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Figure skating legend Tessa Virtue engaged to Morgan Rielly of the Maple Leafs

Figure skating legend Tessa Virtue engaged to Morgan Rielly of the Maple Leafs

The high-powered relationship first became public when Virtue and Rielly revealed that they were hunkered down together in North Vancouver during the early days of the pandemic 💕
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Coastal GasLink pipeline more than 80% complete

Coastal GasLink pipeline more than 80% complete

Construction of the 670-km natural gas pipeline across northern B.C. is expected to be completed this year.
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Flat tire, broken gas nozzle and kids drawing among top 2022 E-Comm nuisance calls

Flat tire, broken gas nozzle and kids drawing among top 2022 E-Comm nuisance calls

"It’s extremely concerning how often callers know their non-urgent concerns aren’t an appropriate reason to call 9-1-1."
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Canada marks National Ribbon Skirt Day, inspired by 10-year-old Saskatchewan girl

Canada marks National Ribbon Skirt Day, inspired by 10-year-old Saskatchewan girl

OTTAWA — Canada is marking the first National Ribbon Skirt Day on Wednesday — an event inspired by a young girl who was shamed for wearing one to school several years ago.
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U.S. family on ski trip finds lost bag at Vancouver's airport on their way home

U.S. family on ski trip finds lost bag at Vancouver's airport on their way home

The family found their final missing bag in a partitioned-off area full of unclaimed luggage belonging to people who were flying with Air Canada.
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Cougar believed to have left Protection Island

Cougar believed to have left Protection Island

An elusive cougar that swam to Protection Island near Nanaimo, killed a deer there and had residents on high alert over the holiday season has apparently left the same way it came.
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Admission by donation at Royal B.C. Museum, as Community Days return

Admission by donation at Royal B.C. Museum, as Community Days return

Community Days are back at the Royal B.C. Museum, after a two-year absence
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Advocacy group calls for cap on rent hikes for new residential tenants

Advocacy group calls for cap on rent hikes for new residential tenants

Together Against Poverty Society is advocating for a vacancy control system.
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University of Victoria denies liability in 2019 bus crash that killed two students

University of Victoria denies liability in 2019 bus crash that killed two students

About 20 civil lawsuits have been filed by crash survivors.
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Booklet explaining Canadian cash to new arrivals from Ukraine includes $188 of the real thing

Booklet explaining Canadian cash to new arrivals from Ukraine includes $188 of the real thing

A Sooke man and his siblings, whose grandfather was swindled as a new arrival in the 1930s, have created a handbook for those escaping the war in Ukraine
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