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What to expect in the B.C. NDP’s throne speech

What to expect in the B.C. NDP’s throne speech

Black Press Legislative reporter Tom Fletcher speaks to the B.C. NDP unveiling their first throne speech since taking over as the government following their alliance with the B.C. Green Party.
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Union job action looming at UBC

Union job action looming at UBC

Local at Vancouver campus votes strongly in favour of walking off the job
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UPDATE: Conservation officer felt black bear posed too great a risk

UPDATE: Conservation officer felt black bear posed too great a risk

Officer decided to put down the increasingly-agitated bear found wandering around the Campbell River marina.
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Derek Saretzky appeals convictions, sentence in Alberta triple murder

Derek Saretzky appeals convictions, sentence in Alberta triple murder

The Alberta man received three murder convictions earlier this year
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B.C. Indigenous protesters build tiny homes in Trans Mountain pipeline’s path

B.C. Indigenous protesters build tiny homes in Trans Mountain pipeline’s path

Protesters have built similar homes to those at the Standing Rock protest in the United States
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces criticism and fanfare at UBCO event

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces criticism and fanfare at UBCO event

Prime Minister packs the house at UBC Okanagan
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Fentanyl-linked overdose deaths soar in B.C.

Fentanyl-linked overdose deaths soar in B.C.

The opioid was the cause of 81 per cent of the 876 deaths so far this year in the province
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Dallas MacLeod, 17, missing again

Dallas MacLeod, 17, missing again

North Cowichan teenager goes missing for third time in little more than a year
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Hiker saved by encountering wall of flame near Invermere

Hiker saved by encountering wall of flame near Invermere

Man had to be rescued after he’d been hiking for six days in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park
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First Nations have hopes for B.C. New Democrats

First Nations have hopes for B.C. New Democrats

B.C. government’s pledges are more than ‘hollow words’
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