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'Deliberate' contravention nets oil and gas company $40,000 penalty

'Deliberate' contravention nets oil and gas company $40,000 penalty

B.C.’s energy regulator ruled the company must pay the administrative penalty for failing to properly manage several gas wells.
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Text exchange with 'son' ends in Nanaimo woman paying $4,000 to scammer

Text exchange with 'son' ends in Nanaimo woman paying $4,000 to scammer

The text came from a Quebec number and began with: “I’m stressed, can you help pay some bills for me”
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Rob Shaw: Online exploitation legislation tears down political walls for grieving B.C. family

Rob Shaw: Online exploitation legislation tears down political walls for grieving B.C. family

‘He promised me Carson’s death would not be in vain,’ father Ryan Cleland recalls of encounter with premier
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Comment: Feeding addicts what they crave is no solution

Comment: Feeding addicts what they crave is no solution

The suggestion that expanding access to hydromorphone by making it available without prescription will do nothing to reduce toxic fentanyl overdoses.
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Bodies of victims in B.C. heli-skiing crash recovered: company president

Bodies of victims in B.C. heli-skiing crash recovered: company president

The bodies of three people killed in a heli-skiing crash north of Terrace, B.C., last Monday have been recovered, the head of the guiding company said.
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Invictus Games 2025 unveils Indigenous design

Invictus Games 2025 unveils Indigenous design

The visual identity for the 2025 games was a creative collaboration between the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam and Lil’wat Nations
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Electric vehicles and you: Lower fuel costs, higher up-front price and taxes?

Electric vehicles and you: Lower fuel costs, higher up-front price and taxes?

EVs are mandated to make up 100 per cent of new car sales by 2035—what could that look like?
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B.C. premier apologizes after social media mistake on Holocaust Remembrance Day

B.C. premier apologizes after social media mistake on Holocaust Remembrance Day

VICTORIA — British Columbia's premier has apologized after he says a member of his staff posted an incorrect message in social media posts linking to his statement marking Holocaust Remembrance Day on Saturday.
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On-mountain skier deaths at Whistler prompt safety reminder

On-mountain skier deaths at Whistler prompt safety reminder

Stay safe, be prepared: Natural hazards persist on both Whistler and Blackcomb
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Squamish needs a place for those exiting transitional housing: Helping Hands

Squamish needs a place for those exiting transitional housing: Helping Hands

Society also outlined the necessity for low-income seniors' housing and additional hours for the overdose prevention site.
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