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qathet Regional Hospital District postpones VCH decision

qathet Regional Hospital District postpones VCH decision

Directors want to get terms of reference right for working group with Vancouver Coastal Health
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Column: B.C. right to tweak drug decriminalization, rather than ending it outright

Column: B.C. right to tweak drug decriminalization, rather than ending it outright

B.C.'s three-year drug decriminalization pilot project was enacted on Jan. 31 last year.
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He stormed Hong Kong's legislature in 2019 but now calls Vancouver home

He stormed Hong Kong's legislature in 2019 but now calls Vancouver home

Pro-democracy activist Ernie Shue-fung Chow studies history at the University of B.C. but it wasn't long ago that he was making it
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Celebration of artists and food returns to Lund

Celebration of artists and food returns to Lund

Chowder challenge one of the highlights of seafood festival in the qathet region
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B.C. moves to ban illicit drug use in public spaces

B.C. moves to ban illicit drug use in public spaces

Premier David Eby said he has received assurances that the federal government will help ensure police can enforce a ban on illicit drug use in any public spaces, including parks, transit, hospitals, restaurants and beaches.
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Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization

Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization

B.C.’s historic drug decriminalization experiment is being dramatically scaled back as the NDP government retreats in the face of sustained public anxiety about what it is doing to perceptions of public safety.
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The great escape: Orphaned orca swims to freedom, begins search for family

The great escape: Orphaned orca swims to freedom, begins search for family

The young orca's bid for freedom occurred at a high tide early Friday and involved swimming through a swift-moving, narrow channel and underneath a bridge, with Esperanza Inlet in the near distance.
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qathet Regional District briefs

qathet Regional District briefs

Directs staff to provide museum report; Sends agricultural use planning meeting invites; Postpones MOTI motion regarding culverts
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Letter: Upside down reality

Letter: Upside down reality

"People in positions of privilege who bully other more vulnerable folks sometimes portray themselves as victims."
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B.C. nurse disciplined for giving opioid to wrong patient

B.C. nurse disciplined for giving opioid to wrong patient

Kamloops nurse Amaris Foster administered hydromorphone to the wrong patient. 
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