After 32 cats were left at a BC SPCA animal centre, 15 have been transferred to Surrey to help them have a better chance at finding a forever home. The cats, ranging in age from three months to five years old, were left in plastic containers outside the gates of the BC SPCA Sunshine Coast […]
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Southern Vancouver Island recorded the strongest wind gusts in B.C. for the second day in a row, while daily temperature record highs were broken once again in parts of the Okanagan and the Kootenays. It was the second day in a row that southern B.C. was hit with a mix of weather from wind to
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Dear Editor, [RE: Suspects allegedly steal more than $1,400 worth of meat and fish from Maple Ridge store in an hour, The News, www.mapleridgenews.com] I read this article carefully and was struck not only by the brazenness of the crime, but by what was missing. Nowhere in the report were the names of the suspects
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Snowfall isn’t set to stop anytime soon on two B.C. Interior highways. Environment Canada has issued yellow-coded snowfall warnings for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt and Highway 3 from Hope to Princeton for Thursday, Dec. 18. Yellow, the most common alert means “hazardous weather may cause damage, disruption, or health impacts.” Beginning Thursday
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Some new members of a Lower Mainland police force are proving they have a bone to pick with criminal activity. And they’re doggone cute, too. Police Service Dogs Shelby, Sammy and Sultan — after completing their training at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre in Alberta — have been helping fight crime in communities
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