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Canadian Soccer Association’s top executive testifies to House of Commons committee

Canadian Soccer Association’s top executive testifies to House of Commons committee

Pay dispute and proposed spending cuts prompted players to threaten a strike before the February SheBelieves Cup tournament in the U.S. 
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Queen of Surrey back in service April 1

Queen of Surrey back in service April 1

BC Ferries Queen of Surrey is scheduled to return to Langdale terminal on March 21 but it won’t go back into active service until April 1.
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Pod of orcas swim beside BC Ferries vessel, surprising passengers

Pod of orcas swim beside BC Ferries vessel, surprising passengers

A pod of orcas swam right beside the vessel between Victoria and Vancouver.
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Emerging artists express power of collaboration, contrasts

Emerging artists express power of collaboration, contrasts

Shout Out! exhibition features works of local students. It's on at GPAG until March 29.
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Mining option in Okeover Inlet terminated

Mining option in Okeover Inlet terminated

Alpha Copper announces it is moving on from project north of Powell River
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Kisses and Kicks: A kudos to Cindy Kisser, and a warm thank you for grocery line kindness

Kisses and Kicks: A kudos to Cindy Kisser, and a warm thank you for grocery line kindness

Here are your kicks and kisses for the week of March 17!
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Rob Shaw: B.C. has 11 days left to spend all of its unprecedented surplus. It likely can't

Rob Shaw: B.C. has 11 days left to spend all of its unprecedented surplus. It likely can't

The B.C. government has embarked on an unprecedented spending spree over the past four months, shovelling billions of dollars of an unexpectedly large budget surplus out the door to community groups, transit organizations and municipalities.
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Missing persons group takes up cold case of Ryan Duncan, who was last seen in the Okanagan in 2018

Missing persons group takes up cold case of Ryan Duncan, who was last seen in the Okanagan in 2018

Duncan was described in 2018 as six feet one inch tall, 190 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes.
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Letters: A new proposal for Glassford Road – move the barricade once more

Letters: A new proposal for Glassford Road – move the barricade once more

'Move the barricades to the north end of the intersection of Glassford Road and Dogwood Road. This would create a conforming cul-de-sac on Glassford Road from Truman Road south to Dogwood Road resulting in minimal traffic in the area of the local daycare.'
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'I felt betrayed': B.C. doula victim of fraud by an Ontario woman now facing more than 30 charges

'I felt betrayed': B.C. doula victim of fraud by an Ontario woman now facing more than 30 charges

Ashley Palmer recounted that the accused scammer reached out by originally posting on a Facebook page looking for a doula in Penticton to deal with a stillbirth
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