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B.C. RCMP say activists used garbage, vehicles and trenches to prevent access

B.C. RCMP say activists used garbage, vehicles and trenches to prevent access

LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. — Nearly two dozen protesters have been arrested in the Granite Mainline Forest Service Road area, as RCMP enforced a BC Supreme Court injunction against blockades set up to prevent old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island.
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Metro Vancouver residents express frustration at B.C.'s mask policy

Metro Vancouver residents express frustration at B.C.'s mask policy

"Why else have numbers spiked by [a] factor of 10 once the mask mandate was removed?" asked a local.
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B.C. farmers hit by drought, fire and record heat eligible for financial aid

B.C. farmers hit by drought, fire and record heat eligible for financial aid

Ranches and farms impacted by heat, fire and drought are eligible for emergency funding and animal feed programs.
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Monte Lake residents, B.C.'s forest ministry have contradictory views of firefighting effort

Monte Lake residents, B.C.'s forest ministry have contradictory views of firefighting effort

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B.C. records 395 COVID-19 cases, no new deaths as infections continue upward march

B.C. records 395 COVID-19 cases, no new deaths as infections continue upward march

VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials reported 395 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday with infections showing no signs of slowing down. In a news release, they say there are no additional deaths and 23 of those infected are in intensive care.
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B.C. Supreme Court judge refuses to ask jurors about vaccine status

B.C. Supreme Court judge refuses to ask jurors about vaccine status

Request delved into “a private and personal sphere”
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Q&A: Vancouver’s new auditor general on his role as ‘independent set of eyes’

Q&A: Vancouver’s new auditor general on his role as ‘independent set of eyes’

Mike Macdonell begins his job Sept. 7
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Squamish Nation to investigate St. Paul's Indian Residential School for unmarked graves

Squamish Nation to investigate St. Paul's Indian Residential School for unmarked graves

Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) launches investigation into former St. Paul’s Indian Residential School site to find answers about the children who attended the institution but never made it home
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Updated: Feds invest $17 million in Steveston small craft harbour improvements

Updated: Feds invest $17 million in Steveston small craft harbour improvements

Twenty-six B.C. harbours are receiving federal funding
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Chinese agent targeted Canadian scientist in bacteria-smuggling plot: RCMP documents

Chinese agent targeted Canadian scientist in bacteria-smuggling plot: RCMP documents

Espionage revealed as Winnipeg-Wuhan, COVID-origin debate continues.
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