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B.C.-based dancer Margaret Grenier wins Walter Carsen Prize for performing arts

B.C.-based dancer Margaret Grenier wins Walter Carsen Prize for performing arts

VANCOUVER — Gibsons, B.C.-based dancer and choreographer Margaret Grenier has won this year's Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts.
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B.C. labour board to provide neutral 'troubleshooters' for COVID-19 school plans

B.C. labour board to provide neutral 'troubleshooters' for COVID-19 school plans

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Labour Relations Board says it will provide neutral third-party "troubleshooters" to help iron out challenges arising from COVID-19 protocols in public schools.
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COVID-19 pandemic mental-health crisis calls up, suicides down

COVID-19 pandemic mental-health crisis calls up, suicides down

Canadians not accessing COVID mental health help tools
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No crowds or parades as B.C. observes subdued Remembrance Day during pandemic

No crowds or parades as B.C. observes subdued Remembrance Day during pandemic

VICTORIA — The pandemic was ever-present Wednesday at scaled-back and physically distanced Remembrance Day ceremonies across British Columbia.
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Interior Health alerts residents COVID surge 'becoming a concern'

Interior Health alerts residents COVID surge 'becoming a concern'

KELOWNA, B.C. — British Columbia's Interior Health authority has issued a COVID-19 alert to its residents as cases rise in the region. The authority says in a statement that it's concerned by the upward trend and frequency of new local clusters.
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Police say alcohol and speed likely factors in fatal crash in Burnaby, B.C.

BURNABY, B.C. — An RCMP criminal collision investigation team is looking into a single vehicle crash that killed a young woman early Wednesday in Burnaby, B.C.
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RCMP must respond to spying allegations stemming from proposed northern B.C. pipeline: lawsuit

RCMP must respond to spying allegations stemming from proposed northern B.C. pipeline: lawsuit

Groups say pipeline spying information passed to energy companies
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Squamish Nation veterans knowledge keeper ensures Indigenous sacrifice never forgotten

Squamish Nation veterans knowledge keeper ensures Indigenous sacrifice never forgotten

'They wanted freedom of choice and recognition of who we are as a people. That’s what our veterans gave us.'
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TransLink tests anti-microbial copper coatings as B.C. reports 525 new COVID-19 cases

TransLink tests anti-microbial copper coatings as B.C. reports 525 new COVID-19 cases

VANCOUVER — Officials with Metro Vancouver's transportation network say TransLink will be the first system in North America to test the use of anti-microbial copper on high-touch surfaces to better understand and reduce transmission of COVID-19 and o
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Another giant, invasive hornet found in B.C. agriculture area

Another giant, invasive hornet found in B.C. agriculture area

LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, B.C. — An Asian giant hornet has been found near Langley, B.C., about five kilometres away from where another so-called murder hornet was discovered last week.
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