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Grant will allow Maritime Museum to digitize maps, ships' plans

Grant will allow Maritime Museum to digitize maps, ships' plans

Federal $17,000 heritage grant will allow the museum to buy a large-format scanner, so items can be digitized and made available to the public
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'Like something out of Narnia': Conditions just right for 'hair ice' to grow in Island woods

'Like something out of Narnia': Conditions just right for 'hair ice' to grow in Island woods

Dead wood can produce 'hair ice,' with the help of a certain fungus that shapes the ice into fine hairs.
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B.C. mother alleges high school boys grooming young girls as daughter undergoes drastic transformation

B.C. mother alleges high school boys grooming young girls as daughter undergoes drastic transformation

Along with better sex education in schools, the mother believes reintroducing junior high schools would go a long way to protect young girls from being "preyed upon" by older boys.
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Former South Peace teacher suspended for racist comments, aggressive behaviour

Former South Peace teacher suspended for racist comments, aggressive behaviour

Brent Daniel failed to model appropriate behaviour, teacher regulator rules
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Prince George family needs a little help while awaiting son's heart surgery in Vancouver

Prince George family needs a little help while awaiting son's heart surgery in Vancouver

Ethan is having his third heart surgery in Vancouver because of a rare heart condition called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.
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Inquest into VPD officer Nicole Chan's suicide ends, jury ponders recommendations

Inquest into VPD officer Nicole Chan's suicide ends, jury ponders recommendations

Any recommendations made by the jury should be "reasonable, achievable and practical," said the presiding coroner Tuesday.
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Decriminalization "small step in right direction": Downtown Prince George president

Decriminalization "small step in right direction": Downtown Prince George president

Eoin Foley hoping initiative will yield "noticeable drop" in downtown property crime
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One in every thousand Prince George residents died of an overdose in 2022

One in every thousand Prince George residents died of an overdose in 2022

The city’s per capita overdose death rate is more than double the B.C. average.
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Mentor who became VPD officer Nicole Chan’s friend testifies at coroner’s inquest

Mentor who became VPD officer Nicole Chan’s friend testifies at coroner’s inquest

Vancouver Police Sgt. Corey Bech said her troubles became fodder for the rumour mill and she felt her police career was over.
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Vancouver elementary school to dump name of lord linked to Boer War, other atrocities

Vancouver elementary school to dump name of lord linked to Boer War, other atrocities

VANCOUVER — Members of the Vancouver School Board have voted unanimously to support the renaming of Lord Roberts Elementary in the city's West End neighbourhood.
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