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B.C. woman loses $5,000 hair-bleaching claim

B.C. woman loses $5,000 hair-bleaching claim

Hairdresser said woman was trying to "scam the beauty system."
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UFO encounter at Duncan hospital depicted on Canadian coin

UFO encounter at Duncan hospital depicted on Canadian coin

On New Year’s Day 1970, a nurse doing her rounds at Cowichan District Hospital described seeing a large saucer-shaped craft with a glass-like dome top
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Opinion: Climate change is affecting bears, and humans need to learn more to avoid conflicts

Opinion: Climate change is affecting bears, and humans need to learn more to avoid conflicts

We need to understand how bears are affected by climate change, and how those stresses might create new risks for humans.
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Port Moody baker's creepy concoctions win big on the Food Network

Port Moody baker's creepy concoctions win big on the Food Network

Hollie Fraser owns Punk Rock Pastries in North Burnaby.
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B.C. man gets three years in prison for homeless camp machete attack

B.C. man gets three years in prison for homeless camp machete attack

Victim was attacked from behind in an Abbotsford homeless camp. His ear was partially amputated and later reattached.
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Province introduces legislation to spur small-scale multi-unit home construction

Province introduces legislation to spur small-scale multi-unit home construction

Municipalities will be required to adopt new zoning bylaws to comply with the provincial changes by June 30 of next year
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More guilty pleas in Brothers Keepers gang B.C. drug cases, police say

More guilty pleas in Brothers Keepers gang B.C. drug cases, police say

Amandeep Singh Kang pleads guilty to commission of an offence for a criminal organization and conspiracy to drug trafficking.
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You inhale a 'brain-eating fungi' in Vancouver every day. Here's why that's usually OK

You inhale a 'brain-eating fungi' in Vancouver every day. Here's why that's usually OK

Zygomycosis often lives in soil and releases spores that people can breathe in through their noses.
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Panel recommends non-prescription opioids to prevent overdose deaths

Panel recommends non-prescription opioids to prevent overdose deaths

A death review panel report on the overdose crisis recommends that community groups be allowed to hand out non-prescription drugs
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Vancouver court challenge claims Canada failed to protect endangered birds

Vancouver court challenge claims Canada failed to protect endangered birds

A federal order to protect marbled murrelet nests — along with 24 other migratory bird species — failed to protect wider habitat they need to survive, hears justice.
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