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B.C. forgives legal debts of staffer involved in 2013 ‘quick wins’ scandal

B.C. will forgive most of the $460,000 legal debt incurred by former communications staffer Brian Bonney defending himself for his part in the “quick wins” scandal that engulfed Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberal government in 2013, according to the Finance Ministry. The scandal centred around a multiculturalism outreach plan that was found to have inappropriately used […]

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600 B.C. properties under evacuation order, 5,700 under alerts amid wildfires

More than 33,000 lightning strikes across B.C. last week has led to an increase in the number of active wildfires in the province. There are 87 active wildfires, including four that started in the last 24 hours, as of Tuesday morning (July 21). Twenty-four were declared out in the same period, Forests Minister Ravi Parmar

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Chilliwack teen with replica firearm arrested at SkyTrain station

A Chilliwack teen who allegedly had a firearm on the SkyTrain was arrested on Saturday (July 18). The incident happened around 5:25 p.m. when the Vancouver Police Department were called to report from the Nanaimo SkyTrain station of someone with a firearm on the train. “A teenager allegedly exposed a firearm to a passenger before

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Attorney General comments on rural B.C., Indigenous land rights issues in Revelstoke interview

On an unofficial visit to Revelstoke last Saturday, July 18, Attorney General Niki Sharma connected with Black Press Media to share her remarks on rural B.C. and what legal issues are front of mind for the province. Sharma, MLA for Vancouver—Hastings, grew up in Sparwood and is no stranger to small-town mountain life somewhere such

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