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Shawnigan Lake mom who never worked for feds gets paid anyway

Shawnigan Lake mom who never worked for feds gets paid anyway

Vanita Lindsay has been feverishly trying to get in touch with Ottawa to let them know she wants to give the $8,816.20 back.
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Third-annual witches paddle returns to Powell Lake

Third-annual witches paddle returns to Powell Lake

Spooky event in qathet region held Thanksgiving weekend also a fundraiser for charity
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Surgical robot coming to Victoria hospitals this year

Surgical robot coming to Victoria hospitals this year

The foundation is fundraising for a 10-year robotics program and system upgrades that will first be used in urology
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Nanaimo man gets four years for pushing girlfriend off a cliff

Nanaimo man gets four years for pushing girlfriend off a cliff

Kyle Gordon Ordway pleaded guilty in August to manslaughter in the death of 27-year-old Amy Watts, whose body was found in a wooded ravine below a cliff in June 2021
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Three confirmed dead in Monday fire on Maple Bay Road

Three confirmed dead in Monday fire on Maple Bay Road

Two more bodies were found when crews were able to do a full check of the home, North Cowichan’s fire chief said Wednesday.
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Drug-trafficking investigation leads to charges against 19 people in northern B.C.

Drug-trafficking investigation leads to charges against 19 people in northern B.C.

Federal prosecutors have approved charges against 19 people, eight of them still at large, after an investigation into what police call a violent drug trafficking network in northeastern British Columbia. A statement from B.C.
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Snuneymuxw First Nation urges driver in fatal hit-and-run to come forward

Snuneymuxw First Nation urges driver in fatal hit-and-run to come forward

Charles Tommy, 21, was walking home from fishing in the early evening of Oct. 24 when he was hit by a vehicle that sped from the scene
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Monthlong festival in qathet explores love, loss and grief

Monthlong festival in qathet explores love, loss and grief

Interactive dance workshops, memory walk and advance care planning some of the offerings hosted by art centre
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Christine Boyle announces resignation from Vancouver city council

Christine Boyle announces resignation from Vancouver city council

Boyle was elected Oct. 19 as the NDP MLA for Vancouver-Little Mountain
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'Gut wrenching': Sea lion with mouth sealed by netting rescued at Race Rocks

'Gut wrenching': Sea lion with mouth sealed by netting rescued at Race Rocks

The Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society, which sent rescuers to the ecological preserve off Metchosin on Oct. 22, described the situation as “gut wrenching.”
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