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Two Japanese ships greeted at CFB Esquimalt with naval gun salute

Two Japanese ships greeted at CFB Esquimalt with naval gun salute

Japanese Ship Kashima and Japanese Ship Hatakaze will be at CFB Esquimalt for a goodwill visit until Sunday, carrying about 550 crew members
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Morning surprise: Nanaimo family wakes to find cougar and freshly killed deer in yard

Morning surprise: Nanaimo family wakes to find cougar and freshly killed deer in yard

The big cat was guarding its kill closely, even fending off an eagle that tried to land and get a taste, says Cheryl Thompson.
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Some relief is on the way for beleaguered B.C. firefighters

Some relief is on the way for beleaguered B.C. firefighters

"Our teams are going on their second or third tour or duty already this year which is abnormal."
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Crews ready to protect key northeast B.C. highway, but cooler weather slows wildfires

Crews ready to protect key northeast B.C. highway, but cooler weather slows wildfires

VANCOUVER — Cooler weather has stalled growth of a huge wildfire in northeastern British Columbia but the BC Wildfire Service says the Donnie Creek blaze remains just two kilometres from the Alaska Highway, southwest of Fort Nelson.
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Saanich man dies in freak accident on holiday in Guatemala

Saanich man dies in freak accident on holiday in Guatemala

Nash Hellwig, a 22-year-old Claremont graduate, died from his injuries after falling from a three-tier bunkbed at a hostel
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Const. Lacy Browning will likely avoid jail time, remain RCMP officer, following 2020 assault

Const. Lacy Browning will likely avoid jail time, remain RCMP officer, following 2020 assault

Browning attended the call and assaulted Wang several times during the “wellness check.”
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SUE the T. rex had battle scars, arthritis — and really bad breath

SUE the T. rex had battle scars, arthritis — and really bad breath

Teams from the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago have been unpacking the Tyrannosaurus rex as the Royal B.C. Museum prepares to open SUE: The T. rex Experience
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Speeder prohibited from driving for six years

Speeder prohibited from driving for six years

Cory Todd Siebolts also sentenced to 628 days in jail for hitting speeds of up to 180 km/h
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Food supply amid highway closure: Too little in Port Alberni, too much in Tofino

Food supply amid highway closure: Too little in Port Alberni, too much in Tofino

It will be the first time since the Cameron Bluffs wildfire closed Highway 4 that the food bank makes its daily trip to Port Alberni to drop off supplies at the high school, Port Alberni Shelter Society and the Salvation Army.
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Man who fell 11 storeys during suspected Burnaby kidnapping sentenced

Man who fell 11 storeys during suspected Burnaby kidnapping sentenced

Abdullah Abdullahi, 36, sustained a spinal cord injury when he fell from an 11th-floor balcony at 4960 Sanders St. in Metrotown trying to escape police.
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