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B.C. commits to earlier, enhanced pensions for wildland firefighters

B.C. commits to earlier, enhanced pensions for wildland firefighters

VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby has announced his government has committed to earlier and enhanced pensions for wildland firefighters, saying the province owes them a "deep debt of gratitude" for their efforts in battling recent fire se
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Possible explosive shell prompts police response in North Delta neighbourhood

Possible explosive shell prompts police response in North Delta neighbourhood

Two homes evacuated out of caution
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Four people charged with manslaughter, forcible confinement in Burnaby, B.C. death

BURNABY, B.C. — Police in British Columbia say four people have been charged with manslaughter more than a year after a man died in Burnaby.
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Victoria chief says police handing off mental-health patients at hospital face hours-long waits

Victoria chief says police handing off mental-health patients at hospital face hours-long waits

Del Manak says the problem could be solved in part by provincial legislation to give security guards in hospitals special constable status.
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Dead big-horned ram that washed up on Colwood beach likely a local

Dead big-horned ram that washed up on Colwood beach likely a local

The animal looked a lot like a bighorn sheep from the Rockies, but sheep experts in the provincial wildlife branch say it’s a domestic mouflon ram
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B.C. financier to plead guilty to using frozen bank account

B.C. financier to plead guilty to using frozen bank account

Scott Low faces one charge of a contravention of B.C.'s Securities Act.
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Son charged in murder of father on Sunshine Coast logging road

Son charged in murder of father on Sunshine Coast logging road

Jackson Doyle, 26, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of his father, Henry Doyle.
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Metro Vancouver's HandyDART strike continues after talks break with no deal

Metro Vancouver's HandyDART strike continues after talks break with no deal

VANCOUVER — Mediated talks between the union representing HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver and its employer, Transdev, have broken off without an agreement following 15 hours of talks.
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26-year-old son is accused of his father's murder on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast

26-year-old son is accused of his father's murder on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast

RICHMOND, B.C. — The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the 26-year-old son of a man found dead on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast has been charged with his murder.
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Kamloops, B.C., man charged with murder in the death of his mother: RCMP

Kamloops, B.C., man charged with murder in the death of his mother: RCMP

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A 35-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after his mother's body was found near her Kamloops, B.C., home a year ago.
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