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B.C. Place releases roof inspection report; lacks documents from summer malfunction

B.C. Place releases roof inspection report; lacks documents from summer malfunction

Sixteen years after B.C. Place Stadium’s original inflated fabric roof ripped and collapsed, how is the 2011-opened retractable system faring?
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'This is the mother lode of silverware': Relic hunter finds buried treasure from a Vancouver icon

'This is the mother lode of silverware': Relic hunter finds buried treasure from a Vancouver icon

You could even say it's forking awesome
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B.C. yet to see post-holidays spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations: health minister

B.C. yet to see post-holidays spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations: health minister

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's health minister says hospitals haven't yet seen the bump of COVID-19 infections that have been recorded after previous holidays during the pandemic, but the health system is still feeling the strain of respiratory illne
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Prince George hit-and-run victim mourning her unborn son

Prince George hit-and-run victim mourning her unborn son

“I was on the sidewalk waiting for my cab and that is the last thing I remember. Next thing I remember is waking up five days later in the ICU in Vancouver.”
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A massive 'bomb cyclone' could impact Vancouver flights. Here's how

A massive 'bomb cyclone' could impact Vancouver flights. Here's how

Travellers should check flight details with the YVR online or with their airline before arriving.
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No charges for Abbotsford, B.C., officer in 2020 shooting of suspect with beanbag gun

No charges for Abbotsford, B.C., officer in 2020 shooting of suspect with beanbag gun

VICTORIA — The BC Prosecution Service says no charges will be laid against an Abbotsford, B.C., police officer whose use of a beanbag shotgun during an arrest seriously injured a suspect.
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Amazon's massive layoffs may have silver lining for Vancouver startups

Amazon's massive layoffs may have silver lining for Vancouver startups

The announcement from the Seattle-based e-commerce giant on Wednesday came from a publicly released note from CEO Andy Jassy.
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Site C dam more than 70% complete

Site C dam more than 70% complete

Dam on schedule for first power in 2024, completion in 2025 after 'busiest construction season yet', says BC Hydro
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MLA Bond continues push for mandatory heart defibrillators in B.C. public buildings

MLA Bond continues push for mandatory heart defibrillators in B.C. public buildings

Portable devices proven effective in saving lives of cardiac arrest victims
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Watch: Rare footage uncovered of the journey down Okanagan Lake on the S.S. Sicamous in 1932

Watch: Rare footage uncovered of the journey down Okanagan Lake on the S.S. Sicamous in 1932

"It's the only ship of its type in all of Canada and it needs to be preserved overall," said an archivist and executive director of the Okanagan Archive Trust Society
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