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'Have to do something': Workers react with fear and hope to Alberta is Calling campaign

'Have to do something': Workers react with fear and hope to Alberta is Calling campaign

Health-care workers are in high demand in both Alberta and B.C. The Alberta government is asking Vancouverites to consider the move, but nurses' unions from each province say neither province can afford to lose any more staff.
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People hiring escorts allegedly getting drugged, robbed in Lower Mainland: police

People hiring escorts allegedly getting drugged, robbed in Lower Mainland: police

If you've had something similar happen, you're encouraged to call police.
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B.C. court's chinchilla farm decision disappoints animal activists

B.C. court's chinchilla farm decision disappoints animal activists

An animal advocacy group sued the province claiming the chief veterinarian issued a fur farm licence to B.C.'s only chinchilla farm without a health management plan.
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Avis billed North Vancouver woman for driving 36,000 km in 3 days

Avis billed North Vancouver woman for driving 36,000 km in 3 days

Customer would have to have been driving 536.5 kilometres per hour non-stop to rack up the distance alleged by car rental company.
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Stabbing in Surrey leaves one dead, IHIT investigating

Stabbing in Surrey leaves one dead, IHIT investigating

A 45-year-old man is dead.
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'Horrific experience': Woman says Canadian airline ruined 'trip of a lifetime'

'Horrific experience': Woman says Canadian airline ruined 'trip of a lifetime'

And she's not alone.
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Last missing wolf from Greater Vancouver Zoo found

Last missing wolf from Greater Vancouver Zoo found

Good news!
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Mosquitoes have fail-safe to always smell out humans, study shows

Mosquitoes have fail-safe to always smell out humans, study shows

The insect uses three families of receptors; if one family of receptors is blocked, mosquitoes are still able to find humans. 
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Opinion: Enduring colonialism has made it harder to end the COVID-19 pandemic

Opinion: Enduring colonialism has made it harder to end the COVID-19 pandemic

A major lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic is the need to decolonize transnational governance so that the world is better able to handle both future and current global crises.
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Underwater noise pollution research needs tangible targets to help endangered killer whales

Underwater noise pollution research needs tangible targets to help endangered killer whales

The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project will make it harder for these killer whales to hunt, communicate and navigate.
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