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‘All things metaphysical’: Marking a B.C. full moon with the Fraser Witchery Bog

It was just a few days after the brightest and biggest supermoon of the year. But with clouds blocking the view, the telescope Theresa Rider brought to a Saturday, Nov. 8 celebration of the full moon in Langley had to remain in its storage case. “Can’t win em all,” Rider remarked the day after the

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Protests against old-growth logging coming to B.C. communities

Vernon, Revelstoke and Penticton will be included in a province-wide protest demanding a halt to old-growth logging on Tuesday. In Vernon, it’s being dubbed a “showdown at BC Timber Sales,” and the local organizers, which include the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance and the Interior Watershed Task Force, are driving that adversarial image home by encouraging

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B.C. deal changes criteria for liver transplant eligibility for Indigenous people

B.C. has agreed to change its policies for how it prioritizes Indigenous people for liver transplants, and to end practices alleged to be discriminatory, the province confirmed on Thursday (Nov. 13). The changes were agreed to in a settlement between the province and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) to resolve a longstanding Human

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