivor of a B.C. plane crash that killed seven people is in intense pain awaiting surgery on his badly burned hands, comforted by loved ones and ice-cold Slurpies - lots of Slurpies.

B.C. expected to barely avoid recession (Vancouver Sun)
On a day when Canadian stocks saw their biggest drop in more than five years, the B.C. Liberal government held firmly to the view that British Columbia will avoid a recession.

Woman wanted by FBI likely in Nelson, B.C., police say (CBC)
A North Vancouver woman accused of eco-terrorist sabotage attacks in the U.S. may have been living in Nelson, B.C., the RCMP said Thursday.

B.C. man admits to smuggling 30,000 kilos of pot into U.S. (Canada.com)
An Abbotsford car dealer and father of three has admitted he helped smuggle more than 30,000 kilograms of B.C. marijuana into the United States as part of a drug ring linked to the Hells Angels.

PRESS RELEASE: Fitch: Du.Ca. SPV Outlook On B, C Notes Stable (Nasdaq)
Fitch Ratings-London/Milan-20 November 2008: Fitch Ratings has today revised its rating Outlooks on Du.Ca. SPV S.r.l.'s (Duca) class B and C notes to Stable from Positive. The agency simultaneously affirmed its ratings on Duca's class A, B and C notes.

B.C. couple without passports barred from Mexicana flight (CBC British Columbia)
A couple from Comox, B.C., say they were not permitted to board a Vancouver-bound Mexicana Airlines flight in Mexico City Sunday because they didn't have their Canadian passports even though they are not required.

B.C. plane crash survivor's doctors amazed (Seattle Times)
VANCOUVER, B.C. — The lone survivor of a plane crash that killed seven people in British Columbia is not deeply religious but he must have received help from above to survive against staggering odds, his brother says.