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Once in the kayak, demonstration paddler Ruth Campbell grips the guide-rails and pulls her and the boat down the slope into the water at the new Legion Beach accessibility dock at Dragon Lake in Quesnel. (Tracey Roberts photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

How Conservatives are trying to rebuild trust among Muslim communities in Canada
Cameron Ortis, a senior intelligence official at the RCMP, leaves the courthouse in Ottawa after being granted bail on October 22, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Crown says former RCMP intelligence official improperly disclosed secrets
Federal court ruling sets back health workers seeking psilocybin mushroom access

Federal court ruling sets back health workers seeking psilocybin mushroom access
A look into the future of luxury air travel, from game-changing privacy to supersonic flights

A look into the future of luxury air travel, from game-changing privacy to supersonic flights

An industrial accident at the Cypress Mountain Resort in West Vancouver has killed one person. Snow groomers and a closed chairlift are pictured behind two hikers at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, B.C. Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Industrial accident leaves 1 dead at West Vancouver’s Cypress Mountain
The author and Rick O’Dell’s famous baby blue Plymouth back in the day at Western Speedway. (Wolf family photo)

WOLF: Since when did cars from the ’80s become ‘classics’?
A grizzly bear is seen in the Khutzeymateen Inlet near Prince Rupert, B.C., Friday, June, 22, 2018. Parks Canada says a grizzly bear that killed a couple and their dog in Banff National Park on the weekend was old, underweight and had bad teeth. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Grizzly that killed 2 near Banff was old, had bad teeth: Parks Canada
The legislature building is photographed in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. British Columbia politicians are back in the legislature for the fall session, and the seating arrangement looks a little different. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

‘Outrageous,’ says B.C. Premier, who blasts Conservative leader’s 1st question
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Border services officers discovered nearly 200kg of opium inside two shipping containers entering B.C. in August. (Photo courtesy of Canada Border Services Agency)

Opium found stuffed in furniture, machinery entering B.C.

Fireworks explode in the air above the Ottawa River to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, in Ottawa on June 2, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Diwali fireworks advisory made despite warnings it may be discriminatory

Nelson-Creston MLA Brittny Anderson says she has received sexist criticism of how she looks in pictures. Photo courtesy Brittny Anderson

B.C. MLA speaks out against insults targeting her appearance

Conservative Party of BC leader John Rustad speaks at a meet-and-greet in Vernon on Friday, July 7, 2023. Rustad is being criticized for making a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation that compared gender education to residential schools. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. Conservative leader compares gender education to residential schools

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British Columbia couple Dave Chan and Janet Love pose with “Mama,” their 2,212-pound pumpkin that won the National Pumpkin Weigh Off in Wheatland, Calif., on Sept. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

B.C. man takes 1-tonne pumpkin on road trip to win California weigh-off

‘Mama’ the pumpkin was grown in Richmond

The Squamish Nation has filed a request to the BC Geographical Names Office to change the name of Mount Garibaldi. (Unsplash/Ashwini Chaudhary)

Squamish Nation requests return to traditional name for B.C. mountain peak

Mount Garibaldi known as Nch’ḵay̓ prior to colonization

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Bo Bichette, left, is tagged out at home plate by Minnesota Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers after an infield single by Kevin Kiermaier during the fourth inning in Game 1 of an AL wild-card baseball playoff series Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minnesota Twins beat Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 in AL wild-card opener

Rookie Royce Lewis leads winners with two homers

Masai Ujiri, President of Toronto Raptors speaks to reporters during media day in Toronto on Monday October 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

‘No selfishness’: Toronto Raptors cultural reset begins at B.C. training camp

Head coach said things like taking poor shots or over-dribbling the ball won’t be allowed this season

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Senior donkey finds forever home at B.C. farm

22-year-old Frank had severe dental disease

Kaitlyn Hundt-Lippett, pictured with her mixer Stanley. Hundt-Lippet is hoping someone driving to Nelson from Toronto will be able to bring her industrial kitchen mixer along in exchange for free baked goods. (Kaitlyn Alexandria Hundt-Lippett/Facebook)

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A sandhill crane spends time in a field during a Cariboo summer. (Jamie Crego)

Cariboo Chilcotin a summer breeding ground for sandhill cranes

Sandhill cranes are an ancient species, susceptible to human impacts, yet resilient

    Amina Bird has a passion for flowers at her family's farm, Slow Train Farm. (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

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    The author and Rick O’Dell’s famous baby blue Plymouth back in the day at Western Speedway. (Wolf family photo)

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    FOREST INK: Drones can be useful in fighting wildfires

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