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Black bear crawls into van with child inside in Coquitlam neighbourhood

Black bear crawls into van with child inside in Coquitlam neighbourhood

Bear/Shutterstock A mother's quick actions saved her child from a harrowing encounter with a bear over the long weekend. The incident happened on Saturday morning in the Westwood Plateau area of Coquitlam.
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Vancouver is the unhappiest city in Canada

Vancouver is the unhappiest city in Canada

Photo Shutterstock Vancouver and Toronto ranked as the unhappiest cities in Canada, according to a recent study from UBC's Vancouver School of Economics and McGill University.
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Trudeau, Horgan commit over $3B to fund Broadway Subway, Surrey LRT

Trudeau, Horgan commit over $3B to fund Broadway Subway, Surrey LRT

Photo by Dan Toulgoet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and B.C. Premier John Horgan have announced over $3 billion in funding for the Broadway Subway and Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT projects.
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Vancouver woman rescued after falling into a cave

Vancouver woman rescued after falling into a cave

A Vancouver woman is recovering in hospital in Kelowna, B.C., after falling more than a dozen metres into a cave in the south Okanagan
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Burnaby requests $7M from feds to keep sewage out of Burrard Inlet

Burnaby requests $7M from feds to keep sewage out of Burrard Inlet

Burnaby is asking senior levels of Canadian government for $7 million to prevent sewage from flowing into Burrard Inlet.
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Kerrisdale’s much-loved sequoia tree to be cut down

Kerrisdale’s much-loved sequoia tree to be cut down

The stately sequoia tree that has graced West 41st Avenue in Kerrisdale for close to 90 years is ailing and needs to be cut down.
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UPDATE: One of two B.C. prison escapees apprehended

UPDATE: One of two B.C. prison escapees apprehended

A search is underway in British Columbia for a man who walked away from a minimum-security prison while serving time for a firebombing that killed two children in Calgary.
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Cards warn against distracted driving as kids go back to school

Cards warn against distracted driving as kids go back to school

Photo via Coquitlam RCMP Students in Coquitlam are making cards reminding drivers to stay focused on the road as kids head back to school.
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Travellers complain about rude, disrespectful Canadian border officers

Travellers complain about rude, disrespectful Canadian border officers

Photo CBSA The Canada Border Services Agency faced more than 100 founded complaints from travellers last year, including allegations of racism and rudeness — and one instance of a woman alleging a border officer yelled at her while she was in medical
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B.C. students learning for 'real life' but teachers say reality needs funding

B.C. students learning for 'real life' but teachers say reality needs funding

Photo Shutterstock Waking up for school won't be the only reality facing British Columbia students entering their senior high school years as ongoing curriculum changes aimed at connecting them to real-life decision making are further implemented.
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