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Our cashless society is hurting the Legion's poppy campaign, volunteer says

Our cashless society is hurting the Legion's poppy campaign, volunteer says

People just aren’t carrying cash anymore, the West Vancouver Legion volunteer says, and so poppy boxes aren’t getting filled.
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B.C. owner must pay strata $13K in RV parking dispute

B.C. owner must pay strata $13K in RV parking dispute

Gerry Stehle said he was given a parking exemption by the owner-developer.
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B.C. woman loses $5,000 hair-bleaching claim

B.C. woman loses $5,000 hair-bleaching claim

Hairdresser said woman was trying to "scam the beauty system."
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UFO encounter at Duncan hospital depicted on Canadian coin

UFO encounter at Duncan hospital depicted on Canadian coin

On New Year’s Day 1970, a nurse doing her rounds at Cowichan District Hospital described seeing a large saucer-shaped craft with a glass-like dome top
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Opinion: Climate change is affecting bears, and humans need to learn more to avoid conflicts

Opinion: Climate change is affecting bears, and humans need to learn more to avoid conflicts

We need to understand how bears are affected by climate change, and how those stresses might create new risks for humans.
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B.C. man gets three years in prison for homeless camp machete attack

B.C. man gets three years in prison for homeless camp machete attack

Victim was attacked from behind in an Abbotsford homeless camp. His ear was partially amputated and later reattached.
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Province introduces legislation to spur small-scale multi-unit home construction

Province introduces legislation to spur small-scale multi-unit home construction

Municipalities will be required to adopt new zoning bylaws to comply with the provincial changes by June 30 of next year
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Homelessness soars to unprecedented levels with a 65% rise in New West

Homelessness soars to unprecedented levels with a 65% rise in New West

2023 homeless count finds 203 people unhoused in New West – and that’s likely an undercount
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More guilty pleas in Brothers Keepers gang B.C. drug cases, police say

More guilty pleas in Brothers Keepers gang B.C. drug cases, police say

Amandeep Singh Kang pleads guilty to commission of an offence for a criminal organization and conspiracy to drug trafficking.
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You inhale a 'brain-eating fungi' in Vancouver every day. Here's why that's usually OK

You inhale a 'brain-eating fungi' in Vancouver every day. Here's why that's usually OK

Zygomycosis often lives in soil and releases spores that people can breathe in through their noses.
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