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Vancouver Coastal Health encouraging immunizations as measles outbreak continues

February 17, 2019 - 2:15pm

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Coastal Health is encouraging immunizations as it battles an ongoing measles outbreak.

The health authority says at least nine people have the infection and one visited the BC Children's Hospital, possibly exposing others.

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Work suspended at Coastal GasLink site to investigate Indigenous artifact claims

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February 16, 2019 - 11:10am

HOUSTON, B.C — Coastal GasLink says it has suspended pipeline work south of Houston, B.C, while claims of the discovery of Indigenous artifacts on the site are investigated.

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British Columbia legislature resumes with throne speech, budget next week

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February 12, 2019 - 8:24am

VICTORIA — Members of the British Columbia legislature return to the house today for a throne speech that sets the political agenda for the coming months as allegations from a spending scandal have all three parties searching for answers.

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Cannabis growers looking to agricultural business models

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February 10, 2019 - 9:35am

VANCOUVER - Some craft cannabis producers say the process for entering the legal market is too costly and complex, but others are looking to a familiar model from the agricultural world as a solution.

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CP mainline reopened after derailment near Field

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February 7, 2019 - 7:50am

FIELD — Canadian Pacific Railway says it has reopened the mainline through Field, B-C, where 99 grain cars and two locomotives jumped the tracks in a deadly derailment Monday.

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Sagmoen pleads guilty to assault charge- still facing more charges

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February 5, 2019 - 5:23am

VERNON — A man who faces a number of charges including alleged assaults of escorts has pleaded guilty to assault in an unrelated incident involving a sex worker in Maple Ridge in 2013.

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Distracted driving isn't the only problem

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February 4, 2019 - 7:50am

SURREY — Distracted walking may have played a part in an incident in Surrey, B.C., that sent a pedestrian to hospital with head injuries.

RCMP say the 22-year-old Surrey woman was viewing her cellphone when she stepped off the curb into the path of a taxi.

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Teck advises shareholders to brace themselves for fourth-quarter profit reports

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February 1, 2019 - 12:08pm

VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based Teck Resources is advising shareholders to expect lower-than-expected fourth-quarter profits.

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Search continues in Surrey for suspect after transit officer shot

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January 31, 2019 - 7:49am

VANCOUVER — RCMP in Surrey, British Columbia, are asking the public to be vigilant as the search continues for a suspect in the shooting of a transit officer.