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B.C. premier calls on head of extortion task force to show ‘urgency’ or step aside

The man in charge of B.C.’s Extortion Task Force might not be the right person for the job if he doesn’t feel it’s a crisis, said B.C.’s premier. Premier David Eby, during an unrelated press conference on Wednesday (Jan. 21) in Prince George, was asked to respond to RCMP Assistant Commissioner John Brewer’s categorization of

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Survey: More than half of B.C. businesses underreporting crime

A survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent businesses is showing more than half of its small businesses are no longer reporting all crime to their property. According to the survey released on Jan. 21, only around four-in-ten businesses “always” file a police report when experiencing crime. Similarly, around the same percentage of businesses say

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No tsunami threat to B.C. after 4.3-magnitude earthquake in California

Emergency Info BC says there’s no tsunami threat to B.C. after an earthquake hit inland California Wednesday (Jan. 21). A 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit about 128 kilometres northwest of El Centro, Calif. and about 193 kilometres east of Los Angeles, just after 12:30 a.m., according to the National Weather Service’s U.S. Tsunami Warning System. It was

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Kelowna woman ‘entering end-stage liver failure’ after transplant delays

A Kelowna woman is losing her battle against autoimmune hepatitis. Lyndsay Richholt was diagnosed with the disease 18 years ago and was told she would need a liver transplant one day. At the time, it was explained to her that, given her young age and that it isn’t self-inflicted liver disease from alcohol, she would

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