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The red Progressive Nut Chopper sold at Lee Valley Tools in Vancouver, Coquitlam, Victoria and Kelowna can send shards of plastic into the food receptacle

VANCOUVER — An environmental organization is offering cautious support for an announcement by the largest private landowner in British Columbia that will defer logging in 400 square kilometres of old-growth forest for the next 25 years.

Two Canadian lawyers suggest that if an avatar is an extension of a person, then an abuse toward the avatar is an abuse toward the person.

The dramatic scene was captured on video.

Court heard the victim was blacked out and was not in a position to consent to sex.

Yannick Bandaogo, 29, is charged with second-degree murder along with five counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated assault in the attacks which happened a year ago in North Vancouver. His trial will start in May 2023.

VICTORIA — British Columbia is reporting six more deaths from COVID-19, for a total of 2,981 fatalities during the pandemic. The Health Ministry said Thursday that 255 people were in hospital, with 52 of them in intensive care.

The five-year Pest Management Plan, which covers Squamish to Hope, targets native hard woods and Indigenous medicines and food in efforts to increase lumber output.

The new deal makes many promises, including introducing a new dental care program for low-income Canadians. But those savings are likely to be "eaten up" by higher housing costs, according to one B.C. university professor.

Purchase of adjustable dumbbells at Brentwood Fitness Town sparks lawsuit from PowerBlock