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$45 sprinklers helped save this B.C. town from wildfire. Have other cities followed suit?

$45 sprinklers helped save this B.C. town from wildfire. Have other cities followed suit?

Last summer's Tremont Creek wildfire came very close to Logan Lake. Nearly a year later, the town's mayor is extending an invite to other communities to learn about their sprinkler system.
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Opinion: Why Canada's Supreme Court isn't likely to go rogue like its U.S. counterpart

Opinion: Why Canada's Supreme Court isn't likely to go rogue like its U.S. counterpart

Decision-making in the Canadian Supreme Court appears to be more fundamentally rooted in the law, not politics, than it is in the United States. Here’s why.
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Immigration Canada forces mother-to-be to raise child on her own

Immigration Canada forces mother-to-be to raise child on her own

Canada decided that this couple's marriage was "not genuine." Now, a Canadian woman is forced to raise a child without a father
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57% of Canadians say climate change affects where they plan to buy a home

57% of Canadians say climate change affects where they plan to buy a home

Amid growing concern over the cost climate change will impose on Canadian housing, a RE/MAX Canada-backed study says more than $5 billion a year is needed to protect homes from floods, extreme weather and wildfire.
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Top bureaucrat reveals offer to B.C. government workers

Top bureaucrat reveals offer to B.C. government workers

The Deputy Minister of B.C.’s public service has revealed the government’s latest offer to the B.C. General Employees Union. The union, which represents 33,000 government workers, is preparing to strike after talks broke off.
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What is development coordination disorder? Here's what you need to know

What is development coordination disorder? Here's what you need to know

DCD affects one to two children in every classroom in Canada.
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Vancouverite takes jaw-dropping photo of northern lights from plane

Vancouverite takes jaw-dropping photo of northern lights from plane

The green glow illuminates the sky above a rosy horizon.
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B.C. archdiocese adds another priest's name to allegedly sexually abusive clergy list

B.C. archdiocese adds another priest's name to allegedly sexually abusive clergy list

A B.C. court acquitted Fr. Placidus Sander in 1993, but he admitted to a single sexual encounter with “an older seminarian” and to kissing one student twice.
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B.C. lawyer twice disbarred after mentally ill client's fees fund Las Vegas junket

B.C. lawyer twice disbarred after mentally ill client's fees fund Las Vegas junket

Peter Darren Steven Hart has been disbarred for the second time as the Law Society of British Columbia aims to denounce 'unethical' behaviour.
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North Shore family fights for child access to life-changing cystic fibrosis drug

North Shore family fights for child access to life-changing cystic fibrosis drug

Trikafta is the closest thing to a cure for the debilitating disease, but costs more than $300K per year out-of-pocket
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