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Island Health explores using drones to deliver supplies to remote areas

Island Health explores using drones to deliver supplies to remote areas

An electric, six-bladed hexacopter carried ‘medical supplies’ from a small helipad at North Island Hospital in Courtenay to an adjacent field as part of a demonstration late last year
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B.C. beach mystery: New clues emerge about abandoned food-filled suitcases

B.C. beach mystery: New clues emerge about abandoned food-filled suitcases

Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue and police confirm that no one is missing.
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Dating app scammer pleads guilty to defrauding victims

Dating app scammer pleads guilty to defrauding victims

Brodie Lyle Brooks was accused of swindling almost $200,000 from more than a dozen victims he met through dating apps
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B.C. pharmacist fined $5K, suspended for dispensing 552 doses of methadone

B.C. pharmacist fined $5K, suspended for dispensing 552 doses of methadone

Edgardo Maniago Montejo prescribed and dispensed prescriptions to himself and his child.
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Worker left trench seconds before collapse that killed co-worker in Burnaby

Worker left trench seconds before collapse that killed co-worker in Burnaby

Ex-employee Brody Huizenga testified at the criminal negligence trial of J. Cote and Son Excavating Ltd. and company foreman David Green.
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Missing snowboarder found dead on Cypress Mountain, B.C.

Missing snowboarder found dead on Cypress Mountain, B.C.

WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. — A 21-year-old snowboarder who went missing last week at the Cypress Mountain Resort near Vancouver has been found dead in a gully. West Vancouver Police say in a statement the snowboarder from Richmond, B.C.
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B.C. stockbrokers challenge regulator’s authority to appeal case linked to Bridgemark Group

B.C. stockbrokers challenge regulator’s authority to appeal case linked to Bridgemark Group

PI Financial stockbrokers were cleared by a hearing panel of allegations they failed their gatekeeper obligations but the regulator's enforcement staff have asked the B.C. Securities Commission for a review.
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Bridge over Okanagan Lake in B.C. reopens after bomb scare, fire in van

Bridge over Okanagan Lake in B.C. reopens after bomb scare, fire in van

KELOWNA, B.C. — Police have reopened a bridge across Okanagan Lake in the B.C. Interior after an explosives scare that shut it down for about 11 hours.
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Canada stops letting cross-border hikers enter B.C. via Pacific Crest Trail

Canada stops letting cross-border hikers enter B.C. via Pacific Crest Trail

The move helps enhance border security and aligns with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, says the CBSA.
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First Nation sues province, Canada over B.C.'s second largest port

First Nation sues province, Canada over B.C.'s second largest port

Gitxaala Nation seeks declarations over Canada and B.C.'s failure to consult over the Port of Prince Rupert, as well as damages related to economic losses
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