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Rob Shaw: Eby pushes 'sweeping' economic powers to fight tariffs

Rob Shaw: Eby pushes 'sweeping' economic powers to fight tariffs

In this week's political round-up, the B.C. government wants to tighten control over economy but takes a cautious approach to forced treatment
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'I got the reaction I wanted': B.C. man sentenced for threatening Trudeau's children

'I got the reaction I wanted': B.C. man sentenced for threatening Trudeau's children

The Kamloops-area man has been barred from being within 500 metres of any member of the Trudeau family and from possessing firearms or other weapons.
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Rare unanimous support for B.C. bill on perinatal, postnatal mental health care

Rare unanimous support for B.C. bill on perinatal, postnatal mental health care

VICTORIA — British Columbia's politicians have found rare common ground and given unanimous support in the legislature to a private member's bill proposing universal access to mental health care for pregnant women and new mothers. The Opposition B.C.
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Teen dies after car crashes into tree in Vancouver's Stanley Park

Teen dies after car crashes into tree in Vancouver's Stanley Park

Anyone who has dashcam footage is asked to contact police.
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'Nature at its finest': B.C. man films epic eagle hunt

'Nature at its finest': B.C. man films epic eagle hunt

"If people keep their eyes open, you know, nature is happening around them."
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B.C. legislation would give cabinet sweeping powers amid U.S. tariff threats

B.C. legislation would give cabinet sweeping powers amid U.S. tariff threats

British Columbia's government is proposing giving cabinet broad-reaching emergency powers to respond to what Premier David Eby calls the "human-caused disaster" coming in like a freight train from the United States.
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FIFA releases Vancouver remix of World Cup theme song featuring local First Nations

FIFA releases Vancouver remix of World Cup theme song featuring local First Nations

Producer and DJ Grayson Repp works with səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nation artists to give the song a Vancouver sound.
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B.C. injury prevention unit issues PSA for button battery poisonings

B.C. injury prevention unit issues PSA for button battery poisonings

From 2021 to 2023, the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre managed 159 cases of button battery exposures, with 55% of them involving babies and children ages five and under.
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Mom says Canadian woman in 'inhumane' U.S. detention, Global Affairs can't intervene

Mom says Canadian woman in 'inhumane' U.S. detention, Global Affairs can't intervene

Alexis Eagles said she is already planning for the return of her daughter, Jasmine Mooney, even though the two have not had direct contact for more than a week.
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Woman dies after being found unresponsive on Blackcomb Mountain in B.C.

Woman dies after being found unresponsive on Blackcomb Mountain in B.C.

WHISTLER, B.C. — A woman has died after being found unresponsive on a mountain at a British Columbia ski resort.
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