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B.C. teen’s death raises questions about CT scanner delays at Kitimat hospital

The death of a 17-year-old boy in Kitimat has prompted Skeena MLA Claire Rattée to call for an independent review and the immediate activation of a long-awaited CT scanner at Kitimat General Hospital, saying the tragedy highlights gaps in emergency diagnostic care in the region. “A mother lost her son because the system failed him […]

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Beyond potatoes: B.C. farmer grows agri-awareness across social media

While there’s a current trend where “hot girl” social media influencers pose with adorable but artificial intelligence-created barnyard animals to farm clicks, there’s one actual farmer in South Surrey who has grown more than just followers across his social media platforms. Tyler Heppell, a fifth-generation farmer who quit a high-paying sales job to return to

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Pipeline tax breaks could make for ‘hard choices’ for B.C. communities

At a time when B.C. municipalities are preparing their provisional budgets for next year, the District of Clearwater is preparing for its tax base to be cratered. The Trans Mountain pipeline runs through Clearwater’s borders, and as it ships oil from Edmonton to Burnaby, it also funnels tax revenue into Clearwater’s municipal coffers. But the

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