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A British Columbia woman is warning dog owners to watch what their pets touch on walks, after her two-year-old husky overdosed on cocaine. The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association says this is a problem across Canada. While it doesn't collect data on dog overdoses, it says, anecdotally, vets are seeing more of them.
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One of over 57,000 known archaeological sites in the province, Tse'k'wa is a record of 12,500 years of human settlement and environmental change dating back to the last ice age. It's a sacred space to Doig River, Prophet River, and West Moberly First Nations, whose Dane-zaa ancestors inhabited the site for generations.
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The B.C. government's policy on medical assistance in dying involved striking a compromise between faith-based health-care providers who didn't want to allow the procedure in their buildings and complying with Canada's assisted dying laws, B.C. Supreme Court heard this week.
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British Columbia's Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has appointed a retired judge to determine if two officers who wrongfully handcuffed an Indigenous man and his granddaughter outside a Vancouver bank in 2019 should be required to provide an oral apology "consistent with Indigenous law."
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Mark Edward Grant, who was acquitted of the 1984 murder of 13-year-old Winnipeg schoolgirl Candace Derksen, made a brief video appearance in a Vancouver courtroom today on charges of unlawful confinement, sexual assault, assault with a weapon and uttering threats.
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The World Cup Trophy is coming to Canada, ahead of this summer’s soccer showcase. The trophy will make stops in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal, Halifax, Ottawa and Toronto from April 9 to May 26. The 48-team tournament, which is being co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the U.S., runs from June 11 to July 19. The […]
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After a meeting Tuesday with members of the Mount Pleasant Business Improvement Area (BIA), the transportation ministry says it will look into other forms of financial assistance to help businesses survive the construction of Vancouver's next subway line.
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The president of the Tahltan Central Government says British Columbia shouldn’t change its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, just as the First Nation and the provincial government celebrate a landmark agreement based on the legislation. Kerry Carlick says it is not a “good idea to take anything away from DRIPA,” adding that...
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As extortion threats and shootings continue to rattle Surrey, some residents are calling for stronger self-defence laws, including those that would allow people to use firearms to protect themselves. Local officials, however, say vigilantism is not the answer.
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