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BC RCMP

Annual CounterAttack program underway in B.C.

Petra Löwer Dec 3, 2023

Police officers throughout the province will be out in force on Saturday, looking for impaired drivers. National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day is Dec. 2, and members of local detachments plus crews from B.C. Highway Patrol will…
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U.S. man sentenced to 20 years for sexually exploiting 3 B.C. youths

Petra Löwer Oct 26, 2023

An American man from Oregon has been sentenced to 20 years in U.S. federal prison for using social media to stalk, harass and exploit three B.C. youths. In May 2021, the Comox Valley RCMP began its investigation after being…
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‘He’s a one-of-a-kind hero’: Parents identify son as 1 of 4 B.C. wildland firefighters killed in…

Petra Löwer Sep 22, 2023

The parents of a teen wildland firefighter are sharing details of his tragic death in a head-on collision near Kamloops early Tuesday morning. Barb Billyboy said her 19-year-old son Jaxon was a young warrior who was just coming…
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B.C. wildfires: 10K on evacuation order in Central Okanagan

Petra Löwer Aug 19, 2023

The raging McDougall Creek wildfire has impacted large swaths of the Central Okanagan. And late Friday night, local emergency officials gave Global News an early estimate of the inferno’s impact, saying 10,000 properties in the…
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