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Vancouver's Okeya Kyujiro earns Michelin star, bringing city's total to nine

Vancouver's Okeya Kyujiro earns Michelin star, bringing city's total to nine

Vancouver's restaurant scene has earned another Michelin star. The Parisian tire manufacturer-cum-gastronomic tastemaker awarded the honour to Japanese restaurant Okeya Kyujiro, led by chef Takuya Matsuda, at a ceremony Thursday night.
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B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations up 58% in two weeks, as infections, deaths also spike

B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations up 58% in two weeks, as infections, deaths also spike

VANCOUVER — COVID-19 cases are on the rise in British Columbia, with the BC Centre for Disease Control reporting hospitalizations have increased 58 per cent in the past two weeks.
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Surrey Police Service hires province’s former top policing bureaucrat to aid transition

Surrey Police Service hires province’s former top policing bureaucrat to aid transition

Wayne Rideout spent more than six years in the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and recently oversaw policing in the province
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B.C. police complaint commissioner calls public hearing into woman's 2019 death

B.C. police complaint commissioner calls public hearing into woman's 2019 death

VICTORIA — B.C.'s Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner has called a public hearing into the death of a woman who was struck by plastic bullets fired by Victoria police on Christmas Day 2019.
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Sexual interference trial for son of former BC Liberal MLA underway in Powell River

Sexual interference trial for son of former BC Liberal MLA underway in Powell River

The trial is scheduled in B.C. Supreme Court over approximately seven days
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Richmond plant put unlabelled powder into capsules seized at sex shops, court hears

Richmond plant put unlabelled powder into capsules seized at sex shops, court hears

MFH Enterprises Inc. contracted NuEra Nutraceutical Inc. to put 27 kilograms of powder into capsules that ended up containing large quantities of the erectile dysfunction drug tadalafil instead of an herbal sexual enhancement remedy, according to testimony presented in Richmond provincial court this week.
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Gun went off as son charged at her, mother testifies at her murder trial

Gun went off as son charged at her, mother testifies at her murder trial

Samantha Dittmer is charged with second-degree murder of her son, Jesse McPhee, who was shot to death at point-blank range in the family home on Aug. 29, 2021.
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Residential school survivor describes what led to life in Moccasin Flats

Residential school survivor describes what led to life in Moccasin Flats

One Prince George woman shares the story of how she became unhoused
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Indigenous Guardians are training to protect Island’s fragile lands and waters

Indigenous Guardians are training to protect Island’s fragile lands and waters

Renewal of funding for the VIU program was announced Wednesday at a ceremony at the legislature
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Wisdom of imposing fines on B.C. Ferries questioned

Wisdom of imposing fines on B.C. Ferries questioned

B.C. Ferries faces a fine of $7,000 if a sailing on a major route does not take place because of a staff shortage, or $1,000 on certain minor routes.
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