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Toxic drug deaths highly personal — and political — as B.C. marks 9 years since public health emergency began

While the crisis is intensely personal for those who have lost people they care about — children, parents, partners, grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, friends, co-workers — it's also become a point of political tension, as leaders try to figure out the best way to address toxic drug deaths in B.C. and beyond.

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Vancouver school bus drivers, attendants face pay cut as board stops being a living wage employer

About 200 bus drivers and attendants contracted by the Vancouver School Board (VSB) have been told their wages will be cut as the VSB will stop being a living wage employer.

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Why Vancouver Island is shaping up to be a hot spot for strategic voting

A growing number of left-leaning voters across B.C. are thinking of voting strategically as polls show the province has some of the tightest races in the country.

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Missing driver found dead in lake after landslide near Kelowna, B.C.: SAR

A search and rescue team in Kelowna, B.C., says a missing person was found dead on Saturday, about 155 feet (47 metres) deep in a lake, after being swept away in a "massive mudslide" earlier this month.

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B.C. man arrested in hockey arena attack that sent 1 to hospital

RCMP say a Grand Forks, B.C., man is facing an aggravated assault charge after a fight broke out among fans at a junior hockey game last month.

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1 child dead, 2 injured in Surrey hit and run: police

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Cancelled flights in and out of small B.C. community making it 'harder and harder to live here': residents

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2 dead after house collapses on small B.C. island

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Health care's taking a backseat in this election. That's a missed opportunity, expert says

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Liberal staffers responsible for planting phoney buttons have been reassigned, Carney says

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Aimee Lou Wood says SNL apologized for 'mean and unfunny' White Lotus satire

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Curtis Sagmoen, B.C. serial violent offender, has died

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How young men are changing what conservatism looks like in Canada

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