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Cone Zone Campaign Urges Caution to Protect Roadside Workers
CHILLIWACK - The annual Cone Zone safety awareness campaign launched this week in the Fraser Valley and other parts of British Columbia, emphasizing t...
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Chilliwack unveils new community amenities with provincial funding
CHILLIWACK - With the support of over $1 million from the BC Growing Communities Fund, the City of Chilliwack has completed five new community ameniti...
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British Columbia
Doctors, patients want options to reduce dialysis waste adding to climate change
VANCOUVER - Francis Silva watches the blood flow through astraw-like tube in his left arm to a dialysis machine where it's cleaned of toxins and returned to his body through a second tube. The 60-year-old chef endures the four-hour process every Tuesda...
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President tells Gaza protesters that University of B.C. must remain neutral
VANCOUVER - The president of the University of British Columbia has told pro-Palestinian protesters that the school must remain neutral on the Gaza conflict. Benoit-Antoine Bacon says in response to demands by the organizers of a protest encampment on ...
May 17, 2024
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B.C. mayor warns against videos of properties destroyed by fire outside Fort Nelson
FORT NELSON, B.C. - The mayor of a northeast British Columbia community threatened by wildfires is warning people who stayed behind in the evacuation zone to stay on their properties and not share images of fire destruction on social media. Northern Ro...
May 17, 2024
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Mother, stepfather get 15 years for manslaughter in death of B.C. boy Dontay Lucas, 6
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - The mother and stepfather of six-year-old Dontay Lucas have been sentenced to 15 years each in prison by a B.C. Supreme Court judge. Mitchell Frank and Rykel Frank stood in shackles in a court in Port Alberni as they were sentence...
May 17, 2024
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Canada
Residents forced out of Fort McMurray neighbourhoods due to fire cleared to return
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The Alberta municipality governing the oilsands hub of Fort McMurray says residents ordered out due to a nearby wildfire are clear to return home as of today. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has lifted the evacuation or...
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Doctors, patients want options to reduce dialysis waste adding to climate change
VANCOUVER - Francis Silva watches the blood flow through astraw-like tube in his left arm to a dialysis machine where it's cleaned of toxins and returned to his body through a second tube. The 60-year-old chef endures the four-hour process every Tuesda...
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Dialysis is crucial for kidney patients. It also generates a lot of waste.
Dialysis is one of the most resource-intensive therapies but patients with kidney failure have no other option, except for a kidney transplant. Nephrologists are trying to quantify the waste as they advocate for environmentally sustainable kidney care...
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Montreal artists and venue owners support 24-hour party district - with reservations
MONTREAL - It's 2:55 a.m. on a recent evening at Blue Dog bar, in Montreal's Plateau district. A bell rings, the bartender shouts, "last call," and a handful of people wander to the bar for one more drink. Slight variations of this scene occur across t...
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World
Member of Israel's War Cabinet says he'll quit the government June 8 unless there's a new war plan
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Benny Gantz, a popular centrist member of Israel's three-member War Cabinet, threatened Saturday to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan in three weeks' time for the war in Gaza, a decision that wou...
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Georgia's president vetoes media law that has provoked weeks of protests
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Georgia's president on Saturday vetoed the so-called "Russian law" targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests. The law would require media and NGOs to register as "pursuing the interests of a foreign p...
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Vietnam nominates its public security minister as new president
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam has nominated its Public Security Minister To Lam as its new president, state media said on Saturday, after his predecessor resigned in the ongoing anti-corruption campaign that has shaken up the country's political establ...
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Suspected would-be assassin ordered detained as Slovak prime minister's condition is stable
PEZINOK, Slovakia (AP) - The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was ordered to remain behind bars Saturday as the nation's leader was in serious but stable condition after surviving multiple gunshots, officials s...
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Sports
Canadian women's 3x3 hoops team advances to quarterfinals at Olympic qualifier
DEBRECEN, Hungary - The Canadian women's 3x3 basketball team is off to the quarterfinals at an Olympic qualifying tournament after defeating Czechia 17-10 on Saturday. Canada went undefeated in group play after also beating Chile and Lithuania on Thurs...
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Power, Cozens lead Canada to 5-3 win over Finland at hockey worlds
PRAGUE, Czechia - Owen Power had a goal and two assists as defending champion Canada remained undefeated at the world hockey championship with a 5-3 win over Finland Saturday. Dylan Cozens - with a goal and an assist - Brandon Tanev, and Brandon Hagel ...
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Oilers to start Stuart Skinner in net for must-win Game 6 vs. Canucks
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers will start Stuart Skinner in net Saturday for a must-win Game 6 of their second-round playoff series against the Vancouver Canucks. Skinner replaces goalie Calvin Pickard, who was Edmonton's starter for Games 4 and 5. Th...
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General manager Ross Atkins preaches patience as Toronto Blue Jays struggle
TORONTO - Ross Atkins isn't happy with the Blue Jays record, but he wants fans to know that there's a sense of urgency in Toronto's clubhouse that might not be apparent to people outside the organization. The Blue Jays general manager addressed reporte...
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