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Professor makes big splash on university underwater hockey team

Professor makes big splash on university underwater hockey team

University of Northern B.C. professor Stephen Rader, 59, coaches, mentors and plays for the UNBC underwater hockey team, the Timberwhales, where all the other players are less than half his age.
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Truckers in B.C. call for more training after latest highway overpass strike

Truckers in B.C. call for more training after latest highway overpass strike

SURREY, B.C. — A Metro Vancouver truckers' group said the recent rash of trucks with high loads smashing into highway overpasses cannot be stemmed by tougher punishments alone.
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Noah is B.C.'s most popular baby name for second straight year

Noah is B.C.'s most popular baby name for second straight year

VICTORIA — Noah has emerged as the most popular name for babies born in British Columbia in 2023, topping the list for the second straight year.
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High winds return to B.C.'s central coast as more heat records fall

High winds return to B.C.'s central coast as more heat records fall

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's central coast is facing the return of strong winds reaching 90 kilometres an hour just days after the last such warning in the region.
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Prince George couple celebrates 20 years after winning the right to marry

Prince George couple celebrates 20 years after winning the right to marry

Tess Healy and Wendy Young were part of the court case that made same sex marriage legal in B.C.
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Homicide investigation launched after body of 35-year-old found in Chilliwack, B.C.

Homicide investigation launched after body of 35-year-old found in Chilliwack, B.C.

CHILLIWACK, B.C. — Homicide investigators have been called to Chilliwack, B.C., after the discovery of a dead body.
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Police in Victoria, B.C., seek convicted murderer for breaching parole

Police in Victoria, B.C., seek convicted murderer for breaching parole

VICTORIA — Police in Victoria have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a convicted murderer they say has breached his parole conditions.
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Three dead in head-on crash on B.C. Interior highway north of Kamloops

Three dead in head-on crash on B.C. Interior highway north of Kamloops

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Three people are dead after a head-on crash north of Kamloops in British Columbia's Interior. RCMP Cpl. James Grandy says the accident happened at about 6:50 a.m.
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Family displaced by Ukraine war puts down roots in Prince George

Family displaced by Ukraine war puts down roots in Prince George

Maryna and Roman Pokynchereda left behind home they built themselves in Vinnytsia to find safer life in Canada for themselves and their three children
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Calls for more addiction treatment as B.C. drug decriminalization enters second year

Calls for more addiction treatment as B.C. drug decriminalization enters second year

VANCOUVER — A narrow, winding corridor at St.
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