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A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to support Doreen Koch, 92, of Lumby, who has spent over $100,000 in legal fees fighting for the right to own her property after her son signed a contract to sell the property before dying of liver failure in 2020. (GoFundMe photo)

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Gareth Rees, commercial and program relations for Rugby Canada speaking at the announcement alongside Langford Mayor Scott Goodmanson and Rugby Canada men’s team member Jake Thiel. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

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      B.C.’s cattle ranching industry has welcomed additional funding for veterinary training. (Black Press Media file photo)

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      Two hundred and fifteen pairs of children’s shoes are placed on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery n Vancouver on Friday, May 28, 2021, as a memorial to children who did not return from residential schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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      Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad is the new leader of the Conservative Party of BC, the party announced Friday. (Photo courtesy ofJohn Lehmann)

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      William Liu, a second-generaton co-owner of Kam Wai Dim Sum, poses for a photograph at the business in Chinatown, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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        Matt Pistell releases Lucky the Great Horned Owl, who he accidentally hit with his car in December, back into the wild on March 16 near Lac La Hache. (Murray Zelt photo)

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        Ellaine & Friends country trio love playing at Maeford Place and other seniors’ centres. Left to right: Norm and Ellaine Botterill, John Koback. (File photo)

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        Cariboo-Prince George Conservative MP Todd Doherty speaks in the House Of Commons. (Hansard image)

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        National suicide hotline funded, rest gets Conservative thumbs down

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