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B.C. commissioner urges creative ways to fight hate as reports double during pandemic

B.C. commissioner urges creative ways to fight hate as reports double during pandemic

Report finds legal and government responses to hate have been ‘largely ineffective’
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Government adds indecency, abortion offences to list of ‘unjust’ historic convictions

Government adds indecency, abortion offences to list of ‘unjust’ historic convictions

Police historically used indecency charges to target and raid LGBTQ nightclubs and swingers clubs
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‘A now problem’: Councillors look at bolstering Victoria climate plan ambitions

‘A now problem’: Councillors look at bolstering Victoria climate plan ambitions

Motion calls for determining climate change costs, more fulsome emissions tracking
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Convicted murderer seeks refugee status in New Zealand 20 years after killing woman in B.C.

Convicted murderer seeks refugee status in New Zealand 20 years after killing woman in B.C.

Victim’s mother and Vancouver East MP calling on Canada to intervene
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B.C. employers will have to report pay ranges as part of gender-gap legislation

B.C. employers will have to report pay ranges as part of gender-gap legislation

Finance Minister Katrine Conroy introduces the legislation one day before International Women’s Day
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VIDEO: Sink hole caused by broken irrigation line closes Kelowna road

VIDEO: Sink hole caused by broken irrigation line closes Kelowna road

The intersection of Todd and Grantham Roads is closed to traffic
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‘What Victoria needs’: Event sees ‘mind-blowing’ support for music venue at curling club

‘What Victoria needs’: Event sees ‘mind-blowing’ support for music venue at curling club

But liquor licence still needs to be approved, says organizer
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Rustad for B.C. conservative leader? Speculation becomes more probable as Bolin steps down

Rustad for B.C. conservative leader? Speculation becomes more probable as Bolin steps down

The future of MLA John Rustad central to conservative party future as Trevor Bolin spends time with family
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Off-duty Abbotsford police officer died in Nelson after being struck with skateboard, court hears

Off-duty Abbotsford police officer died in Nelson after being struck with skateboard, court hears

Alex Willness is being tried for manslaughter following Constable Allan Young’s death in 2020
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Vote now to get Saanich teen traumatically injured by driver back on a bike

Vote now to get Saanich teen traumatically injured by driver back on a bike

Family of Leila Bui hopes to win – or fundraise for – adaptive tandem bike
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