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DRIPA pause won't be confidence vote, B.C. election prospect recedes

The prospect of an early election in British Columbia is receding after the government announced that legislation to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act will no longer be a confidence vote.

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2 men charged after fatal 2022 Maple Ridge shooting

Two men are now facing charges related to a deadly shooting in Maple Ridge four years ago.

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Driver crashes through HWY 1 barrier in Surrey, rolls truck

Police say no one was injured Monday morning when the driver of a semi truck crashed through a barricade on Highway 1 in Surrey and rolled onto a road below.

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Vancouver hit-and-run victim dies of injuries: police

The victim of a hit-and-run in Vancouver last week has died.

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Shots fired at home in Surrey

A home in Surrey was the target of gunfire Monday morning, police say.

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Police investigating arson at Abbotsford alternative school

A small fire at an Abbotsford school in the early hours of Monday morning is being investigated as arson.

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Optimism a challenge 10 years into toxic drug crisis: addiction medicine expert

A decade after B.C. declared the toxic drug crisis a public health emergency, little progress has been made in preventing deaths.

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Takeaways: Canucks play spoiler in California back-to-back

In the final days of one of the longest seasons in Vancouver Canucks history, it’s like the players suddenly don’t want it to end.

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B.C. First Nation asks UN body to count cultural losses in spill compensation formula

Delegates from a First Nation along British Columbia's coast will lobby an international maritime body headquartered in the United Kingdom to change the compensation formula for oil spills.

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Steveston community comes together to mark 10 years of B.C.’s toxic drug crisis

Trevor Tablitney gathered residents of Steveston in Richmond together for a cause near and dear to his heart.

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