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Too early to say whether Surrey, Abbotsford killings are connected: IHIT

It’s too early to say whether three violent killings South of the Fraser in the past five days – two in Surrey and one in Abbotsford – are connected, homicide investigators say. Surrey’s first two homicides of the year happened on back-to-back days this week – Monday, Jan. 12 and Tuesday, Jan. 13 – following

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West Kootenay man in middle of Team Canada skeleton controversy

The International Bobsled Skeleton Federation (IBSF) is conducting an investigation into Bobsled Canada Skeleton head coach Joe Cecchini’s actions at the North American Cup. The former Greater Trail athlete made a decision to pull four of six female skeleton athletes from competing in the final of three races in Lake Placid, NY on Sunday. U.S.

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B.C. health minister says decriminalization pilot to end Jan. 31

B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne announced on Wednesday that the province will not be asking the federal government to renew the exemption that enabled the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs. This ends the three-year pilot program, effective Jan. 31. “From the beginning, this pilot was designed as a time-limited trial with ongoing monitoring built

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Overcrowded Edmonton hospitals refuse patients from Red Deer hospital

About 35 patients were stuck in Red Deer’s emergency department beds waiting to access a hospital ward for surgery or treatment on Tuesday morning. Dr. Paul Parks, president-elect of the section of emergency medicine with the Alberta Medical Association (AMA), said Red Deer emergency doctors are routinely squeezed, unable to move patients into higher levels

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