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EXCLUSIVE: Chilliwack girl, 6, recounts 24 hours lost in woods 'She used her smarts for her to be found,' says Lily Coursol's grandmother Brenda Brintnell

EXCLUSIVE: Chilliwack girl, 6, recounts 24 hours lost in woods
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Who says people don’t care about municipal by elections? This is the lineup to vote at one polling place this morning. Poll hasn’t even opened yet.

Rare Beatles Audition Tape Surfaces in a Vancouver Record Shop The recording appears to be from the band’s 1962 audition for Decca Records, which notably rejected the group.

The recording appears to be from the band’s 1962 audition for Decca Records, which notably rejected the group. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/a...

No carbon tax in B.C. as of April 1, 2025 People will see immediate savings through the elimination of the consumer carbon tax in British Columbia.

B.C. eliminating consumer carbon tax as of April 1
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Reporter: "Your Foreign Affairs Minister [Melanie Joly] yesterday called all of this a psychodrama. How do you how do you characterize it?"
Trudeau: "Thursday."
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White House using misleading fentanyl data to justify tariffs Some fentanyl seizures attributed to the ‘northern border’ had nothing to do with Canada and were traced to Mexico

Trump has based his ENTIRE tariff attack on Canada on the claim that 43 pounds of fentanyl, of the 4,500 that entered the United States last year, came through the northern border. This investigation found that the actual figure is closer to zero

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Trump halts tariffs on Mexico as it rushes troops to border Mexico agreed to rush 10,000 national guard troops to the border to strengthen efforts to block the flow of drugs, especially fentanyl, coming into the United States.

BREAKING Trump delays tariffs on Mexican goods after Sheinbaum agrees to rush 10,000 troops to border. Canada, source of 1.5 percent of migrants and 0.2 percent of fentanyl, spent $900M on new border security to appease Trump. Tariffs on Canadian goods are still set to start Tuesday

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As expected, the Bank of Canada cuts interest rates by 25 basis points. The benchmark rate is now down to 3%.

NEW: Handout refused. A local politician tells Metro Vancouver he won’t accept the $534 taxpayer-funded stipend for attending meetings.

Metro’s response to his request—on Global BC at 5 & 6.

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Much stronger broadcast signal! We have been simulcasting on 730 for months now and it's pretty clear a lot of people prefer it. All we are doing is making it official on February 24th.

Dominic Leblanc, who replaced Freeland as finance minister, says he will not run for the Liberal leadership

How a Roberts Creek company helped save 'Beyoncé Bowl' halftime show Cavallo Hoof Boots saved the day when stage and entrance for NFL 2024 Christmas Day performance, turned out to be too slippery for the horses.

This is such a fun story by @sthomas10.bsky.social!

How boots for horses made by a Sunshine Coast company helped save the Beyoncé Bowl

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Canucks mailbag: Fans have spoken — tickets are too expensive Why do the Canucks only have one sellout this season despite on-going success? Look at the cost of going to a game, fans say.

ICYMI over the weekend, @risingaction.bsky.social with a great mailbag on why seats are empty at Rogers Arena.
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As first reported by @tombogert.bsky.social: Whitecaps have fired Vanni Sartini

Statement from Premier David Eby on the passing of John Horgan.

Former B.C. Premier John Horgan dies following battle with cancer | Globalnews.ca Horgan has been in the hospital for much of the past five months after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer in June. He was serving as Canada’s ambassador to Germany.

Former B.C. Premier John Horgan dies following battle with cancer:
The 65-year-old has been in the hospital for much of the past five months after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer in June.
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Thinking about my visit this summer to the Canadian cemetery in France. Can't help but be moved by how young these soldiers were and how their families wanted to remember them, eighty years later.