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B.C. woman hopes to train hairstylists to watch for cancer

B.C. woman hopes to train hairstylists to watch for cancer

70 salons have signed up for the 'Styling Hair and Saving Lives' program, free training for people who want to learn to spot suspicious marks on clients
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Cost of B.C. vaccine booking hotline revealed: $47.66 million

Cost of B.C. vaccine booking hotline revealed: $47.66 million

The hotline, plagued by initial problems, was designed to assist the first wave of those eligible for vaccines to easily book appointments at provincial clinics and sites
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Final evacuation orders lifted in Old Fort, B.C., years after landslides

Final evacuation orders lifted in Old Fort, B.C., years after landslides

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Final evacuation orders have been lifted for an area of northeastern British Columbia affected by slow-moving landslides that began more than three years ago.
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Remembering Ola: Vancouver mom who lost daughter to drug overdose takes to streets in protest of government inaction

Remembering Ola: Vancouver mom who lost daughter to drug overdose takes to streets in protest of government inaction

‘It was her fifth overdose, but this time there was nobody there to help her’
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B.C. lawyer for Crown says stay application in old-growth logging case is flawed

B.C. lawyer for Crown says stay application in old-growth logging case is flawed

NANAIMO, B.C. — A lawyer for the Crown says a court application asking for a stay of proceedings against those arrested at old-growth logging protests on Vancouver Island is flawed and has no chance of succeeding. Nick Melling told the B.C.
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B.C. reports 867 people hospitalized due to COVID; will no longer record active cases

B.C. reports 867 people hospitalized due to COVID; will no longer record active cases

VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials are reporting five new deaths due to COVID-19 bringing the total fatalities in the province to 2,730.
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Is cannibalism illegal in British Columbia? The answer might surprise you.

Is cannibalism illegal in British Columbia? The answer might surprise you.

And it might also surprise you where it is legal around the world.
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Commercial flight diverted in high-speed chase in B.C.'s Fraser Valley

Commercial flight diverted in high-speed chase in B.C.'s Fraser Valley

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Police say a man has been charged following a high-speed chase that required the diversion of a commercial airplane and ended with a collision involving a police vehicle in Langley, B.C.
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B.C. Human Rights Tribunal tosses grocery store mask complaint

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal tosses grocery store mask complaint

A disability claim from a woman who was refused entry to a market without a mask and instead wore a face shield she got from her car has been dismissed
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B.C. government mute on Penny Ballem pay, Bonnie Henry book

B.C. government mute on Penny Ballem pay, Bonnie Henry book

Woman in charge of province's COVID-19 vaccination campaign was paid $405,000 over nine months, provincial documents show.
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