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Okanagan high schoolers seek help to compete at national robotics competition

Okanagan high schoolers seek help to compete at national robotics competition

To be able to travel to Victoria in early March, the team is looking to raise around $20,000. Entry for the competition alone costs over $8,000, and then the team can spend a max of $5,000 on its robot.
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Leonard Marchand named new chief justice of British Columbia

Leonard Marchand named new chief justice of British Columbia

Leonard Marchand has been appointed as the new chief justice of the B.C. and Yukon Courts of Appeal in what the B.C. attorney general calls "a historic appointment.
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Police ID father killed in B.C. double homicide, suspect captured on video

Police ID father killed in B.C. double homicide, suspect captured on video

RICHMOND, B.C. — RCMP in Metro Vancouver have identified a father killed in a double homicide with his 13-year-old son at their home in Richmond, B.C. Sgt.
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Coastal Renaissance won't be back on Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen run until March

Coastal Renaissance won't be back on Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen run until March

The vessel has not been in operation since Aug. 17, when its number two drive motor failed
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Police investigating series of extortion threats linked with shooting in B.C.

Police investigating series of extortion threats linked with shooting in B.C.

WHITE ROCK, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia say they are investigating a series of extortion threats that police say may be linked.
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Tens of thousands of B.C. residents received free contraception in eight months

Tens of thousands of B.C. residents received free contraception in eight months

About 188,000 people have received free prescription contraception since British Columbia became the first province to offer it in April.
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Province withholds environment minister’s travel budget for UN conference in Dubai

Province withholds environment minister’s travel budget for UN conference in Dubai

B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman’s travel expenses to be released once all costs are tabulated, says spokesman
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Hundreds of boat owners and residents to be evicted from Mosquito Creek Marina

Hundreds of boat owners and residents to be evicted from Mosquito Creek Marina

Just a few weeks before Christmas, Nch’ḵay̓ Development Corporation has handed a mass eviction notice to boat owners, giving them until May of next year
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Woman blames speeding logging trucks for death of her mother

Woman blames speeding logging trucks for death of her mother

Audrey Currie, a 63-year-old mother of four and grandmother, died in the Sunday afternoon crash south of Sicamous in B.C.'s southern interior
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View Royal teen 'vanished into thin air' 50 years ago after getting off the bus

View Royal teen 'vanished into thin air' 50 years ago after getting off the bus

Carmen Robinson, 17, took the bus home from her dishwashing job and got off two blocks from her View Royal home on Dec. 8, 1973. She was never seen again
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