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Surrey RCMP seize 25,000 potentially fatal doses of fentanyl (PHOTOS)

Surrey RCMP seize 25,000 potentially fatal doses of fentanyl (PHOTOS)

Other items seized included a Rolex valued at $48,000 and approximately $14,000 cash
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Meet your Bowen Island Neighbours: Hilary Butler

Meet your Bowen Island Neighbours: Hilary Butler

Our weekly series continues
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Metro Vancouver raises fees on big air polluters

Metro Vancouver raises fees on big air polluters

Metro staff said they set the proposed fee increase at 0.5 per cent of the economic costs due to public health consequences from air contaminants. If health were the only factor influencing the cost of pollution, it would be 200 times higher.
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New study reveals Bowen is home to Canada’s largest bat and some of the smallest

New study reveals Bowen is home to Canada’s largest bat and some of the smallest

New Bowen Island Conservancy park has at least six bat species
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B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations rise to new 25-week high: 436

B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations rise to new 25-week high: 436

COVID-19 hospitalizations in the province have hit more-than-five-month highs in each of the past four days.
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Tough Times Toolkit mental health skills course back by popular demand

Tough Times Toolkit mental health skills course back by popular demand

One hundred per cent of participants from the spring course felt welcome in the class, found the classes positive, constructive, and meaningful, and found the instructor to be skilled and knowledgeable
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B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations hit another five-month high

B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations hit another five-month high

The 758 new infections in the past 24 hours is the highest single-day tally in almost a month.
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Kami Kanetsuka to revisit her great travels in Hearth talk Nov. 10

Kami Kanetsuka to revisit her great travels in Hearth talk Nov. 10

Hear Kami at “Ramblings of a Committed Traveler” at the Hearth, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. 
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Future of motorized use of Mount Gardner trails unclear after provincial decision

Future of motorized use of Mount Gardner trails unclear after provincial decision

Decision letter from the province provides some clarity and some more questions
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Active COVID-19 infections in B.C. dip to two-month low

Active COVID-19 infections in B.C. dip to two-month low

Hospitalizations keep rising, at new five-month high
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