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The Canadian Human Rights Commission logo is seen in this undated handout. A union representing public service lawyers says the government has found discrimination and systemic racism at play in an institution specifically designed to root it out.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Government finds that Canadian Human Rights Commission discriminated against workers
BC RCMP seized large amounts of psilocybin mushrooms, and precursor chemicals used to produce fentanyl and MDMA in two recent Metro Vancouver drug busts. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)
RCMP arrest 6, seize fentanyl-producing chemicals in 2 B.C. drug busts
The Supreme Court of Canada is pictured in Ottawa on Friday, March 3, 2023. The Supreme Court of Canada says it will hear an appeal over a so-called secret trial involving a police informant held in Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from media over Quebec secret trial
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‘I’m worried about the other kids’: Girl testifies against piano teacher in Kelowna sex assault case
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T-Mobile acquires Mint, partially owned by Ryan Reynolds
In 2020 and 2021, Laurent Roy and Ian Petterson entered consent agreements with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia, for allegations around misappropriated medications. Petterson was fined $35,000 and Roy $25,000, and both were suspended as registered pharmacists for one year. (File photo)
Former Shuswap pharmacists charged with fraud, theft over alleged drug sales scheme
King Charles speaks to members of the Commonwealth community during the annual Commonwealth Day reception at Buckingham Palace in London, Monday March 13, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will hold a special ceremony marking the coronation of King Charles on May 6. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Daniel Leal/Pool via AP
Canada will hold special ceremony to mark May 6 coronation of King Charles: Trudeau
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New movie poster-style ads aim to ‘flip the script’ on gangsters in Metro Vancouver
Horses in the Brittany Triangle. (Photo/Wayne McCrory)
B.C.’s ‘cowboy cop’ investigating horse herd killed near Kamloops in ‘cruel act’
The family of Julian Jones, who was shot and killed by a Tofino RCMP officer in February 2021, speak at a gathering on the International Day Against Police Brutality on March 15, 2022. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)
B.C. exhibit honours Indigenous and Black lives lost to police violence
Marie-Claude Bibeau, minister of agriculture and agri-food (left) was taken on a tour of Lucent BioSciences Inc. at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby on March 15, as part of an announcement for funding for clean tech farming projects in B.C. (Government of Canada photo)
4 B.C. agri-businesses awarded $1.6M in federal funding for clean-technology projects
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin speaks to members of the media following an acquittal in his case at a Gatineau, Que., courthouse on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Fortin, a senior military officer who was acquitted on a sexual assault charge late last year, has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the Canadian government. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Senior military officer acquitted of sexual assault sues government, PM for $6M
Victoria MP Laurel Collins said she plans to table an unanimous consent motion in May calling on the government to act on the justice committee’s recommendations. (CPAC.ca)
B.C. push to end automatic sexual assault publication bans gathering momentum
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Honda recalling 500,000 vehicles to fix seat belt problem
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What can ChatGPT maker’s new AI model GPT-4 do?
Island Health demonstrated the technology at the Comox Valley Nursing Centre in Courtenay March 15 as part of a trial in a group of washrooms identified high-risk spaces for drug poisonings. Photo by Erin Haluschak
Washroom sensor trial underway on Vancouver Island to reduce drug poisonings
An RCMP officer wears a body camera at the detachment in Bible Hill, N.S. on Sunday, April 18, 2021. Alberta plans to require all police services in the province to wear the devices.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Alberta poised to become first province to require body cameras for all police
A screen displays a patient’s vital signs during open heart surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore on Nov. 28, 2016. The senator who pushed for Canada’s assisted dying regime to include people whose only condition is a mental disorder says the debate about that policy is now over. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Patrick Semansky
The issue of expanding assisted dying eligibility ‘has already been decided’: senator
James Magok Achuli, a refugee now studying international relations at UBCO while running on the varsity cross-country team. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Running toward education: A former child soldier’s path to UBC Okanagan student athlete
The Transportation Safety Board says pilots in Canada need better guidelines for screening heart-related conditions. A plane is silhouetted as it takes off from Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., Monday, May 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Transportation Safety Board urges better medical screening guidelines for pilots