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B.C. women being treated for HIV have shorter life expectancy than men, study shows

B.C. women being treated for HIV have shorter life expectancy than men, study shows

An antiretroviral treatment has increased the life expectancy of people who live with HIV in British Columbia, but a new study shows men are living longer than women.
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Police ask for help in probe of B.C. woman's death in fall from a truck

TRAIL, B.C. — The RCMP's major crime unit is asking for the public's help in investigating the death of a woman almost a month ago in Trail, B.C. Police say 38-year-old Laura Morrison was the front passenger in a 2023 white Ford F-150 late on Jan.
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Armed man arrested in Vancouver after barricading himself in taxi

Armed man arrested in Vancouver after barricading himself in taxi

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Police say more than 25 officers and its K9 unit were deployed in the city's downtown Thursday night to arrest an armed suspect who was wanted Canada-wide on parole violations.
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Chilly temperatures to hang on in southern B.C., forecaster says

Chilly temperatures to hang on in southern B.C., forecaster says

VANCOUVER — Winter's grip on southern British Columbia may hang on as a few flurries remain in the forecast for parts of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
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B.C.'s child welfare workers 'in crisis,' fix could take decade, says advocate

B.C.'s child welfare workers 'in crisis,' fix could take decade, says advocate

Jennifer Charlesworth's report says it is the latest in decades of studies laying out how little has changed for people working in the child welfare system.
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Heiltsuk Nation in B.C. holds referendum on 'historic' written constitution

Heiltsuk Nation in B.C. holds referendum on 'historic' written constitution

BELLA BELLA, B.C. — Online voting has begun in what the Heiltsuk Nation calls a historic referendum on a written constitution for the First Nation on British Columbia's central coast.
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Abbotsford, B.C., daycare owner charged with six counts of assaulting children

Abbotsford, B.C., daycare owner charged with six counts of assaulting children

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Police say an East Abbotsford daycare owner has been charged with allegedly assaulting children in her care.
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Two men dead after falling through ice on lake in B.C.'s Fraser Valley

Two men dead after falling through ice on lake in B.C.'s Fraser Valley

AGASSIZ, B.C. — RCMP in Agassiz, B.C., say two men who went ice fishing at a small lake in the Fraser Valley died when they fell through the ice. Police were notified Tuesday that the men hadn't returned from their fishing trip on Grace Lake.
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Environment Canada cautions of frostbite as frigid temperatures linger in B.C.

Environment Canada cautions of frostbite as frigid temperatures linger in B.C.

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning that frostbite and hypothermia that can occur within minutes as frigid conditions linger over much of British Columbia.
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B.C. homicide team investigates beating death of a 19-year-old man

B.C. homicide team investigates beating death of a 19-year-old man

ABBOTSFORD — Homicide investigators are looking into an attack on a 19-year-old man that started in Abbotsford, B.C., then led officers to Crescent Beach in Surrey more than 45 kilometres away. Officers were called on Jan.
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