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City of Kamloops Councillor Katie Neustaeter’s notice of motion is in response to a provincial pilot project decriminalizing the possession of 2.5 grams of hard drugs in B.C. (Dave Eagles/Kamloops This Week photo)

Kamloops councillor seeks to ban drug use in city parks

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The Marine Detective Jackie Hildering snapped this photo of the herring spawn with a telephoto lens. (Jackie Hildering photo)

Herring spawn documented for the first time ever in B.C.’s Broughton Archipelago
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Parks Canada says reservation system appears to be meeting ‘high demand’ for camping

The Carpenters’ Regional Council Local 1598 in Victoria is providing free naloxone kits and training to its members. (Black Press Media file photo)

Trade union B.C.’s first to offer naloxone kits to construction workers
FILE - Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the handover of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee after a three-year legal fight. The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee had asked for six years of tax returns for Trump and some of his businesses, from 2015 to 2020. The court’s order Tuesday, Nov. 22 leaves no legal obstacle in the way. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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In this July 31, 2015, file photo, an orca whale breaches in view of Mount Baker, some 60 miles distant, in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Washington State. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Elaine Thompson

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A sign outside the Canada Revenue Agency is seen Monday May 10, 2021 in Ottawa. The Canada Revenue Agency will pilot a new automatic tax filing system next year to help vulnerable Canadians who don’t file their taxes get the benefits to which they’re entitled. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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Proposed amendments to the Family Law Act promise to help answer questions about who gets to keep a pet during divorce proceedings. (Black Press Media file photo)

New B.C. legislation looks to clarify pet custody during divorce

Minister of Children and Family Development Mitzi Dean makes an announcement in Mission on Feb. 2. Dillon White Photo

B.C. announces increased rates for foster parents and kinship care providers

Bank impersonation is on the rise, and people should not be fooled if a caller knows the details of their banking information. Photo: Pexels

B.C. woman loses thousands after bank account hacked

A woman pauses at a makeshift memorial for Paul Stanley Schmidt, 37, who died after being stabbed on Sunday outside a Starbucks in downtown Vancouver, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Vancouver police say Inderdeep Singh Gosal, 32, has been charged with second-degree murder and investigators do not believe the suspect and victim knew each other. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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A developer wants to build a large townhouse project on Princeton Avenue in Peachland. (Photo/District of Peachland)

‘Additional donation’ offered to district for proposed Peachland development

The developer wants to rezone a hillside property at 4641 Princeton Avenue

FILE - Car passes the building of the Federal Security Service (FSB, Soviet KGB successor) in Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, July 24, 2017. Russia’s top security agency says a reporter for the Wall Street Journal has been arrested on espionage charges. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the top KGB successor agency, said Thursday, March 30, 2023 that Evan Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified information. (AP Photo, File)

Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter on spying charge

Evan Gershkovich detained in Yekaterinburg, accused of trying to obtain classified information

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The Vancouver Canucks top prospects finished the 2022 Young Stars Classic with a 2-1 record. The team is bringing the tournament back to Penticton in 2023 and 2024. (Marissa Baecker/Shoot the Breeze)

Vancouver Canucks Young Stars Classic returning to Penticton in 2023, 2024

Tournament will feature Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg and is expected to be played from Sept. 15 to 18

Retiring B.C. Lions head coach Wally Buono pauses during an emotional final news conference as players gathered for end of season meetings and to clean out their lockers at the CFL football team’s practice facility, in Surrey, B.C., on Tuesday November 13, 2018.Buono, the CFL’s all-time leader in coaching wins, and Waterboys founders Dennis Skulsky, Moray Keith, Jamie Pitblado and Tom Malone will be added to the B.C. Lions Wall of Fame this summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. Lions to add Wally Buono, Waterboys founders to their Wall of Fame

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A meatball made using genetic code from the mammoth is seen at the Nemo science museum in Amsterdam, Tuesday March 28, 2023. An Australian company has lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct mastodon. The high-tech treat isn’t available to eat yet - the startup says it is meant to fire up public debate about cultivated meat. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

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The Kelowna RCMP held their third and final ‘Coffee with a Cop’ event of January was held at Bean Scene on Pandosy Street on Thursday, Jan. 26. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

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Terry Sanderson, the Utah man suing Gwyneth Paltrow, testifies, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Sanderson accuses Paltrow of crashing into him on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort, leaving him with brain damage and four broken ribs. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)

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Ed Robertson, right, of the Barenaked Ladies, and former member and co-founder Steven Page, left, perform during the Juno Awards in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, March 25, 2018. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)

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