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Severe drought conditions prompt new order limiting water use for irrigation in B.C. Interior
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‘We’ve been so worried’: Another B.C. couple missing after Nepal flash flooding
The number of Canadian citizens and permanent residents unaccounted for since the Nepal flash flooding has risen to 32, including Coquitlam couple Sumit and Shubakshi Rawla. Their daughter says they were on a guided pilgrimage in the region and…
Businesses relieved by reopening of Highway 1 through B.C.’s Fraser Canyon
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Surrey Six killer loses court battle to have conviction overturned – BC
One of the five men convicted in the Surrey Six murders has lost a court battle to have his conviction overturned. In 2014, Red Scorpion Cody Haevischer was convicted of six counts of first-degree murder in the October 2007 killings at Surrey’s…
After nearly 2-month-long closure, Highway 1 through Fraser Canyon partially reopens
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Last remaining tenant of Granville Street SRO has been moved out – BC
All remaining tenants of the Luugat SRO Hotel on Granville Street have now moved out, the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs confirmed to Global News. As of mid-August, B.C. taxpayers were still paying to keep the building open for one…
New hatcheries will see up to 1 million more salmon raised and released into Fraser and Skeena Rivers annually
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B.C. cat found on dock after Bradley Creek wildfire, burned and alone
When Andrew Erickson spotted a little grey cat sitting alone on a burned dock, he knew something was wrong. The Bradley Creek wildfire had ripped through the area, and Erickson had been helping his neighbours survey the damage from a boat when he…
Man who killed family of 6 on camping trip in 1982 denied parole
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Vancouver Island diver captures rare shark encounter – BC
Vancouver Island diver Carl Sorenson was on the lookout for octopus, a sight he encounters regularly, when he came across something very unexpected. “This shark was about five feet away and coming at me with its mouth open,” Sorenson told Global…
Renowned queer lawyer, activist barbara findlay dead at 77
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Man who set fire as distraction to shoplift in Vancouver grocery given conditional sentence
A man who admitted to setting a fire inside the only full-service grocery store in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside earlier this year has received a two-year conditional sentence followed by two years of probation. Victor Atkinson, 50, was originally…
B.C. Conservative MLA for Abbotsford-Mission to step down, paving way for new leader to seek election
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Canadian premiers appear to back Carney’s decision to abandon ‘bad deal’ with United States
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s premiers appear to be rallying behind Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to walk away from trade talks with the United States as 50 per cent tariffs hit billions of products across…
American tariffs on Canadian goods take effect after trade talks fall apart
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