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'Safe place' violations: Two B.C. teachers reprimanded for getting into students' family affairs

'Safe place' violations: Two B.C. teachers reprimanded for getting into students' family affairs

The B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation says two teachers overstepped their professional boundaries by inserting themselves into the family affairs of their students.
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Vancouver police to produce Taser data in alleged assault case

Vancouver police to produce Taser data in alleged assault case

The complainant says he was restrained, assaulted and Tasered outside Fortune Sound Club.
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B.C. woman warns parents after finding group of children alone outside nail salon

B.C. woman warns parents after finding group of children alone outside nail salon

A group of children under care of daycare provider left outside nail salon in Maple Ridge
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B.C. man going to trial on assault, imitation firearm charges

B.C. man going to trial on assault, imitation firearm charges

Korey Muskett is charged with two counts of assault with a weapon, two counts of using an imitation firearm in the commission of an offence and one count of assault.
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$500M provincial fund helps purchase 1,500 rentals for affordable housing

$500M provincial fund helps purchase 1,500 rentals for affordable housing

B.C.’s Rental Protection Fund seeks to buy up older buildings – ones that tend to have the cheapest rents – and extend their lives rather than see them redeveloped
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Letter: Do highway construction at night

Letter: Do highway construction at night

'What a mess! I cannot believe the traffic mess on the highway near Selma Park, Sechelt. I thought we had sorted this out last time.'
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B.C. stratas keeping rules tight over air conditioning amid rising power demands

B.C. stratas keeping rules tight over air conditioning amid rising power demands

Strata corporations are permitting cooling unit installations, but regulations are not getting any looser due to electricity shortages.
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Photo: Sechelt tree illuminates with lightning

Photo: Sechelt tree illuminates with lightning

It “sounded like a cannon” when lightning struck a tree on Bligh Road in West Sechelt during a severe thunder storm Saturday evening. While the tree lit on fire, the pounding rain soon extinguished the flames, said photographer Karen Rose. The weekend saw 14.5mm of precipitation at Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Sechelt weather station while temperatures reached 27C. 
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Opinion: B.C. student societies in urgent need of law reform

Opinion: B.C. student societies in urgent need of law reform

Fiscal and electoral scandals have plagued B.C. student societies for decades — it's past time for an overhaul
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Lois Lake fish farm had day in Powell River Provincial Court

Lois Lake fish farm had day in Powell River Provincial Court

Company given hefty fine after years of noncompliance
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