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Fort Nelson evacuees wait it out as incoming weather holds key to B.C. firefight

Fort Nelson evacuees wait it out as incoming weather holds key to B.C. firefight

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — As a fast-growing wildfire bore down on Fort Nelson, B.C., Ariel Keating, her girlfriend, their dog Louie and their cat Macaroni joined a sluggish convoy of evacuees heading south on Sunday.
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Colliers hired to develop plan for former Oak Bay Lodge property

Colliers hired to develop plan for former Oak Bay Lodge property

The goal is to look at how to develop the rocky 1.6-hectare property on Cadboro Bay Road
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First Peoples House at UVic closes after staff threatened with a knife

First Peoples House at UVic closes after staff threatened with a knife

Police and campus security responded and a suspect was arrested.
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B.C. Ferries makes single-user washrooms all-gender, with free menstrual products

B.C. Ferries makes single-user washrooms all-gender, with free menstrual products

The change will apply to single-user washrooms in terminals and on most of its vessels.
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Millions of dollars added to heat-pump rebates program; see if you qualify

Millions of dollars added to heat-pump rebates program; see if you qualify

Qualifying British Columbians could “essentially get a free heat pump through this program,” said Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation Josie Osbourne
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Amendment will prevent violent offenders from changing names

Amendment will prevent violent offenders from changing names

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix introduced the amendment Monday after it was revealed child-killer Alan Schoenborn was fighting to keep his new name from being publicized.
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Esquimalt's Buccaneer Days marred by reports of assaults, theft

Esquimalt's Buccaneer Days marred by reports of assaults, theft

A couple waiting at a bus stop near the intersection of Esquimalt and Fernhill roads was assaulted by a group of youths in an apparent random attack about 10:40
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Sunken fishing vessel raised, fuel offloaded at Henry island

Sunken fishing vessel raised, fuel offloaded at Henry island

Divers used a pump truck onboard a barge to retrieve more than 1,900 litres of diesel fuel from the Chief Joseph, which sank May 3
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Combined post-secondary campus for West Shore delayed by a year

Combined post-secondary campus for West Shore delayed by a year

The campus was originally set to open this fall, but classes are now set to start in September 2025.
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Court hears details of 2022 group attack on man killed last month

Court hears details of 2022 group attack on man killed last month

Victim was lured into room to talk about drug debt.
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