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New B.C. awareness campaign sends tough message: alcohol causes cancer

New B.C. awareness campaign sends tough message: alcohol causes cancer

Using graphics of beer cans and wine bottles, the posters say that in 2020, alcohol contributed to 2,500 colorectal cancers and was linked to 1,700 breast-cancer cases.
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'Crazy need' for B.C. foster volunteers to care for surrendered, rescued animals

'Crazy need' for B.C. foster volunteers to care for surrendered, rescued animals

Interested in taking care of a dog or cat for a period of time? There are lots of animals that need your help.
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More Canadians hopping on the hockey bandwagon as playoffs progress: poll

More Canadians hopping on the hockey bandwagon as playoffs progress: poll

More than half of Canadians support the Toronto Maple Leafs and more than a quarter support the Edmonton Oilers
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Damage to B.C. glass sponge reef area alleged in fisheries charges

Damage to B.C. glass sponge reef area alleged in fisheries charges

"The reefs are made up of large colonies of glass sponges and are estimated to be 9,000 years old."
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Les Leyne: NDP silence on government lawyer bill speaks volumes

Les Leyne: NDP silence on government lawyer bill speaks volumes

They gave up defending the bill that bars more than 300 government lawyers from forming their own union, hunkered down like penguins in a blizzard and let the opposition critics wear themselves out
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B.C. man charged with forcible confinement of 3 women, axe possession

B.C. man charged with forcible confinement of 3 women, axe possession

Andrew Michael Bertam Rees also faces an escaping-from-lawful-custody charge.
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'Staggering' rise in unhoused women and children since COVID-19

'Staggering' rise in unhoused women and children since COVID-19

New West society: Some moms choose government care to save their children from homelessness
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Opinion: Gen Z goes retro: Why the younger generation is ditching smartphones for 'dumb phones'

Opinion: Gen Z goes retro: Why the younger generation is ditching smartphones for 'dumb phones'

Gen Z’s interest in flip phones is the latest in a series of obsessions young people have for the aesthetic of the 1990s and 2000s.
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Canadian Labour Congress wants more ambitious climate goals from Ottawa

Canadian Labour Congress wants more ambitious climate goals from Ottawa

Rob Ashton, national president of the International Longshore Warehouse Union of Canada, spoke against the resolution, saying: “All I read in this resolution was … a ban on expansion of coal terminals. That's my people’s work.”
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B.C. mayors seek federal funds for TransLink to match immigration

B.C. mayors seek federal funds for TransLink to match immigration

The Mayors' Council is heading to Ottawa next week to lobby the feds for transportation funding.
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