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Cost to return flooded B.C. community to nature nears $1 billion

Cost to return flooded B.C. community to nature nears $1 billion

Buying out Abbotsford lands devastated by 2021 floods could cost nearly $1 billion — less than half of the costliest plan to buttress existing flood defences.
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Rob Shaw: MLA Elenore Sturko defects to Conservatives in stunning blow to BC United

Rob Shaw: MLA Elenore Sturko defects to Conservatives in stunning blow to BC United

Move marks potential turning point in B.C. politics ahead of fall election
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Pet memoriam: Kota

Pet memoriam: Kota

May 5, 2011 - May 18, 2024
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Opinion: B.C.'s EV aspirations may fall victim to anti-China trade policy

Opinion: B.C.'s EV aspirations may fall victim to anti-China trade policy

A steady stream of economical electric vehicles flowing into the Canadian market appears unlikely
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Kicking the Clutter: Rainy days great for tackling inside tasks

Kicking the Clutter: Rainy days great for tackling inside tasks

Inclement weather makes organizing and cleaning your home a fun chore
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A private island off North Saanich is for sale — it's yours for $7 million

A private island off North Saanich is for sale — it's yours for $7 million

6.2-acre island features sandy beach, dock, boathouse, deep-water moorage, paths through park-like woods, a caretaker’s house at the dock, plus a main house and four cabins near a man-made lake
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Virtual reality training scenarios put police officers in shoes of people having their worst day

Virtual reality training scenarios put police officers in shoes of people having their worst day

Axon, a U.S.-based company that showed off its products in Victoria this week, can put police in the shoes of a person in crisis in its VR training
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Comment: Do this to save killer whales and wild salmon from extinction

Comment: Do this to save killer whales and wild salmon from extinction

Pausing ocean-based chinook fisheries in Alaska and B.C. would immediately increase chinook abundance for southern resident killer whales by 25 per cent.
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Homeless count in qathet region not proceeding

Homeless count in qathet region not proceeding

Lift Community Services will not engage in exercise in 2024 because it is not provincially coordinated
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City of Powell River councillor assessed campaign penalties

City of Powell River councillor assessed campaign penalties

Jim Palm found to have contravened Local Elections Campaign Financing Act
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