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Vancouver city hall, VPD and PavCo sending staff to Qatar for World Cup

Vancouver city hall, VPD and PavCo sending staff to Qatar for World Cup

Just two weeks after being sworn-in, Mayor Ken Sim is jetting off to Qatar to enjoy the FIFA World Cup. Sim is said to be paying his own way for a trip booked before he was elected on Oct. 15.
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TSB investigating Nov. 9 helicopter crash that killed one person near Kitsault, B.C.

TSB investigating Nov. 9 helicopter crash that killed one person near Kitsault, B.C.

KITSAULT, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board says it's sending an investigator to the remote site of a helicopter crash that killed one person along the north coast of British Columbia.
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Under the microscope

Under the microscope

Fort St. John may be an unlikely place for a bio-tech startup, but one company is advancing the science of environmental remediation.
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Oceans Protection Plan gets $1.2-billion boost

Oceans Protection Plan gets $1.2-billion boost

Announcement brings spending for things like oil spill response to $3.5 billion
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Bridgemark Group illegal insider trading hearings adjourned to September 2023

Bridgemark Group illegal insider trading hearings adjourned to September 2023

B.C. Securities Commission did not oppose delaying an illegal insider trading hearing for Bridgemark Group respondents by 11 months.
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Late-season wildfire prompts evacuation alert in eastern Fraser Valley of B.C.

Late-season wildfire prompts evacuation alert in eastern Fraser Valley of B.C.

AGASSIZ, B.C. — An out-of-season wildfire has put residents of a rural area on the edge of Agassiz, B.C., under evacuation alert.
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Best body in BC: Dawson Creek's Gibson takes a pair of first places in Vancouver Fall Classic

Best body in BC: Dawson Creek's Gibson takes a pair of first places in Vancouver Fall Classic

Symmetry.
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B.C. study reveals near-universal discrimination for Indian status card users

B.C. study reveals near-universal discrimination for Indian status card users

The study was commissioned by the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs following BMO arrests
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Police dog helped find Duncan woman who went missing on walk

Police dog helped find Duncan woman who went missing on walk

North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP Duncan got a call just after 5 a.m., after the woman’s roommate became concerned that she had not returned home from an evening walk the night before.
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Egg cartons were invented in B.C.

Egg cartons were invented in B.C.

A Bulkley Valley invention.
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