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B.C. First Nation research finds 158 child deaths at four facilities
The Survivors' Flag hangs to honour Indigenous Peoples who were forced to attend residential schools, on the grounds of the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. A Fraser Valley First Nation is expected to provide an update on its work into missing children and unmarked burials at three former residential school sites. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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A Canadian whisky that tastes like a dip in the ocean
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B.C. health minister says health care operations will need to grow in summer months to handle wildfire evacuees
A resident is placed in an ambulance as paramedics assist in the evacuation of a seniors care facility due to wildfires, in Kelowna, B.C., Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. to introduce new disaster management laws to address preparedness, mitigation
Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Bowinn Ma, left, and B.C. Premier David Eby walk together as they arrive for a meeting at the Columbia Shuswap Regional District offices, in Salmon Arm, B.C., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Ma says the province will soon be ready to introduce new laws to govern responses to increasingly frequent natural disasters such as wildfires and flooding. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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India must 'take seriously' B.C. killing, Trudeau says
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B.C. health officer urges patience on drug crisis; delegates to vote on resolutions
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry speaks at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry will be discussing drug decriminalization and public drug use in the opening session of the annual Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Western Canada: B.C. to review why suspect in Vancouver Chinatown stabbing was on leave from hospital
Bc Premier David Eby speaks on his anger of the Triple stabbing in Chinatown while attending a press conference for a news hospital in Surrey B.C. on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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All former youth in care in B.C. now eligible for education tuition waivers: minister
British Columbia has expanded its tuition waiver program to now include all former youth in government care enrolling in post-secondary education. Selina Robinson, minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skilld, speaks at an announcement in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, July 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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One arrested, two dead, as RCMP probe homicide in Chilliwack, B.C.
RCMP in Chilliwack, B.C., say they are investigating a double homicide. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Small plane with engine failure makes emergency landing on highway near Salmo, B.C.
Salmo, a small mountain village in interior B.C., has seen average property values increase by 60 per cent from $199,000 before the start of the pandemic to $319,000 in July 2021, upending years of a relatively flat market
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Western Canada: Search continues for the exact cause of E. coli outbreak in Calgary
The building and kitchens where an E. Coli outbreak happened in Calgary on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Several daycares have closed due to an E. Coli outbreak, Fueling Brains (formerly called UKids) are in the building where the kitchen of the outbreak began. (Photo by Jude Brocke/The Globe and Mail)
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B.C. premier breaks ground on second hospital, cancer centre at cost of $2.88-billion
B.C. Premier David Eby wears a hard hat with a hospital sign affixed during an announcement for a new hospital in Surrey B.C. on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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B.C. caps allowable rent increases at 3.5 per cent, 2 points lower than inflation
An aircraft passes behind towers in the Metrotown area of Burnaby, B.C., on Sunday, May 30, 2021.The British Columbia government has set the allowable rent increase for next year at 3.5 per cent.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Vancouver police officer charged after pedestrian struck in city’s Downtown Eastside last year
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COVID-19 numbers spike in B.C. but no more cases of new variant are detected
British Columbia is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 numbers, with cases, test positivity, hospitalizations and deaths all up in recent weeks. Positive, left, and negative COVID-19 antigen rapid tests are pictured in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Prince George, B.C., explosion linked to pipe theft, gas buildup in structure, RCMP say
Police say the explosion that destroyed a building in downtown Prince George, B.C., last month was likely caused by "unauthorized" people who broke into the property and were not aware of the natural-gas buildup inside. Prince George fire crews tend to a structure fire caused by an explosion in downtown Prince George, B.C., Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/James Doyle
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Wildfire ruin in B.C. Interior’s Shuswap region revealed as residents return home
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Western Canada: New tactics in tackling Canada’s toxic drug crisis
University of Calgary researchers check monitoring equipment as they track traces of COVID-19 in the wastewater system in Calgary on July 14, 2021. Researchers say the amount of opioids and other illicit drugs found in a monitoring of Alberta wastewater jumped in June. Wastewater testing is done weekly at six sites throughout the province as part of a pilot-study funded by the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education at the Cumming School of Medicine and Calgary Health Foundation that ends this fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Some evacuation orders to lift in B.C., but wildfire disruptions drag on
Smoke from wildfires can be seen in a mountain range from the passenger window aboard a charter flight between Penticton and Vancouver, on Tuesday, August 22, 2023. Residents of British Columbia's Shuswap region must wait another day for evacuation orders to lift in wildfire-ravaged areas of the community, complicating the return to school for north Shuswap students. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Weekend weather in central B.C. causes ‘very aggressive’ fire activity
The BC Wildfire Services says long weekend weather conditions caused "very aggressive fire activity" on several active blazes in the province's central fire zone. A hot spot from the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire burns in Scotch Creek, B.C., on Sunday, August 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck