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Fleeing driver hits officer, crashes car and injures dog

Fleeing driver hits officer, crashes car and injures dog

The Kia Forte had been travelling at almost twice the speed limit when it was stopped about 11 p.m. Saturday in the 3700-block of Sooke Road in Metchosin
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Former top bureaucrat in Lions Bay sues for $85,000 after being fired

Former top bureaucrat in Lions Bay sues for $85,000 after being fired

Peter DeJong claims the Village of Lions Bay owes him over $85,000 after failing to meet the severance terms of his contract upon termination.
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B.C. camping goes upscale as land, operating costs bite

B.C. camping goes upscale as land, operating costs bite

Operators focus on RVs, luxury amenities for post-pandemic glampers
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You can sail on an ultra-luxury cruise from Vancouver to Chile at a steal

You can sail on an ultra-luxury cruise from Vancouver to Chile at a steal

Each suite comes with its own "Personal Suite Host and Suite Attendant."
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Classes for 4,300 students still cancelled as CapU support workers strike for second week

Classes for 4,300 students still cancelled as CapU support workers strike for second week

Remote work is the only issue in dispute
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Girl, 9, accused of being trans at Kelowna track meet

Girl, 9, accused of being trans at Kelowna track meet

The mothers, who choose not to identify their daughter, say she was competing in a shot-put event when a grandfather of one of the other participants started yelling at her.
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Couple's Tofino wedding in limbo as road closure continues

Couple's Tofino wedding in limbo as road closure continues

Savannah Kreutziger and fiance Jesse Lee are supposed to be married on the beach in front of 40 people in Tofino’s Cox Bay on Saturday, but that’s not likely to happen
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Roving elephant seal gone from Oak Bay Marina beach

Roving elephant seal gone from Oak Bay Marina beach

The wandering 300-pound seal has been moulting at the beach for about a month, drawing crowds of onlookers and more recently police officers who were trying to keep him safe
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Port Alberni nurse loses license for five years for sexual misconduct

Port Alberni nurse loses license for five years for sexual misconduct

The nurse was found to have engaged in sexual misconduct with a vulnerable psychiatric patient.
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Project seeks to restore 70 hectares of Cowichan marshlands

Project seeks to restore 70 hectares of Cowichan marshlands

The $3-million, two-year Cowichan Estuary Restoration Project involves removal of two dikes
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