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Surrey Police Service hires province’s former top policing bureaucrat to aid transition

Surrey Police Service hires province’s former top policing bureaucrat to aid transition

Wayne Rideout spent more than six years in the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and recently oversaw policing in the province
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B.C. police complaint commissioner calls public hearing into woman's 2019 death

B.C. police complaint commissioner calls public hearing into woman's 2019 death

VICTORIA — B.C.'s Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner has called a public hearing into the death of a woman who was struck by plastic bullets fired by Victoria police on Christmas Day 2019.
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Sexual interference trial for son of former BC Liberal MLA underway in Powell River

Sexual interference trial for son of former BC Liberal MLA underway in Powell River

The trial is scheduled in B.C. Supreme Court over approximately seven days
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Gun went off as son charged at her, mother testifies at her murder trial

Gun went off as son charged at her, mother testifies at her murder trial

Samantha Dittmer is charged with second-degree murder of her son, Jesse McPhee, who was shot to death at point-blank range in the family home on Aug. 29, 2021.
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Residential school survivor describes what led to life in Moccasin Flats

Residential school survivor describes what led to life in Moccasin Flats

One Prince George woman shares the story of how she became unhoused
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Indigenous Guardians are training to protect Island’s fragile lands and waters

Indigenous Guardians are training to protect Island’s fragile lands and waters

Renewal of funding for the VIU program was announced Wednesday at a ceremony at the legislature
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Wisdom of imposing fines on B.C. Ferries questioned

Wisdom of imposing fines on B.C. Ferries questioned

B.C. Ferries faces a fine of $7,000 if a sailing on a major route does not take place because of a staff shortage, or $1,000 on certain minor routes.
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Kelowna brings new rules to tent city ahead of winter

Kelowna brings new rules to tent city ahead of winter

Those living on the rail trail will also be limited to a camp size of 12-by-12 feet.
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More high-seas surveys needed to understand what's happening with Pacific salmon stocks: fisheries scientist

More high-seas surveys needed to understand what's happening with Pacific salmon stocks: fisheries scientist

Massive changes in the Pacific Ocean’s ecosystem are affecting salmon in ways never seen before
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Murderer dies in Abbotsford prison after 45 years behind bars

Murderer dies in Abbotsford prison after 45 years behind bars

Roy William MacGregor died "of apparent natural causes."
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