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• B.C. First Nation to reactivate judicial review of DFO’s salmon farm virus policy

  16-05-2024 02:09 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — A B.C. First Nation says it has lost faith in federal plans to remove open net-pens from the province’s ocean salmon farms and is reluctantly relaunching legal action it had on hold that challenges Fisheries Department aquaculture policy. Read More
  
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• Community rallies around survivors of fatal Vancouver Island fire

  01-11-2024 01:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Firefighters were called to the home on Maple Bay Road Monday morning. The flames were so intense that support had to be called in from crews in three nearby communities.
  
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• Historic lawsuit filed with B.C. Supreme Court alleging abuse at Vernon, B.C. school

  01-11-2024 01:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  After 60 years, Syilx Okanagan woman Laurie Wilson is taking her story of alleged abuse to B.C.'s highest court.
  
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• Trans woman playing women’s university hoops in B.C. league says rival team attacked her for her gender

  01-11-2024 01:10 via theprovince.com
  
  A transgender athlete at Vancouver Island University has taken to social media to speak out against mistreatment at the hands of her opponents from Columbia Bible College in a women's basketball game last weekend. Read More
  
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• Vancouver lawyer wired $2.7 million to Dubai for client under a U.S. stock investigation

  01-11-2024 01:02 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Law Society of B.C. tribunal has upheld and added to professional misconduct findings against Vancouver lawyer Neal Burton Wang. Read More
  
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• Economic indicators ‘blinking red’ business groups warn incoming B.C. NDP government

  01-11-2024 00:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  A coalition of major business groups have penned open letters to all of the major party leaders, calling on them to make the economy job number one when the legislature returns.
  
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• VPD to prepare report on how families are notified when loved one dies

  01-11-2024 00:52 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver police are preparing a report about how its officers notify families when a loved one dies after three sisters learned their mother died of an overdose three years after it happened. Read More
  
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• Winnipeg man charged, 2nd sought in attack on B.C. singer AP Dhillon’s home

  31-10-2024 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  One of the suspects in the shocking shooting was arrested in Ontario, while the other is wanted on a warrant and believed to be in India.
  
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• Timeline set for judicial recounts in two B.C. ridings

  31-10-2024 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Vote counting in the British Columbia provincial election will finally conclude next week with judicial recounts set for two ridings.
  
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• B.C. RCMP take down largest-ever fentanyl and meth 'super lab'

  31-10-2024 23:35 via vancouversun.com
  
  A specialized RCMP unit has taken down the largest illicit drug lab ever found in Canada, seizing record amounts of drugs, precursor chemicals and firearms. Read More
  
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• Canucks by the numbers: How to make a power play great

  31-10-2024 23:17 via theprovince.com
  
  What's the difference between a good power play and a great power play? Read More
  
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• Assassins of B.C. man acquitted of Air India bombing ’hired and paid’: court document

  31-10-2024 22:22 via vancouversun.com
  
  Court documents in the case of two men who murdered British Columbia businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik in 2022 say they were "hired and paid" to kill him. Read More
  
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• East Vancouver work site under investigation due to unstable crane incident

  31-10-2024 22:07 via vancouversun.com
  
  A work site in East Vancouver is being investigated following an incident involving a crane earlier this week. Read More
  
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• 5 new music videos to stream and scream along with this Halloween

  31-10-2024 21:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  Tonight is Halloween. Read More
  
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• ‘Have fun but have it safely,’ officials urge ahead of Halloween, Diwali celebrations

  31-10-2024 20:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Thousands of kids will take to the street to trick-or-treat Thursday night, while many South Asian communities also mark their annual celebration of light. 
  
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• Union issues strike notice in B.C. port labour dispute, employers say

  31-10-2024 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The two sides had been negotiating with the help of a federal mediator for the last three days in a bid to avoid a work stoppage that would affect all ports in B.C.
  
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• Negotiations in B.C. aim to prevent another port disruption

  31-10-2024 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Negotiations between British Columbia's port employers and the union representing foremen are entering a final scheduled day in a bid to avoid a labour disruption.
  
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• Successful nice guy Mark Casse is at Del Mar racetrack with seven horses in Breeders’ Cup races

  31-10-2024 20:50 via theprovince.com
  
  Hall-of-Fame baseball manager Leo Durocher said “nice guys finish last.” Read More
  
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• Union talks underway between foremen, employers to avoid latest B.C. port strike

  31-10-2024 20:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Negotiations between British Columbia's port employers and the union representing foremen are entering a final scheduled day in a bid to avoid a labour disruption. Read More
  
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• Union issues strike notice in latest B.C. port labour dispute, employers say

  31-10-2024 20:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Employers at British Columbia’s ports say they have received 72-hour strike notice from the union representing about 700 foremen in an ongoing labour dispute. Read More
  
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• Employers say ’final offer’ tabled to foremen in bid to avoid latest B.C. port strike

  31-10-2024 20:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  British Columbia’s port employers say they have presented a “final offer” to the union representing foremen in negotiations aimed at avoiding a labour disruption. Read More
  
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• Four things the B.C. Lions must do in their West semifinal

  31-10-2024 20:07 via theprovince.com
  
  The B.C. Lions can’t stop the run. They’re too small, they don’t wrap up. Big-bodied running backs plow through meek arm tackles like bad drivers do red lights. Read More
  
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• Halo's prime South Surrey location a big draw for homebuyers

  31-10-2024 19:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  When it came time for Jacob Shieh to buy his first apartment, Polygon Homes’ Halo development in South Surrey was an obvious choice for the 31-year-old software engineer. Read More
  
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• Nanaimo man gets four years for pushing girlfriend off a cliff

  31-10-2024 19:15 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Nanaimo man who pushed his girlfriend off a cliff to her death was sentenced this week to four years in prison. Read More
  
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• RCMP to reveal details of largest drug superlab bust in Canada

  31-10-2024 19:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  At a press conference at 1 p.m., officers with the RCMP Federal Policing Program are set to detail how they seized record numbers of drugs, precursor chemicals and firearms.
  
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• RCMP dismantles largest drug superlab in Canadian history, operating in B.C.

  31-10-2024 19:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  At a press conference at 1 p.m., officers with the RCMP Federal Policing Program are set to detail how they seized record numbers of drugs, precursor chemicals and firearms.
  
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• ’Just work harder’: Canucks look to reset after ugly loss to Devils

  31-10-2024 18:44 via theprovince.com
  
  Tyler Myers felt a loss like this could be brewing. Read More
  
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• Damage from atmospheric river closes popular B.C. park ‘until further notice’

  31-10-2024 18:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alouette Parks shared photos and a video of the damage, showing broken roads, collapsed banks and widespread debris in the popular park.
  
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• B.C. crime briefs: Beetlejuice arrested in Maple Ridge | Suspect wanted for break and enter, sex assault | Surrey police seize drugs, cash in drug trafficking probe

  31-10-2024 18:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  Here's a roundup of crime news from across B.C. on Oct. 1, 2024. Read More
  
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• B.C. crime briefs: Beetlejuice arrested in Maple Ridge | Surrey police seize drugs, cash in drug trafficking probe

  31-10-2024 18:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  Here's a roundup of crime news from across B.C. on Oct. 1, 2024. Read More
  
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