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Sexual assault rate up in Vancouver
Vancouver police says most crime rates in the city are dropping so far this year, except for the number of sexual assaults, which have shot up in first six months of this year.
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Don't overfish salmon, warns native leader
A B.C. First Nations fishery adviser is warning against allowing commercial fishermen to scoop up as many sockeye salmon as possible during this year' massive salmon return on the Fraser River.
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B.C. woman believed drowned in Sask.: RCMP
A 67-year-old woman from Chilliwack, B.C., has died in a suspected drowning in northern Saskatchewan.
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Search for missing Vancouver hiker suspended
One of the largest ground searches ever conducted in B.C. has been suspended after 12 days of searching failed to find any trace of a missing hiker who set off alone into the rugged mountains north of Vancouver.
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Chilliwack RCMP issue Amber Alert for missing boy
RCMP issued an Amber Alert for a missing 12-year-old boy in Chilliwack, B.C., on Sunday afternoon.
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1 shot outside wedding at B.C. Sikh temple
Mounties in Surrey, B.C., are investigating a shooting in the parking lot of one of the largest Sikh temples in North America during a wedding.
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5 injured in 2 Vancouver knife fights
Five men are recovering from knife wounds after two separate incidents in Vancouver early Sunday morning.
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Mail being delayed: B.C. letter carriers
Canada Post staffing decisions are causing unacceptable delays in mail delivery, says the union representing letter carriers in British Columbia.
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B.C. salmon bonanza's benefits ripple ashore
British Columbia commercial fishermen aren't the only people hoping to benefit from the enormous sockeye salmon run on the Fraser River.
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Fonyo weds on Victoria beach
Steve Fonyo, the one-legged runner who raised millions of dollars to battle cancer as a young man, has taken a bride.
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White Rock water woes tied to pigeons
Pigeons may have contaminated the water supply in White Rock, B.C.
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B.C. forest fires burning massive areas
This fire season in B.C. hasn't been as expensive to fight or as destructive to homes, but more than twice the normal amount of forest has gone up in flames.
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Stampeders hand Lions 7th straight defeat
The Calgary Stampeders outscored the hometown Lions 21-15 in the second half en route to their ninth straight win over B.C., 48-35 in the lone CFL game on Friday night.
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Tamil migrant review hears of torture
A lawyer representing some of the female Tamil migrants who recently arrived in B.C. wants the processing of two women be expedited for health reasons.
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2 in B.C. linked to Facebook child porn bust
A former Vancouver private school teacher and a resident of Kelowna, B.C., have been arrested on suspicion of being part of an international child pornography ring that operated through Facebook.
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RCMP probing Kamloops jail incident
RCMP have launched an investigation into four of their own officers and three municipal staff after an incident in the Kamloops detachment's jail cell block.
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Suspect PNE water tested by police
An apparently spiked bottle of drinking water that might have made a man sick at the Pacific National Exhibition on Thursday is being tested by Vancouver police.
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Worker killed in Burnaby crane collapse
One man has been killed and another has been injured after a crane collapsed at a construction site in Burnaby, says WorkSafe BC.
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Human foot found on West Coast beach
A human foot has washed up on a beach in Washington state, police say.
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Concussed Mets outfielder Bay symptom-free
New York Mets outfielder Jason Bay says he has not felt any symptoms from a concussion for the first time since he was injured in late July and hopes he can return to the field this season.
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