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NDP government admits it doesn't know how many homeless live in an Abbotsford highway rest stop

NDP government admits it doesn't know how many homeless live in an Abbotsford highway rest stop

Outreach workers visit multiple times weekly to conduct welfare checks.
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B.C. based company proposing sand mine north of Prince George

B.C. based company proposing sand mine north of Prince George

The proposed mine would supply frac sand used for hydraulic fracturing in the Montney Basin oil and gas region in northern B.C. and Alberta
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Murderer back behind bars after nearly killing man while at halfway house

Murderer back behind bars after nearly killing man while at halfway house

Ryan Quigley was released from custody in July to a halfway house somewhere in B.C.'s central interior after stabbing his fiancée to death in 2014
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Okanagan man gets more jail time for cutting open Good Samaritan's face

Okanagan man gets more jail time for cutting open Good Samaritan's face

Randolph Dionne, 65, pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon, theft and breach of release order in BC Provincial Court in Penticton Thursday.
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City of Penticton lifts evacuation order for homes threatened by precarious rock

City of Penticton lifts evacuation order for homes threatened by precarious rock

PENTICTON, B.C. — The City of Penticton, B.C., says it's lifting an evacuation order for 25 homes in a mobile home park that were threatened by a potential rock slide.
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Jewish association wants Vancouver pro-Palestine group banned

Jewish association wants Vancouver pro-Palestine group banned

Samidoun opposes Canada's 2002 designation of Hamas as a terrorist group.
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B.C. minister's memo on 'big and shiny' affordability plan lands in Opposition hands

B.C. minister's memo on 'big and shiny' affordability plan lands in Opposition hands

VICTORIA — A British Columbia cabinet minister says she mistakenly dropped a memo to herself describing a "big and shiny" affordability measure that mysteriously ended up in the hands of the Opposition BC United party.
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B.C. Director of Civil Forfeiture claims 10 properties owned by alleged drug dealer

B.C. Director of Civil Forfeiture claims 10 properties owned by alleged drug dealer

VICTORIA — The B.C. government wants 10 properties in Prince George forfeited for their alleged use in a years-long drug trafficking operation. The province's Director of Civil Forfeiture claims in a lawsuit filed in B.C.
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Shots fired twice in two days in Surrey business complex

Shots fired twice in two days in Surrey business complex

Two recent incidents at the same place raises public concern, police say.
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B.C. appeal court hears Abbotsford hog farm protesters' case

B.C. appeal court hears Abbotsford hog farm protesters' case

"They are not vigilantes," animal rights advocates' lawyer told the B.C. Court of Appeal.
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