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Cougar believed to have left Protection Island

Cougar believed to have left Protection Island

An elusive cougar that swam to Protection Island near Nanaimo, killed a deer there and had residents on high alert over the holiday season has apparently left the same way it came.
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Admission by donation at Royal B.C. Museum, as Community Days return

Admission by donation at Royal B.C. Museum, as Community Days return

Community Days are back at the Royal B.C. Museum, after a two-year absence
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University of Victoria denies liability in 2019 bus crash that killed two students

University of Victoria denies liability in 2019 bus crash that killed two students

About 20 civil lawsuits have been filed by crash survivors.
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Booklet explaining Canadian cash to new arrivals from Ukraine includes $188 of the real thing

Booklet explaining Canadian cash to new arrivals from Ukraine includes $188 of the real thing

A Sooke man and his siblings, whose grandfather was swindled as a new arrival in the 1930s, have created a handbook for those escaping the war in Ukraine
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B.C.'s Blackwater Gold mine construction to start this spring

B.C.'s Blackwater Gold mine construction to start this spring

Blackwater Gold mine near Vanderhoof will start in the first quarter, despite permit delay
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Watch: Bobcat visits private B.C. airport; owner helps it to freedom

Watch: Bobcat visits private B.C. airport; owner helps it to freedom

"It looked to me from my distance like a more fluffy domestic cat," said the Kamloops resident.
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Canfor extends sawmill curtailments

Canfor extends sawmill curtailments

Expected restart date for PG Sawmill now January 30
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Remarkable photos show Big White staff clearing snow from chairlift

Remarkable photos show Big White staff clearing snow from chairlift

"Still a lot of work to do."
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Seventh B.C. company from Bridgemark case cited by commission

Seventh B.C. company from Bridgemark case cited by commission

G2 Energy Corp. (Green 2 Blue Energy Corp.) is among seven companies from the Bridgemark case to face a hearing notice for misrepresentations made to investors. Up to four hearings may be heard at the B.C. Securities Commission in 2023.
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B.C. government increases homeowner grant limit as home values rise by 12 per cent

B.C. government increases homeowner grant limit as home values rise by 12 per cent

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is boosting the homeowner grant threshold to $2.125 million for this year as average property values increase by 12 per cent. The government says in a statement that resetting the threshold from $1.
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