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Black Balloon Day: remembering those lost to opioids

Black Balloon Day: remembering those lost to opioids

Black Balloon Day is a day of commemoration to remember those lost to overdose and other substance-related harms
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Douglas Street awash in blue and yellow as Greater Victoria shows support for Ukraine

Douglas Street awash in blue and yellow as Greater Victoria shows support for Ukraine

Supporters could be picked out by their homemade and store-bought flags, decorated bikes and vehicles and signs calling for peace. Many wore blue and yellow, the colours of the Ukrainian flag.
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Chute Creek flume dispute between Naramata neighbours being sent to trial

Chute Creek flume dispute between Naramata neighbours being sent to trial

A nine-day trial over flume fix
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Amidst Drug Crisis, Calls for Bold Safe Supply Spending Go Unheeded

Amidst Drug Crisis, Calls for Bold Safe Supply Spending Go Unheeded

The province says 12,000 people have accessed safe supply. That’s wildly inflated, say critics
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One of 5 charged following large B.C. drug bust avoided jail

One of 5 charged following large B.C. drug bust avoided jail

The Crown dropped three other drug charges and another weapons charge for one accused
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Environmental group calls for tighter rules around ship dumping

Environmental group calls for tighter rules around ship dumping

One of the most at-risk areas in Canadian waters is the Scott Islands, off north Vancouver Island, says World Wildlife Fund Canada.
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N-word complaint raises questions about teaching of Black history in schools

N-word complaint raises questions about teaching of Black history in schools

A teacher was reading the book Underground to Canada with students in Sooke School District
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B.C. records 8 more deaths due to COVID-19; sees further drop in hospitalizations

B.C. records 8 more deaths due to COVID-19; sees further drop in hospitalizations

VICTORIA — British Columbia has recorded eight more deaths due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities to 2,903. The Health Ministry on Friday said 484 people were in hospital with COVID-19 while 69 were in intensive care.
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B.C. dentist blasts incoming vaccine mandate for health-care professionals

B.C. dentist blasts incoming vaccine mandate for health-care professionals

The mandate impacts 39 listed professions, ranging from pharmacists to traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists.
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Behind the scenes of B.C.’s first COVID-19 superspreader, two years ago

Behind the scenes of B.C.’s first COVID-19 superspreader, two years ago

Documents highlight confusion before officials discovered attendee at Pacific Dental Conference had coronavirus, leading to dozens of infections and one death.
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