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B.C. police watchdog to investigate if police actions linked to man's injuries

HOPE, B.C. — RCMP say British Columbia's police watchdog has been notified about a man who was seriously injured near the scene of a break and enter.
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B.C. lifeguard facing 10 sexual assault, pornography charges involving children

PENTICTON, B.C. — A 54-year-old lifeguard from Penticton, B.C., has been charged with 10 counts of child sexual assault and pornography involving alleged offences between 2008 and 2014.
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Clerk of House steps down after McLachlin report finds he engaged in improper spending

Clerk of House steps down after McLachlin report finds he engaged in improper spending

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Motorcycle rider accused of hitting and injuring North Vancouver RCMP officer

VANCOUVER — Charges have been laid against a North Vancouver man accused of hitting and injuring an RCMP officer with his motorcycle. Mark Webber is charged with obstructing a peace officer and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
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Coroner says no seatbelts, drug and alcohol use caused B.C. vehicle deaths

VICTORIA — The coroners service in British Columbia says one third of the total number of deaths from motor vehicle incidents between 2008 and 2016 involved drugs and/or alcohol.
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Cancer-causing substance used to cut cocaine turns up in Nelson, B.C., drugs

NELSON, B.C. — Police in Nelson, B.C., have issued a public safety warning after learning suspected cocaine had been cut with a potentially cancer-causing substance.
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Planned back burns help contain aggressive wildfire near Osoyoos, B.C.

Planned back burns help contain aggressive wildfire near Osoyoos, B.C.

OSOYOOS, B.C. — Crews say they are making good progress taming a wildfire that has prompted evacuation alerts for several properties in British Columbia's southern Okanagan.
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Police suspend search for 29-year-old man who went missing on B.C. beach

SOOKE, B.C. — Police have suspended the search for a 29-year-old man who went missing on a beach in British Columbia. Sooke RCMP say Jonah Mayhue was last seen entering the water at the north end of Pacheedaht beach in Port Renfrew on May 8.
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More than 100 people fall sick in suspected norovirus outbreak in B.C. hotels

VANCOUVER — Over 100 people have fallen sick following a suspected norovirus outbreak at two Vancouver-area hotels over the weekend.
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Man faces two new charges following 'violent struggle' at B.C. home: police

CENTRAL SAANICH, B.C. — A man accused of murder at a home in Central Saanich, B.C., where police found signs of a "violent struggle" is facing two additional charges of aggravated assault.
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