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Urgent plea to drug users: please don’t do it alone

Urgent plea to drug users: please don’t do it alone

Seven Vancouver Island deaths in seven days and a fresh batch of social services cheques have health providers on high alert for the weekend
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Surge in overdose calls prompt $5 million injection for paramedic response

Surge in overdose calls prompt $5 million injection for paramedic response

Record number of drug-related overdose calls to 911 in past week in B.C.
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Heavy rains, broken drain threaten Colquitz fish

Heavy rains, broken drain threaten Colquitz fish

Unknown Environmental Hazard at the McKenzie interchange
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Fidel Castro dead at 90

Fidel Castro dead at 90

Cuban State TV announced the death of the revolutionary leader on Friday night.
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Amber Alert deactivated: Delilah Felton found

Amber Alert deactivated: Delilah Felton found

The four-year-old was found safe in Surrey, and her mother remains in custody, police say.
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Be-a-Santa program spreads holiday cheer to seniors

Be-a-Santa program spreads holiday cheer to seniors

Saanich merchants take part in Be a Santa to a Senior
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Low minimum wage, inefficient benefits keep one in five kids in poverty: report

Low minimum wage, inefficient benefits keep one in five kids in poverty: report

First Call BC believes the province's child poverty rate is declining too slowly
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Saanich council on board with regional transportation service

Saanich council on board with regional transportation service

The owner of a Saanich home valued at $500,000 could pay up to $60 annually for the service
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China, RCMP ink deal to battle flow of deadly fentanyl

China, RCMP ink deal to battle flow of deadly fentanyl

RCMP Commisioner Bob Paulson met with Chinese vice-minister Chen Zhimin this week in Ottawa.
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NDP vow to ban grizzly bear trophy hunt

NDP vow to ban grizzly bear trophy hunt

Election declaration that grizzlies are worth more from tourism alive than dead will divide province, BC Liberals say
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