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Surrey RCMP investigating after shots fired from moving vehicle

Surrey RCMP investigating after shots fired from moving vehicle

On Feb. 11 at approximately 8:20 p.m., police responded to a report of shots fired in the 13400-block of 60A Avenue
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Couples forced to go to mainland for fertility treatment, face huge costs

Couples forced to go to mainland for fertility treatment, face huge costs

Even though about one in six couples experience infertility, there are no fertility ­clinics on Vancouver Island that offer full IVF services
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‘Painless Jones’: B.C.’s first dentist was a Black miner from Barkerville

‘Painless Jones’: B.C.’s first dentist was a Black miner from Barkerville

Dr. Jones was one of the Black pioneers who played an important role in B.C. history
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Protesters broke through RCMP barricades, causing highway closure near Pacific Border

Protesters broke through RCMP barricades, causing highway closure near Pacific Border

SURREY, B.C.
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RCMP investigate suspected homicide of Nanaimo man found dead Saturday

RCMP investigate suspected homicide of Nanaimo man found dead Saturday

NANAIMO, B.C. — Police say they are investigating after a man was found dead at a north Nanaimo business Saturday morning. They say his death is being treated as a homicide.
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RBCM event explores lives of B.C.'s Black pioneers

RBCM event explores lives of B.C.'s Black pioneers

You can learn about B.C.’s Black pioneers — and meet descendants of Black settlers who arrived in B.C. in 1858 — at the B.C Black History and Heritage Day at the Royal B.C. Museum today.
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Flower supply chain issues prompt some B.C. buyers to look local

Flower supply chain issues prompt some B.C. buyers to look local

VANCOUVER — It was stubbornness that led a family farm on Vancouver Island to keep growing roses when competitors left the industry or shifted production to marijuana years ago.
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Fake modelling agent gets jail time for sexually assaulting women in Vancouver, Surrey

Fake modelling agent gets jail time for sexually assaulting women in Vancouver, Surrey

A Pakistan-born B.C. man sentenced to two years in prison for sexual assault could face deportation and the splitting up of his family.
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Another 17 COVID-19 deaths in B.C., booster dose vaccination reaches 51.5 per cent

Another 17 COVID-19 deaths in B.C., booster dose vaccination reaches 51.5 per cent

VICTORIA — Nine COVID-19 outbreaks at seniors' care homes in British Columbia have been declared over, while two more have been announced. There are 46 health-care facilities in the province with ongoing outbreaks, most of them seniors' care homes.
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Lost in the B.C. woods for 74 days, Bear Henry thankful to forestry workers' rescue

Lost in the B.C. woods for 74 days, Bear Henry thankful to forestry workers' rescue

VICTORIA — Bear Henry says they survived more than 70 days stuck in a camper van on a remote Vancouver Island mountain forest road with only a few days' worth of canned beans, raw rice, cat food and melted snow.
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