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No wrongdoing for officers involved in 2025 Agassiz shooting: Police watchdog

Agassiz RCMP officers have been cleared of wrongdoing in a 2025 shooting. The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of B.C. recently concluded their investigation of a shooting in Agassiz on June 19, 2025. “The chief civilian director has reviewed the evidence collected by IIO investigators – including medical records, police reports and witness accounts – and […]

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Hollywood meets Bollywood in immersive musical show from Surrey’s Raga Echoes

Raga Echoes, an entertainment company with Surrey roots, will stage a production that blends the grandeur of American film scores with the soul of Indian classical music. OSTād’s is billed as a “Hollywood meets Bollywood” show featuring scores and songs by Hans Zimmer, Adele, Coldplay, Interstellar, La La Land and others, March 13 at Alliance

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B.C. MLA says dysfunctional system led to Vernon hospital escape, death

B.C.’s mental health Opposition critic Claire Rattée took the province to task Thursday over the circumstances that led to the death of a 22-year-old man who escaped Vernon’s hospital in psychiatric distress earlier this month, saying “this is not a system that is functional right now.” Ezra Cool was fatally struck by a semi-truck in

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Okanagan residents win judicial review over provincial gravel pit approval

Summerland residents opposed to the Garnet Valley gravel pit can celebrate, after the permit was overturned through a judicial review that deemed the process “unreasonable.” Justice Gregory Koturbash handed down the 34-page decision to squash the permit approval on Feb. 26, following two days of hearings and submissions earlier in the month. The judicial review

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