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Video: Steveston Super Grocer fire fills skies with plumes of smoke

Video: Steveston Super Grocer fire fills skies with plumes of smoke

Emergency crews are on scene.
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Parts of B.C. under flood watch as atmospheric rivers wash over South Coast

Parts of B.C. under flood watch as atmospheric rivers wash over South Coast

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has improved its warning systems since the last flooding disaster in B.C., and Premier David Eby says it will be on top of the latest series of atmospheric rivers rolling over the South Coast in the next few days.
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What Vancouver's city manager is saying about abolition of elected park board

What Vancouver's city manager is saying about abolition of elected park board

Paul Mochrie: "The park board doesn't actually own assets. The assets that are managed currently by park board are owned by the City of Vancouver."
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B.C. Health Minister announces appointment of new seniors advocate

B.C. Health Minister announces appointment of new seniors advocate

VICTORIA — British Columbia's new seniors advocate is Dan Levitt, an adjunct professor of gerontology at Simon Fraser University and the head of a non-profit long-term care home.
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New seniors advocate announced by province

New seniors advocate announced by province

KinVillage CEO Dan Levitt will replace Isobel Mackenzie when she retires in April
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Minutes of only one Vancouver budget task force meeting released

Minutes of only one Vancouver budget task force meeting released

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim created the task force in April 2023 to find budget efficiencies.
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Drug decriminalization contributing to violent crime, MP says

Drug decriminalization contributing to violent crime, MP says

Prince George Peace River Northern Rockies MP Bob Zimmer says B.C.'s federal exemption and pilot to decriminalization small amounts of drugs isn't working.
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Northern B.C. regional district fed up with new emergency act legislation

Northern B.C. regional district fed up with new emergency act legislation

"As an elected official, if I don’t do exactly what they say, I face up to a million dollar fine, imprisonment. How the hell does that work?” 
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Province seeking wildland firefighters who know their turf

Province seeking wildland firefighters who know their turf

BC Wildfire Service hiring window for new recruits closes March 31
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Dawson Creek enacting water conservation measures

Dawson Creek enacting water conservation measures

The City of Dawson Creek will move to stage two water conservation measures on Feb. 5, following a cold snap which froze the Kiskatinaw River, near their intake.
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