Paramedics responding to increased volume of overdose calls

VICTORIA, CANADA - MARCH 25: BC Ambulance Services stock photography session March 25, 2013 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick Images)
Data released by BC Emergency Health Services shows a rising provincial trend of overdose responses

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Transport Canada not budging on enclosed deck rules, despite calls from BC Ferries union
Throughout December, RCMP conducted CounterAttack road checks as police worked to keep roads free of impaired drivers. (BLACK PRESS file photo)

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UFC won’t punish fighters for marijuana use in policy change

UFC won’t punish fighters for marijuana use in policy change
These Okanagan wineries are anything but ordinary

These Okanagan wineries are anything but ordinary

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Video of man doing backflip off Vancouver bridge draws police condemnation
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B.C. falling behind in maintenance of forest service roads
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President-elect Joe Biden and Jill Biden arrive at his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 in Washington. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP

Sighs of relief accompany a sense of unease as Biden takes oath, Trump departs D.C.

Biden called it ‘democracy’s day — a day of history and hope, of renewal and resolve’

Conservative MP Derek Sloan arrives at West Block Thursday December 3, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Conservative MP Derek Sloan ejected from party caucus

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League acknowledges that plans will depend on COVID situation

Vancouver Canucks’ Elias Pettersson, right, battles for position with Calgary Flames’ Chris Tanev during first period NHL hockey action in Calgary, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Gaudreau has 2 points as Flames torch Vancouver Canucks 5-2

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New Westminster TV production designer, Rick Whitfield, has designed an office in a box for British Columbians in need of a private workspace. (BC Box Office photo)

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    The Rotary Park Auto Tourist Camp, circa 1923. Two years later, the camp was moved Pooley Avenue, and is now the Mount Baker RV Park. Courtesy Jim Cameron.

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