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Stall, downdraft, decision making may have played roles in B.C. air-taxi crash: TSB

Stall, downdraft, decision making may have played roles in B.C. air-taxi crash: TSB

VANCOUVER — The Transportation Safety Board says several factors may have played a role in the crash of an air taxi in B.C.
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Ombudsperson calls B.C.'s handling of youth confinement an embarrassment

Ombudsperson calls B.C.'s handling of youth confinement an embarrassment

VANCOUVER — B.C.'s ombudsperson says the Ministry of Children and Family Development should be embarrassed by its neglect toward its commitment to reduce the practice of isolating youth in custody.
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B.C. government sets November date for Surrey police handover

B.C. government sets November date for Surrey police handover

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's government has set Nov. 29 as the date when the Surrey Police Service will take over from the RCMP as the city's force of jurisdiction.
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B.C. government to set out housing targets for 20 more communities

B.C. government to set out housing targets for 20 more communities

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has named another 20 cities and towns as priority communities for housing targets over the next five years. The government says in a statement the communities are in high-growth, high-need regions of B.C.
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Escaped B.C. murderer #4 on Canada's most-wanted list

Escaped B.C. murderer #4 on Canada's most-wanted list

Rabih Alkhalil was convicted of murder in absentia after he escaped from North Fraser Pretrial Centre on July 21, 2022.
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Nutty supply chain mixup leads to Loblaw losing truckload of walnuts

Nutty supply chain mixup leads to Loblaw losing truckload of walnuts

The grocery giant’s logistics company, responsible for delivering 25 pallets of walnuts to Calgary, is suing the trucking companies it subcontracted the job to after the load disappeared.
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U.S. authorities searching for missing B.C. kayakers have found a body: RCMP

U.S. authorities searching for missing B.C. kayakers have found a body: RCMP

SAANICH, B.C. — Police in British Columbia say United States authorities searching for a pair of missing kayakers have found a body in the San Juan Islands of Washington state. RCMP spokesman Cpl.
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Baby lives after stroller hit and dragged by vehicle in Squamish, B.C.

Baby lives after stroller hit and dragged by vehicle in Squamish, B.C.

SQUAMISH, B.C. — A baby in a stroller survived being struck and dragged for two blocks while it was lodged in the front of a vehicle in Squamish, B.C.
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Winds put tiny Endako under wildfire threat as two evacuation alerts issued in B.C.

Winds put tiny Endako under wildfire threat as two evacuation alerts issued in B.C.

CARIBOO, B.C. — Shifting winds triggered an evacuation alert for the tiny community of Endako in central British Columbia over the weekend, as fears of a long wildfire season in the province start to materialize.
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Police still trying to identify woman killed in crash on B.C. highway

Police still trying to identify woman killed in crash on B.C. highway

Officers are looking for dash-camera footage from the area.
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