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Here's how service and guide dogs are helping people in B.C.

Here's how service and guide dogs are helping people in B.C.

From alerting deaf people to a beeping fire alarm to helping trauma survivors heal, professional pooches are doing more important jobs than ever before.
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Canada-wide recall of skin-cleansing products due to possible microbial contamination

Canada-wide recall of skin-cleansing products due to possible microbial contamination

Check your medicine cabinets.
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Contracts still not awarded for permanent repairs to the Coquihalla, set to begin this summer

Contracts still not awarded for permanent repairs to the Coquihalla, set to begin this summer

An announcement is expected in the coming weeks.
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Canadian professionals are more burnt out than last year, report finds

Canadian professionals are more burnt out than last year, report finds

Schedule flexibility has created a sense that people need to be available at all times, making it harder to disconnect from work.
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Electric vehicle shortage as gas prices drive B.C. demand

Electric vehicle shortage as gas prices drive B.C. demand

British Columbians are willing to fight each other, wait in line or buy out of province in order to get their hands on an electric vehicle.
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Ocean rescue 'heroes' the subject of new television series

Ocean rescue 'heroes' the subject of new television series

TV series "a chance for us to shine the light on a group of young mariners ... on B.C.'s west coast."
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Canadians living near wildfires have greater risk of lung cancer, brain tumours

Canadians living near wildfires have greater risk of lung cancer, brain tumours

Wildfires can have harmful impacts on air quality but they can also pollute aquatic, soil, and indoor environments.
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B.C. student headed to Ottawa to work in the House of Commons

B.C. student headed to Ottawa to work in the House of Commons

A Kamloops student will be bringing his passion for politics to Parliament Hill this fall, having been selected as one of 40 youths to take on a one-year term working as a House of Commons page.
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The symptoms of COVID-19 appear to be changing. Here's what to look for

The symptoms of COVID-19 appear to be changing. Here's what to look for

More people are reporting different symptoms of the virus.
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North Vancouver riding to lose parts of Lynn Valley in federal election map changes

North Vancouver riding to lose parts of Lynn Valley in federal election map changes

Some of North Van's Lynn Valley would be added to Burnaby - North Seymour riding in proposed changes, while West Vancouver Sunshine Coast Sea-to-Sky riding would lose an area near Park Royal, including polls on Squamish Nation land.
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