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B.C. nears one-year anniversary of first COVID-19 infection

B.C. nears one-year anniversary of first COVID-19 infection

Tumultuous past year filled with unprecedented actions to combat virus’ spread
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Complicated, dangerous rescue saves man caught in avalanche near Vancouver

Complicated, dangerous rescue saves man caught in avalanche near Vancouver

VANCOUVER — An out-of-bounds snowboarder is recovering in hospital from various injuries including a possible fractured pelvis after being caught in an avalanche on Vancouver's North Shore mountains.
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B.C. ramping up screening for faster-spreading COVID-19 'variants of concern'

B.C. ramping up screening for faster-spreading COVID-19 'variants of concern'

VANCOUVER — There's a race between COVID-19 and the rollout of vaccine as researchers and health officials in B.C. warn of two faster-spreading variants.
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Snowboarder rescued after being buried to waist in North Shore backcountry avalanche

Snowboarder rescued after being buried to waist in North Shore backcountry avalanche

Snowboarder was alone and out of bounds near Cypress Provincial Park when he was caught in an avalanche; rescuers say he suffered serious injuries
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Canadian crews assist U.S. Coast Guard in search for downed plane after distress call

Canadian crews assist U.S. Coast Guard in search for downed plane after distress call

VICTORIA — Canadian rescue crews are helping to search for a small plane off of the B.C. coast after United States officials received a mayday distress call. The U.S.
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VIDEO: Prince George Mounties investigating vehicle fence-jumper in College Heights

VIDEO: Prince George Mounties investigating vehicle fence-jumper in College Heights

Video showed car clearing fence at College Heights Secondary School
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Ex-lottery VP testifies money laundering 'politically charged,' gets emotional

Ex-lottery VP testifies money laundering 'politically charged,' gets emotional

VANCOUVER — A former executive with British Columbia's lottery corporation became emotional Tuesday after two days of testimony at a public inquiry into money laundering.
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B.C. records 407 new cases of COVID-19; officials repeat calls to bend the curve

B.C. records 407 new cases of COVID-19; officials repeat calls to bend the curve

VICTORIA — Health officials say more COVID-19 cases have been linked to community clusters related to social gatherings and a ski resort in British Columbia's Interior.
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Man with bow and arrow pushed past city hall staff, locked self in office: B.C. RCMP

Man with bow and arrow pushed past city hall staff, locked self in office: B.C. RCMP

ROSSLAND, B.C. — RCMP say a man armed with a bow and arrow pushed past staff to enter city hall and locked himself in an office in Rossland, B.C. Mounties say in a news release that the 24-year-old man entered the south-central B.C.
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Man accused of trying to kill his mother pleads to assault in a Kelowna, B.C., court

Man accused of trying to kill his mother pleads to assault in a Kelowna, B.C., court

KELOWNA, B.C. — An attempted murder trial came to an abrupt end Tuesday when a man from West Kelowna, B.C., pleaded guilty to the aggravated assault of his mother.
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