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B.C. has fewest drug deaths for the month of September since 2020

Unregulated drug deaths in B.C. continue the trend of about 25 per cent fewer deaths each month in 2025 than for the same month in 2024, according to the B.C. Coroners Service. In September, there ...
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Avian influenza discovered at Salmon Arm commercial poultry operation

Avian influenza has been detected at a commercial poultry operation in Salmon Arm. The infection was discovered on Saturday, Nov. 1, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), which has ...
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Northwest B.C. First Nation overwhelmingly ratifies Treaty, Constitution

Kitsumkalum First Nation has overwhelmingly voted to ratify its Treaty with the federal and provincial governments. On Nov. 1, 569 members (90.7 per cent) cast ballots in favour of the Treaty, while ...
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Travel: Going eye to eye with belugas in Churchill, Manitoba

Standing still on my paddle board, I scan the flat, calm water in the estuary of the Churchill River. It’s unusual for a river to be this quiet, its steel grey water blending into an equally grey sky.
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VIDEO: Faulty station blamed for B.C. EV charger explosion

An arc-flash explosion, that occurred last year at an electric vehicle (EV) charging station in Hope, was caused by the station’s electricity system, says Technical Safety BC (TSBC). In a report ...
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Shovels in the ground for the Schaer Fire Hall in Upper Clearwater

The Upper Clearwater Volunteer Fire Brigade (UCVFB) welcomed guests to a special groundbreaking ceremony and barbecue on Saturday, Oct. 18, on the site of the future home of the first fire hall to be ...
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Looking Back at Wells Gray Park: On becoming enlichened

Friends of Wells Gray Park Newsletter, October , 1993 : When I sat down with the Group of Nine and heard them tossing off such words as medulla, cephalodia and woolly tomentum, I figured I was in big ...
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Burnt-out vehicle now homicide investigation after human remains found: RCMP

Police say human remains have since been found in a burnt-out vehicle near Dawson Creek. The B.C.'s RCMP's serious crime unit has now taken over the investigation after it was determined human remains ...
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B.C.'s toxic drug crisis continues to hit hardest in the north

The Northern Heath region continues to have the highest overdose death rate per 100,000 people in the province, while the overall number of toxic drug deaths in B.C. is projected to be lower this year ...
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TNRD launches agricultural plastics recycling pilot program

Cleanfarms and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) are launching a new pilot program to recycle bale wrap and silage bags and covers; a move that one TNRD director feels is long overdue. The ...
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Drop, cover and hold: B.C. braces for earthquake preparedness

Hundreds of thousands of people across B.C. will be participating in this year's Great British Columbia ShakeOut earthquake drill on Thursday (Oct. 16) at 10:16 a.m. Earthquakes are one of the biggest ...
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Surrey, Vancouver fight for B.C. museum celebrating South Asian Canadians

Surrey and Vancouver are both lobbying to be home to B.C.'s new museum celebrating South Asian Canadians. Now the City of Vancouver and "community partners" champion that city as the future home of ...