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Lawyers seek return of millions after money laundering charges stayed

Lawyers seek return of millions after money laundering charges stayed

Federal prosecutors are delaying the return of millions seized in a money laundering investigation so that the B.C. director of civil forfeiture can file a claim against the cash, lawyer Matthew Nathanson said Wednesday. Nathanson argued in B.C.
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Mother, uncle of slain woman lose battle to avoid extradition

Mother, uncle of slain woman lose battle to avoid extradition

VANCOUVER — The mother and uncle of a young B.C. woman slain in Punjab in 2000 have lost their last-ditch attempt to avoid extradition to India. The B.C.
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Washrooms to be added to Metro Vancouver transit stations, a top rider request

Washrooms to be added to Metro Vancouver transit stations, a top rider request

BURNABY — “Washrooms, here we come.” That was what TransLink chair Lorraine Cunningham said at Thursday as board members voted to move forward with a plan to “increase the availability of customer washrooms along the regional transit system.
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Guards driving van in which inmate died cleared of wrongdoing, union says

Guards driving van in which inmate died cleared of wrongdoing, union says

VANCOUVER — The vice-president of the union that represents B.C. prison guards says his members followed policy the day an inmate died in the back of a corrections van. Dean Purdy of the B.C.
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13 hospitalized after exposure to carbon monoxide at Vancouver office building

13 hospitalized after exposure to carbon monoxide at Vancouver office building

Thirteen people were taken to hospital Wednesday after suffering from carbon monoxide exposure in a Vancouver office building. B.C. Emergency Health Services said paramedics were called to the 1600-block of West 5th Avenue just before 10 a.m.
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North Vancouver high school locks washrooms to stop student vaping

North Vancouver high school locks washrooms to stop student vaping

Mother upset by Seycove Secondary's decision to leave only one bathroom open
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Suspensions certain to turn up heat on legislature finances

Suspensions certain to turn up heat on legislature finances

B.C.’s MLAs will have to decide this week whether to sign-off on the legislature’s annual finances, amid a brewing scandal that has seen the suspension of the building’s two highest-ranking officials.
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Six dead in separate crashes on British Columbia highways: RCMP

Six dead in separate crashes on British Columbia highways: RCMP

VANCOUVER — Mounties in British Columbia say it has been a deadly few days on British Columbia’s highways, with six people killed in separate crashes.
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Junior ornithologists scan the skies during Christmas Bird Count for Kids

Junior ornithologists scan the skies during Christmas Bird Count for Kids

VANCOUVER — B.C.’s budding birders took up their binoculars on Saturday to count the birds at Stanley Park.
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Man charged with murder in death of Burnaby woman on highway

Man charged with murder in death of Burnaby woman on highway

A man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a Burnaby woman found lying next to a vehicle on a highway this month.
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