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Report recommends extending period for fixed elections in B.C.

Election BC’s chief electoral officer has released six recommendations following the 2024 general provincial election. Anton Boegman, whose term in the role ends in November, released his third and final volume of the report on the Oct. 19, 2024 general election on Thursday (Oct. 30). It included six priority recommendations, as well as several technical

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Sentence upheld in case where Surrey woman attacked another in court with knife, hammer

A Surrey woman has lost her appeal court bid to overturn her 12-year prison sentence for attempted murder related to an online feud between her and another woman that led to her attacking the other woman with a knife and hammer in a Vancouver courtroom in 2021. Qin Shen was convicted in 2023 of attempted

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‘Zombie worms’ have vanished off the B.C. coast, and that’s a bad thing

A decade-long marine experiment off the coast of British Columbia has raised alarm among scientists. After it failed to detect a key deep-sea species known for decomposing whale bones, scientists are warning that their absence may signal an ecosystem collapse triggered by climate change. In an experiment, researchers from the University of Victoria and Ocean

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