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Crews ready to protect key northeast B.C. highway, but cooler weather slows wildfires

Crews ready to protect key northeast B.C. highway, but cooler weather slows wildfires

VANCOUVER — Cooler weather has stalled growth of a huge wildfire in northeastern British Columbia but the BC Wildfire Service says the Donnie Creek blaze remains just two kilometres from the Alaska Highway, southwest of Fort Nelson.
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Saanich man dies in freak accident on holiday in Guatemala

Saanich man dies in freak accident on holiday in Guatemala

Nash Hellwig, a 22-year-old Claremont graduate, died from his injuries after falling from a three-tier bunkbed at a hostel
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Const. Lacy Browning will likely avoid jail time, remain RCMP officer, following 2020 assault

Const. Lacy Browning will likely avoid jail time, remain RCMP officer, following 2020 assault

Browning attended the call and assaulted Wang several times during the “wellness check.”
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SUE the T. rex had battle scars, arthritis — and really bad breath

SUE the T. rex had battle scars, arthritis — and really bad breath

Teams from the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago have been unpacking the Tyrannosaurus rex as the Royal B.C. Museum prepares to open SUE: The T. rex Experience
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Air Canada to launch non-stop flights between Vancouver and Singapore

Air Canada to launch non-stop flights between Vancouver and Singapore

Airline plans to fill a void formed when Singapore Airlines stops flying the route in October
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Speeder prohibited from driving for six years

Speeder prohibited from driving for six years

Cory Todd Siebolts also sentenced to 628 days in jail for hitting speeds of up to 180 km/h
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Food supply amid highway closure: Too little in Port Alberni, too much in Tofino

Food supply amid highway closure: Too little in Port Alberni, too much in Tofino

It will be the first time since the Cameron Bluffs wildfire closed Highway 4 that the food bank makes its daily trip to Port Alberni to drop off supplies at the high school, Port Alberni Shelter Society and the Salvation Army.
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Nightclub owner takes fight for bilingual trial to Attorney General

Nightclub owner takes fight for bilingual trial to Attorney General

Judge erred in law in denying bilingual trial, Learn to Earn contends in petition
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'We will never forget this help': Happy immigration ending for B.C. family

'We will never forget this help': Happy immigration ending for B.C. family

“For our future I have so many positive things to think. I now have this hope that we will be able to stay. That this will be our home and our children’s home forever.”
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West Van senior questions 'vacancy' tax bill on occupied home

West Van senior questions 'vacancy' tax bill on occupied home

Wife’s citizenship status creates bureaucratic problem
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