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Otava disponibiliza $870 milhões de dólares para apoiar na recuperação das cheias de BC
O governo federal disponibilizou $870 milhões para apoiar a recuperação dos estragos causados pelas cheias em novembro passado em BC.…
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Homem absolvido no bombardeamento da Air India foi morto a tiro em BC
O homem que tinha sido absolvido no atentado terrorista de 1985 contra a Air India foi morto a tiro em…
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Calor extremo matou 619 pessoas em BC no Verão passado
De acordo com um novo relatório do Serviço de Médicos Legistas de B.C., 619 pessoas morreram por causa do calor…
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Lojas de armas de B.C. vêem um aumento de clientes depois de Otava apresentar legislação para travar armas de fogo
Desde que o governo federal anunciou legislação para controlar o número de armas de fogo no país que os residentes…
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B.C. man among first Canadians approved for COVID-19 vaccine injury payout
In the year since he became partially paralyzed, Ross Wightman has kept his focus on small victories — from getting up…
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Toronto’s top doctor hopeful Ottawa will allow drug decriminalization here after B.C.
Toronto’s medical officer of health says she is hopeful that Toronto will be considered if the federal government decides to allow…
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Small-scale possession of illicit drugs will be decriminalized in B.C. starting next year: federal government
Adults in British Columbia will be allowed to possess small amounts of some illicit drugs starting next year, the federal…
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Yukon has joined B.C. in declaring a substance use emergency. What does that mean?
Perry Kendall, British Columbia's former provincial health officer, watched as the number of illicit drug deaths continued to rise, unabated,…
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Homes in some B.C. suburbs jump by more than 40% in assessed value on 2022 notices
New data shows that assessed values of homes in the province are up across the board, with some smaller communities and…
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B.C. extends delivery-fee cap for restaurants until end of 2022
The province announced Monday it would extend the cap on fees charged to restaurants by food delivery companies, in order to…
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Plans for expanding use of COVID-19 rapid tests in B.C. coming Tuesday, health ministry says
B.C.'s Ministry of Health says it will unveil plans on Tuesday to further utilize rapid antigen tests in the province…
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B.C. store owner who offered employee cash for sex and then fired her ordered to pay $99K
A shopkeeper in a small B.C. community has been ordered to pay nearly $99,000 to a former employee he repeatedly…
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Justin Trudeau to visit B.C.’s flood-damaged Fraser Valley as more storms approach
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will arrive in British Columbia on Friday for his first visit since record-breaking rainfall caused widespread flooding…
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Flood management in B.C. is left up to municipalities. Should it be?
Year after year, reports have been issued and warnings given that B.C.'s flood management system was haphazard and in need…
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Province warns next 10 days could be ‘quite challenging’ as more storms set to hit B.C.
British Columbia is bracing for more rainfall in the coming days and weeks as the province works to rebuild after…
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B.C. has never used the national Alert Ready system. Facing disaster after disaster, that might soon change
Crouched on the roof of his childhood home, Jordan Jongema clung to his dog and refreshed the dim screen on his…
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Mammoth cleanup to begin in B.C. as flood waters recede
British Columbia has begun the mammoth task of assessing damage to its transportation networks, infrastructure and thousands of properties along the…
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Trucking industry working to get around catastrophic B.C. highway closures
Larry Stefaniuk was hauling about $50,000 worth of ground fish from Vancouver Island to a pet food processing plant in Edmonton on Sunday night…
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B.C.’s Fraser Valley is no stranger to floods. Experts warn extreme weather is likely to become more common
Marilyn Penner, Allan Toop and Nora Weber have spent a combined 170 years living in the eastern Fraser Valley. Toop's…
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Rains to subside as B.C. assesses damage from floods, mudslides
Torrential rain over the weekend and into Monday left towns flooded and highways closed in B.C., but rains are likely…
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Crews prepare to rescue dozens of travellers trapped by landslides on B.C. highway
Search and rescue crews are assessing the damage from landslides that have left travellers trapped on a southern B.C. highway,…
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Around 25,000 without power in B.C. after powerful overnight windstorm
More than 25,000 homes in southwest B.C. woke up without power on Tuesday after a severe windstorm rolled through the region overnight
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Powerful winds to wallop B.C.’s South Coast in aftermath of Vancouver tornado
Meteorologists issued heavy wind warnings for the Lower Mainland and other parts of B.C.'s coast on Sunday, one day after…
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Thousands without power, over 20 ferry sailings cancelled as storm rolls through B.C. South Coast
Thousands are without power and ferry service between the mainland and Vancouver Island was cancelled on Monday as a strong…
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Proposed changes to forestry policy ‘only a start,’ B.C. Forest Practices Board chair says
The chair of British Columbia's forest watchdog says he was pleased to see a bill introduced with proposed changes to…
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Trudeau says he regrets travelling to Tofino, B.C., on 1st National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized today for travelling for a family vacation to Tofino, B.C., last Thursday on the first National Day for…
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How a small-town B.C. council meeting became a source of COVID-19 disinformation worldwide
The city of Dawson Creek, B.C., home to about 12,000 people near the B.C.-Alberta border, has removed a previously published portion of a recent…
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Trudeau apologizes to First Nation in B.C. for not following up on Truth and Reconciliation Day invite
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with the chief of Tk'emlúps Nation yesterday and offered an apology for not following up on…
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Trudeau flew to Tofino, B.C., with family on 1st National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew to Tofino, B.C., with his family Thursday, as Canadians marked the first National Day for…
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B.C.’s Fraser Health Authority suspends pharmacy from COVID-19 vaccine program after syringes reused
British Columbia's Fraser Health Authority says it has stopped a pharmacy from administering COVID-19 vaccines after learning syringes were reused on patients
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