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Long-time lottery player matched Extra numbers on Nov. 18 6/49 draw

As Natasha Jung pored over a late-October LinkedIn post revealing the BC Tech Association’s board of directors was now split evenly between genders, she couldn’t help but spot a gaping hole in the new board’s composition.

No evidence was found of an organized game guessing the blood-alcohol levels of Indigenous patients but they nonetheless are the target of "direct prejudice and racism" in the health care system, the lead investigator into the allegations has found.

Even though things are going to look a little different this holiday season, those in need still reach out for help and to make that happen several community organizations are doing whatever it takes to make it work.

A report into systemic racism against Indigenous people in B.C.

A Williams Lake woman is $500,000 richer after matching all four extra numbers on a recent Lotto 6/49 draw. According to the B.C. Lottery Corporation, Maureen Fulton was “in a daze” upon finding out she won the money on the Nov. 18 draw.

B.C.'s Human Rights Commissioner is asking people to examine their internal biases

You’ll have three times, locations to drop off gifts for kids in need

OTTAWA — Advocates of stricter gun control are urging the Trudeau government to get on with promised reforms, saying they are months overdue.

A Fort St. James man has been fined $1,000 for flying a drone while out on a hunting expedition. Paul James Hesse was issued the penalty on November 9 in Fort St. James Provincial Court.