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Eby's bill to speed up B.C. projects risks alienating NDP supporters, expert says

Eby's bill to speed up B.C. projects risks alienating NDP supporters, expert says

VICTORIA — B.C. Premier David Eby is "marching the province toward a confrontation" in which Speaker Raj Chouhan will have to cast a deciding vote to push through a bill to speed up certain infrastructure projects, a political scientist says.
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B.C. pharmacists sanctioned over opioid-dispensing practices file court challenges

B.C. pharmacists sanctioned over opioid-dispensing practices file court challenges

Two Vancouver pharmacists facing sanctions for alleged improper opioid-dispensing practices are taking the College of Pharmacists of B.C. to court, claiming evidence was collected "improperly" during inspections by college investigators.
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Analysis: ICBC execs say no-fault system better for Lapu-Lapu festival victims

Analysis: ICBC execs say no-fault system better for Lapu-Lapu festival victims

Fifty people are claiming benefits from last month’s tragedy, raising questions on how a new insurance model will work for victims
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Mother's Day crash in B.C. sends four people to hospital, one in critical condition

Mother's Day crash in B.C. sends four people to hospital, one in critical condition

Police don't believe impairment to be a factor in the crash.
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Dead grey whale washes ashore on Haida Gwaii beach

Dead grey whale washes ashore on Haida Gwaii beach

The large whale was first discovered on May 11.
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B.C.'s low snowpack, early-season melt raise drought concern: province

B.C.'s low snowpack, early-season melt raise drought concern: province

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's latest snowpack and water supply bulletin says drier, warmer weather last month has contributed to an early melt, raising concern for widespread drought this summer.
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B.C. investment advisor ‘misappropriated’ $6M from elderly, disabled clients

B.C.  investment advisor ‘misappropriated’ $6M from elderly, disabled clients

Michael Rowland Tomkins faces civil allegations of fraud from an elderly Nanaimo couple who say their retirement funds disappeared
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How a bloody Zoom pitch helped Vancouver filmmaker take ‘Final Destination’ reins

How a bloody Zoom pitch helped Vancouver filmmaker take ‘Final Destination’ reins

Vancouver filmmaker Zachary Lipovsky says it took innovative thinking — and a fake decapitation — to land the job directing “Final Destination: Bloodlines.
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Rob Shaw: NDP’s Massey Tunnel quagmire keeps sinking deeper

Rob Shaw: NDP’s Massey Tunnel quagmire keeps sinking deeper

Construction is still years away, the budget is shaky and Ottawa wants no part of it. What exactly is the province doing?
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North Vancouver explorer crosses beautiful and brutal Ellesmere Island

North Vancouver explorer crosses beautiful and brutal Ellesmere Island

28 days, -30 C temperatures, 500 kilometres and 31 Arctic wolves.
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