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Body cams, more oversight for conservation officers, says group upset over B.C. bear killings

Body cams, more oversight for conservation officers, says group upset over B.C. bear killings

'B.C. is not a shooting gallery for government employees'
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BCLC casino boss denied special status at money laundering inquiry

BCLC casino boss denied special status at money laundering inquiry

Brad Desmarais was not 'able to identify any area or issue on which he expects his position to be at all different from that of the BCLC'
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Adopted sisters reunited through genetic testing kit

Adopted sisters reunited through genetic testing kit

A 16-year-old Chatelech Secondary student was hoping the genetic testing kit she got for her birthday would reveal new information about her health – instead, it revealed she has two sisters.
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Outlook 2020: Sluggish growth forecast for year ahead

Outlook 2020: Sluggish growth forecast for year ahead

Year expected to have slowest sales increase since Great Recession
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Burnaby widow didn't leave disabled daughter enough money: judge

Burnaby widow didn't leave disabled daughter enough money: judge

A Burnaby widow who left her estranged developmentally disabled daughter $15,000 out of a $1.8-million estate failed to make adequate provisions for her in her will, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled.
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The Georgia Straight newspaper has been sold to a publicly traded company

The Georgia Straight newspaper has been sold to a publicly traded company

The deal is worth $1.25 million in cash and shares
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Geoff Johnson: A dream for B.C. education

Geoff Johnson: A dream for B.C. education

As befits one of a certain age, I fell asleep well before midnight on Dec. 31, and almost immediately descended into a deep, dream-filled slumber.
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Growing the relationship between humans and plants

Growing the relationship between humans and plants

Upcoming Brackendale Eagle Festival speakers series will feature Squamish Nation ethnobotanist Leigh Joseph
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B.C. teen 'lucky' to survive 150-metre tumble near summit of Oregon's Mount Hood

B.C. teen 'lucky' to survive 150-metre tumble near summit of Oregon's Mount Hood

An Oregon police officer says a British Columbian teenager who survived a 150-metre fall near the top of Mount Hood was climbing a technical section of the mountain at the time. Sgt.
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Squamish detached housing assessments doing better than most of Lower Mainland

Squamish detached housing assessments doing better than most of Lower Mainland

Absence of speculation and foreign buyers' taxes could be the reason: UBC professor
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