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Opinion: Cigarette ads were banned decades ago. Let's do the same for fossil fuels

Opinion: Cigarette ads were banned decades ago. Let's do the same for fossil fuels

The number of people who die from climate change each year is roughly the same as the number of people who die from tobacco use.
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Opinion: 'Every child matters': One year after the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children were found in Kamloops

Opinion: 'Every child matters': One year after the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children were found in Kamloops

As the number of unmarked graves found will likely only increase over the months and years to come, we can’t forget that every child matters.
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Losing one’s mother tongue in multicultural Canada

Losing one’s mother tongue in multicultural Canada

Language is tied to one's culture, history and sense of identity. But immigrants in Canada struggle to keep their mother tongues.
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Lotto 6/49 jackpot of $10.9M won in Metro Vancouver

Lotto 6/49 jackpot of $10.9M won in Metro Vancouver

Winning ticket was bought in New Westminster in Saturday’s draw.
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Stolen property appeal denied for Powell River man with 117 convictions

Stolen property appeal denied for Powell River man with 117 convictions

A man with outstanding B.C. and Alberta arrest warrants was arrested driving a van stolen from Alberta - despite his ban on driving in B.C.
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What will happen to woolly mammoth and other treasures as museum packs up to make way for new building

What will happen to woolly mammoth and other treasures as museum packs up to make way for new building

Vancouver airport could babysit woolly mammoth; museum preparing several mobile exhibits
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Wind to dominate Canada's energy future, suggests 'long-awaited' modelling

Wind to dominate Canada's energy future, suggests 'long-awaited' modelling

An 18-fold increase in wind and solar energy are required to decarbonize Canada's electricity grid, finds a landmark report tracing a pathway to net zero.
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B.C. strata tried to pin gas leak on owner, tribunal disagreed

B.C. strata tried to pin gas leak on owner, tribunal disagreed

B.C.'s Civil Resolution Tribunal says a strata cannot bill an owner for an emergency investigation to find the source of a gas leak.
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'It's time now' for an increase in health transfers, Horgan says

'It's time now' for an increase in health transfers, Horgan says

The prime minister has repeatedly said the best time to talk about health transfers to provinces is after the pandemic winds down, which means now, Premier John Horgan said in Saskatchewan on Friday.
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Southern rural B.C. faces largest spike in violent gun crime in Canada

Southern rural B.C. faces largest spike in violent gun crime in Canada

Firearm-related violent crimes in Canada started an upward climb in 2014. 
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