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Only conservation officers equipped with tranquillizer guns, police say after cougar killed

Only conservation officers equipped with tranquillizer guns, police say after cougar killed

The question about tranquillizer guns was raised after Victoria police shot and killed a full-grown cougar that had been prowling the Gorge-Selkirk Waterfront area on Tuesday
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Victoria councillor asks for signature to be removed from controversial letter

Victoria councillor asks for signature to be removed from controversial letter

Susan Kim, who did not write the open letter, has faced intense backlash since her name was discovered on it
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Murderer back behind bars after nearly killing man while at halfway house

Murderer back behind bars after nearly killing man while at halfway house

Ryan Quigley was released from custody in July to a halfway house somewhere in B.C.'s central interior after stabbing his fiancée to death in 2014
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Okanagan man gets more jail time for cutting open Good Samaritan's face

Okanagan man gets more jail time for cutting open Good Samaritan's face

Randolph Dionne, 65, pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon, theft and breach of release order in BC Provincial Court in Penticton Thursday.
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City of Penticton lifts evacuation order for homes threatened by precarious rock

City of Penticton lifts evacuation order for homes threatened by precarious rock

PENTICTON, B.C. — The City of Penticton, B.C., says it's lifting an evacuation order for 25 homes in a mobile home park that were threatened by a potential rock slide.
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Jewish association wants Vancouver pro-Palestine group banned

Jewish association wants Vancouver pro-Palestine group banned

Samidoun opposes Canada's 2002 designation of Hamas as a terrorist group.
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B.C. minister's memo on 'big and shiny' affordability plan lands in Opposition hands

B.C. minister's memo on 'big and shiny' affordability plan lands in Opposition hands

VICTORIA — A British Columbia cabinet minister says she mistakenly dropped a memo to herself describing a "big and shiny" affordability measure that mysteriously ended up in the hands of the Opposition BC United party.
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'Unacceptable' illicit substances found in air at Victoria supportive housing facility

'Unacceptable' illicit substances found in air at Victoria supportive housing facility

Cool Aid, which operates the Tally Ho facility on Douglas Street, says measures are being put in place to reduce the smoke and protect staff
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An Air Canada flight made an emergency landing at the Vancouver airport. Here's why

An Air Canada flight made an emergency landing at the Vancouver airport. Here's why

What happened on the flight?
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B.C. Director of Civil Forfeiture claims 10 properties owned by alleged drug dealer

B.C. Director of Civil Forfeiture claims 10 properties owned by alleged drug dealer

VICTORIA — The B.C. government wants 10 properties in Prince George forfeited for their alleged use in a years-long drug trafficking operation. The province's Director of Civil Forfeiture claims in a lawsuit filed in B.C.
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