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Vanderhoof shooter sentenced for assaulting Prince George taxi driver

Vanderhoof shooter sentenced for assaulting Prince George taxi driver

Paul Nicholas Russell committed offence eight days before opening fire on RCMP detachment
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Empty homes to be taxed in five more Vancouver Island communities

Empty homes to be taxed in five more Vancouver Island communities

Homeowners in Courtenay, Comox and Cumberland, Parksville and Qualicum Beach will be subject to the tax starting in 2025
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Too-tall cruise ship docks in Victoria to have its funnel removed

Too-tall cruise ship docks in Victoria to have its funnel removed

The Carnival Panorama had been headed to a Portland shipyard for repairs, but was too tall to get under a bridge over the Columbia River
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Dozens of Skwlax band members still displaced following Shuswap wildfire

Dozens of Skwlax band members still displaced following Shuswap wildfire

The Bush Creek East wildfire raged through the Little Shuswap Lake region in mid-August, destroying 31 Skwlax te Secwepemculecw homes
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Okanagan boy with brain tumour fighting for his life

Okanagan boy with brain tumour fighting for his life

The boy and his grandmother were airlifted to B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver on Nov. 12 with just the clothes on their backs.
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Kelowna student sets world record at Ironman triathlon in Arizona

Kelowna student sets world record at Ironman triathlon in Arizona

Zach Bernier, 19, finished 4th at the Ironman Arizona triathlon on November 19. He also set a new U20 Ironman Triathlon world record, with a time of 8 hours, 44 minutes and 56 seconds.
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B.C's speculation tax on homes expands by 13 new municipalities

B.C's speculation tax on homes expands by 13 new municipalities

VICTORIA — British Columbia's New Democrat government is expanding one of its first measures to combat the housing crisis to include 13 more communities.
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RCMP helicopter rescues man after truck stuck in snow west of Kelowna, B.C.

RCMP helicopter rescues man after truck stuck in snow west of Kelowna, B.C.

KELOWNA, B.C. — A man whose truck got stuck in the snow west of Kelowna, B.C., needed to be rescued by an RCMP helicopter.
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B.C. opposition parties heat up climate debate with attacks on NDP's plans

B.C. opposition parties heat up climate debate with attacks on NDP's plans

VICTORIA — Climate change is becoming a hot-button political issue in British Columbia with opposition parties launching election-style attacks on the New Democrat government's clean climate policies. B.C.
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Ex-RCMP civilian intelligence official from Abbotsford convicted of leaking secrets

Ex-RCMP civilian intelligence official from Abbotsford convicted of leaking secrets

Cameron Ortis will be sentenced Jan. 12-13.
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