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B.C.'s Golden Ears park closed due to damage from atmospheric river

B.C.'s Golden Ears park closed due to damage from atmospheric river

A popular park in British Columbia's Lower Mainland remains closed due to damage from an atmospheric river weather system that drenched the province's south coast, triggering a mudslide and local flooding that killed three people.
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'Out of control': Room costs spike 10 times higher on Taylor Swift Canada show nights

'Out of control': Room costs spike 10 times higher on Taylor Swift Canada show nights

VANCOUVER — Taylor Swift fan Kelly Hall was elated when she beat the odds and was allocated three coveted tickets for The Eras Tour in Vancouver. Then she started looking for a hotel. Hall, who lives in Oshawa, Ont.
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911 services interrupted after B.C. wire thieves cause $100k in damage

911 services interrupted after B.C. wire thieves cause $100k in damage

Police in Abbotsford are asking residents to report all suspicious behaviour near the lines.
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'Comeback Kid' of B.C. election says NDP must adapt and build bridges

'Comeback Kid' of B.C. election says NDP must adapt and build bridges

Garry Begg's slim win over the B.C. Conservative candidate in Surrey-Guildford is still subject to a judicial recount, but for now it gives the NDP the 47 seats needed to form a majority in British Columbia's 93-seat legislature.
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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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TSB says B.C. helicopter crashed in 2021 after rotors collided

TSB says B.C. helicopter crashed in 2021 after rotors collided

Canada's Transportation Safety Board says the fatal crash of a British Columbia logging helicopter was caused when the chopper's rotor system broke up mid-flight.
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Two years since Rabih Alkhalil broke out of B.C. prison, reward temporarily boosted

Two years since Rabih Alkhalil broke out of B.C. prison, reward temporarily boosted

Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers says it has teamed up with a national program to offer up to a $100,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Rabih Alkhalil, who broke out of a Port Coquitlam, B.C., prison in 2022.
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B.C. residents warned over possible measles exposure at YVR

B.C. residents warned over possible measles exposure at YVR

Symptoms of measles start with a fever, cough and a runny nose. But in some serious cases, it can lead to an inflammation of the brain known as encephalitis.
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Coast guard's North Pacific patrol uncovers shark finning, dark vessels

Coast guard's North Pacific patrol uncovers shark finning, dark vessels

VICTORIA — The Canadian Coast Guard ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier is back in its home port in Victoria after its crew swept the North Pacific for unreported and unregulated fishing.
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B.C. grandma missing after vehicle found on washed out road

B.C. grandma missing after vehicle found on washed out road

She was last seen on Oct. 25 just after 10 a.m.
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