Delta police are looking for witnesses to a fatal crash on the Alex Fraser Bridge Saturday night. At about 10 p.m. on April 11, police responded to a report of a fatal motor vehicle collision northbound on the bridge involving a motorcycle that had struck a semi-truck. Police say the 31-year-old male driver of the […]
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Cory Hage stands with his back slightly curved, a sharp chef’s knife in hand. His eyes are fixed on one thing: cutting onions. With steady strokes, he slowly fills an eight-quart container with large dice. This marks his first day volunteering at Our Place Society’s kitchen, helping staff prepare Salisbury steak for lunch later in
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Ten years after B.C.’s public health emergency declaration came as a result of rising drug-related deaths, as many as five people continue to die every day in the province as the provincial government attempts to tackle an increasingly unpredictable economy. Though the number of deaths has gone down nearly 30 per cent since the peak
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It was 65 years ago, on April 12, 1961, when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history as the first person in space. His 108-minute orbital flight aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft was an important part of the international space race of the 1950s and 1960s. Space travel has not come to an end. On April
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The City of Pitt Meadows is well behind the pace of new housing construction that was set by the province, netting just six new units in six months. The province set the city’s target at 109 new units in the first year. City councillors expressed frustration with the process, as they reviewed a six-month report
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