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First Nations ready to set up blockades if Site C dam approved

First Nations ready to set up blockades if Site C dam approved

First Nations in northeastern B.C. repeated a familiar story to the Site C Joint Review Panel on Tuesday, saying they are being backed into a corner, and warning that they are ready to set up blockades if the hydroelectric dam is approved.
Ex-B.C. Mountie part of vast cocaine smuggling scheme: prosecutor

Ex-B.C. Mountie part of vast cocaine smuggling scheme: prosecutor

His criminal nickname was Pony Tail and he went from being an undercover drug cop to an international cocaine smuggler. The transformation of former B.C.
Coroner: No sign of foul play in Huszar’s death

Coroner: No sign of foul play in Huszar’s death

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Coroners Service says there is no indication of foul play in the death of a man whose body has been found, more than two years after he disappeared.
Kamloops Daily News closure called a loss to community

Kamloops Daily News closure called a loss to community

After 80 years of publication, the Kamloops Daily News will be no more.
Peace is priceless, Site C hearing told

Peace is priceless, Site C hearing told

Another Northeast B.C. First Nation has decried the loss of centuries-old culture in the face of big money when it comes to the possible construction of the Site C dam.
Vermin infest Vancouver courthouse

Vermin infest Vancouver courthouse

VANCOUVER — There’s a rat in Vancouver’s Provincial Courthouse. And a lot of bedbugs and mice too. The association that represents B.C.
Kamloops Daily News to cease publishing within 60 days

Kamloops Daily News to cease publishing within 60 days

KAMLOOPS — The Kamloops Daily News, citing declining revenue, said Monday that it will stop publishing within 60 days.
Cougar sighting prompts warning in Coldstream

Cougar sighting prompts warning in Coldstream

COLDSTREAM — Just days after a three-year-old female cougar was destroyed while prowling near a North Okanagan community, another hunt for a big cat is underway in the same area. Conservation Officer Sgt.
Eagle count tops 1,000 in Brackendale

Eagle count tops 1,000 in Brackendale

Organizer Thor Froslev was “elated” with the results of Sunday’s 28th annual bald eagle count in Brackendale.
Violent crime spree across Metro Vancouver ends with arrest in Surrey

Violent crime spree across Metro Vancouver ends with arrest in Surrey

The man believed to be responsible for a series of violent carjackings Sunday evening in Richmond and Vancouver been arrested in Surrey.