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B.C. pub fined $1K after staff yelled about liquor inspectors' arrival

B.C. pub fined $1K after staff yelled about liquor inspectors' arrival

A liquor licence handbook prohibits the identifying of liquor inspectors when they enter an establishment to protect their safety.
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What you need to know about radon in your home

What you need to know about radon in your home

Radon enters homes through cracks and openings in the foundation, particularly in basements and lower levels.
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B.C. man who sought $35,000 for strata leak damage gets $500

B.C. man who sought $35,000 for strata leak damage gets $500

Chilliwack strata deliberately ignored first of two leaks, B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal member finds.
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Former B.C. man and alleged associate of David Sidoo pleads guilty to stock fraud

Former B.C. man and alleged associate of David Sidoo pleads guilty to stock fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleges former B.C. resident Ronald Bauer hooked up with David Sidoo to conduct a pump and dump of Vancouver-based American Helium.
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B.C. restaurant sector relishes reflationary rate cuts

B.C. restaurant sector relishes reflationary rate cuts

Central bank’s successive rate cuts expected to put more money in consumers’ pockets.
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Missing B.C. grandmother likely 'slipped' into water

Missing B.C. grandmother likely 'slipped' into water

The search for the missing 82-year-old grandmother has been suspended till summer.
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B.C. police officer stabbed during arrest in stolen vehicles investigation

B.C. police officer stabbed during arrest in stolen vehicles investigation

SURREY, B.C. — Police say an officer in Surrey, B.C., was stabbed during an arrest linked to a vehicle theft investigation.
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Man pleads guilty, gets six-year prison term for crash that killed 7-year-old son

Man pleads guilty, gets six-year prison term for crash that killed 7-year-old son

SOOKE, B.C. — A British Columbia provincial court judge has handed a six-year prison term to a man who "simply refuses to obey the law," and was impaired while behind the wheel in a crash that killed his seven-year-old son.
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Parts of B.C. parks closed after storms damage roads, trails, campsites

Parts of B.C. parks closed after storms damage roads, trails, campsites

SOOKE, B.C. — Large sections of provincial parks in southern British Columbia remain closed after recent heavy rain and wind storms that caused flooding and damaged trails, campsites and roads.
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B.C. forecaster downgrades north coast flood risk after atmospheric river event

B.C. forecaster downgrades north coast flood risk after atmospheric river event

KITIMAT, B.C. — British Columbia's River Forecast Centre has downgraded a flood warning for the province's north coast after what it describes as a strong atmospheric river event this week.
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