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Ambulance carrying patients crashes off B.C. highway after driver falls asleep

Ambulance carrying patients crashes off B.C. highway after driver falls asleep

BC Emergency Health Services says an internal investigation is underway.
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Elections BC bans Mark Marissen and municipal party over financing breaches

Elections BC bans Mark Marissen and municipal party over financing breaches

VANCOUVER — Elections BC has banned longtime political organizer Mark Marissen and other Progress Vancouver candidates from running in the next round of local elections after it deregistered their party for breaking campaign finance rules.
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Expansion, upgrade project valued at $366.5M starts at Williams Lake hospital

Expansion, upgrade project valued at $366.5M starts at Williams Lake hospital

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — British Columbia's health minister says the long-awaited redevelopment and expansion of the 1960s-era hospital serving the Cariboo region is underway. Adrian Dix says the $366.
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Quarter-acre lot in Canada's smallest city listed for $61,500

Quarter-acre lot in Canada's smallest city listed for $61,500

It's located south of the Okanagan in Boundary Country.
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Man who carved 'rat' into flesh of gang associate has appeal dismissed

Man who carved 'rat' into flesh of gang associate has appeal dismissed

Jeremy Bellows was convicted in 2020 following a trial on charges of aggravated assault and witness intimidation.
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Fierce blaze damages several businesses, forces evacuation in downtown Vernon, B.C.

Fierce blaze damages several businesses, forces evacuation in downtown Vernon, B.C.

VERNON, B.C. — A restaurant, boutique, salon and costume shop are among the businesses believed to have been destroyed in an early morning fire in downtown Vernon, B.C. Flames broke out in the commercial building at about 2:30 a.m.
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Seven new helicopter ambulances for B.C. when Island firm takes over

Seven new helicopter ambulances for B.C. when Island firm takes over

Ascent Helicopters Ltd.’s contract as the sole supplier of rotary-wing aircraft for air ambulance services in B.C. is expected to start between late fall 2024 and early spring 2025.
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Vancouver Island contestants to compete on new season of The Amazing Race Canada

Vancouver Island contestants to compete on new season of The Amazing Race Canada

Two couples — one from Courtenay and one from Comox Valley — are among 10 teams competing for the show’s top prize, including $250,000 in cash, a trip around the world, and two new vehicles.
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Evacuation alerts end for Kelowna, B.C., residents as wildfire under control

Evacuation alerts end for Kelowna, B.C., residents as wildfire under control

KELOWNA, B.C. — Evacuation alerts and a state of local emergency caused by a wildfire on Knox Mountain in Kelowna, B.C., have ended. A statement from the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre says the fire is now under control at 6.
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Union warns against Ottawa interfering in B.C. port workers strike as talks continue

Union warns against Ottawa interfering in B.C. port workers strike as talks continue

The union representing thousands of striking British Columbia port workers is asking the federal government to not interfere after business groups called for back-to-work legislation.
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