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Sunshine Coast traffic blitz results in numerous tickets, prohibitions

Sunshine Coast traffic blitz results in numerous tickets, prohibitions

A recent traffic blitz on the Sunshine Coast resulted in 12 impaired drivers (drug and alcohol) being taken off the road through immediate roadside prohibitions, multiple speeding and excessive speed tickets, the arrest of several prohibited drivers, and a multitude of other traffic violation tickets.
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'Critical incident': Disciplined B.C. nurse may have risked patients' safety

'Critical incident': Disciplined B.C. nurse may have risked patients' safety

Unnamed nurse has undergone treatment for the health condition that was related to the incident.
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Harrison Lake named second deadliest in B.C. for drownings

Harrison Lake named second deadliest in B.C. for drownings

New data also shows 51 people have drowned in the Fraser River in the last decade.
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Canadian airline ordered to pay for new ticket after flight delay

Canadian airline ordered to pay for new ticket after flight delay

Aimee Mugridge was flying with WestJet from Kelowna to Phoenix via Calgary but was delayed getting to Alberta and bought an Alaska Airlines ticket to get her to Arizona.
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Group from Alberta shows resilience on eight-day trek in qathet

Group from Alberta shows resilience on eight-day trek in qathet

Educator and students hike from Manzanita Hut to Shinglemill on Sunshine Coast Trail
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Legal challenge to major B.C. port expansion 'fundamentally flawed,' say lawyers

Legal challenge to major B.C. port expansion 'fundamentally flawed,' say lawyers

Approval of Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion project to support $100 billion in annual trade, but detractors say it risks survival of endangered killer whales.
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Rotary Club of Powell River hosts a successful Dry Grad casino

Rotary Club of Powell River hosts a successful Dry Grad casino

Brooks Secondary School class of 2024 let loose with playing games and having fun
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B.C. First Nation has draft treaty after 30 years of hard work: treaty commissioner

B.C. First Nation has draft treaty after 30 years of hard work: treaty commissioner

TERRACE — The newest draft treaty signed in British Columbia will allow the First Nation to “break free from the shackles of the Indian Act” and take control of their future, the head of the provincial treaty commission said Tuesday.
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Canadian Crown corp to give B.C. LNG export facility up to $500M in financing

Canadian Crown corp to give B.C. LNG export facility up to $500M in financing

Export Development Canada confirms it will provide $400 to $500 million in financing to the proposed Cedar LNG export facility.
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Updated: Child killer Allan Schoenborn on wait list for program requiring discharge from hospital

Updated: Child killer Allan Schoenborn on wait list for program requiring discharge from hospital

Allan Dwayne Schoenborn — a.k.a. Ken John Johnson — is on a wait list to be accepted into a transitionary care program that necessitates his release from the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam; until then, Schoenborn must have his unescorted community leaves re-approved by the BC Review Board.
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