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PHOTOS: Blackberry Festival street party draws crowd

PHOTOS: Blackberry Festival street party draws crowd

Main thoroughfare in City of Powell River shuts down for annual gathering
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Rob Shaw: Effort to oust Rustad emerges from BC Conservative ranks

Rob Shaw: Effort to oust Rustad emerges from BC Conservative ranks

Party faces internal battle as grassroots movement challenges leader's decisions
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13 of Canada's most wanted allegedly involved in B.C. crimes

13 of Canada's most wanted allegedly involved in B.C. crimes

Suspects are accused of alleged crimes such as murder, assaults, sex offences, child abduction and drug trafficking.
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Illustrator and author invited to qathet to present work

Illustrator and author invited to qathet to present work

Watercolours depict BC's vanishing history through visual memory
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When mammoths walked the Island: New study shows elephant's ancestor was here

When mammoths walked the Island: New study shows elephant's ancestor was here

A study found that mammoths lived on Vancouver Island for a long time, much longer than originally thought.
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Meet the crew removing marine debris from B.C.'s remote coast

Meet the crew removing marine debris from B.C.'s remote coast

"I'm pretty amazed at how much garbage we’re picking up; I didn't think it would be to this level."
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What did the Tsleil-Waututh people eat 500 years ago?

What did the Tsleil-Waututh people eat 500 years ago?

A study diving into pre-colonial, Tsleil-Waututh history finds marine foods especially important in traditional diets.
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Kicking the Clutter: It’s time for back to school organizing

Kicking the Clutter: It’s time for back to school organizing

Kids tend to accumulate things they might not need
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Jasper's burnt landscape could take more than a century to recover: wildfire expert

Jasper's burnt landscape could take more than a century to recover: wildfire expert

JASPER, ALTA. — It could take more than a century for the freshly burned forest in Jasper National Park to regenerate into its previous postcard-perfect form, a wildfire expert says.
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Grizzly mom, cubs a sign big bears are establishing on Island

Grizzly mom, cubs a sign big bears are establishing on Island

Catherine Babault, a professional wildlife photographer based in Courtenay, captured video of a mother grizzly and two young cubs grazing in a meadow with a small herd of Roosevelt elk.
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