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'He was the first customer every day': B.C. restaurant honours late patron

'He was the first customer every day': B.C. restaurant honours late patron

Vavenby's Wayne Wilson was the first patron to walk in the door at the Painted Turtle Restaurant every day for 15 years. The restaurant reserved his usual seat for weeks after he passed away this month
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Why a Kamloops pilot continues to fly into the Congo's conflict zone

Why a Kamloops pilot continues to fly into the Congo's conflict zone

Dominic Villeneuve, a pilot with Mission Aviation Fellowship, is on a humanitarian and peace-building mission
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B.C. ostrich farm petitions agriculture minister to stop cull order

B.C. ostrich farm petitions agriculture minister to stop cull order

Close to 400 ostriches are at risk of being culled by the order, which came due to an influenza outbreak among the flock in December 2024
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B.C. meat inspectors classified as essential workers amid BCGEU strike

B.C. meat inspectors classified as essential workers amid BCGEU strike

The essential service designation comes after meat processors sounded the alarm that production was being halted due to the inspectors being caught up in the BCGEU job action
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Eby says B.C. meat inspectors should be essential service amid strike

Eby says B.C. meat inspectors should be essential service amid strike

The premier said government will be requesting the essential service designation from the Labour Relations Board, adding it's less a food security issue and more an animal welfare issue
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Without a picket line, striking public sector workers share info in Vernon

Without a picket line, striking public sector workers share info in Vernon

BCGEU employees clarify their union's stance in Civic Memorial Park as the strike reaches its 10th day
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BCGEU strike shuts down B.C. meat processors as animal inspectors now off the job

BCGEU strike shuts down B.C. meat processors as animal inspectors now off the job

Conservatives blame province's 'failure' to designate animal inspectors as an essential service; Agriculture Minister says province is working to provide that designation
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MP Anderson disappointed with CFIA's insistence on culling Edgewood ostriches

MP Anderson disappointed with CFIA's insistence on culling Edgewood ostriches

The Vernon-Lake-Lake Country-Monashee MP called the agency 'stubborn,' adding he believes the reasoning behind the cull of nearly 400 birds is unscientific
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Vernon RCMP officer ordered to resign over forcible kiss of coworker

Vernon RCMP officer ordered to resign over forcible kiss of coworker

1 allegation of sexual misconduct was established against Const. Shaun Miranda at the conclusion of a 5-day RCMP conduct hearing
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1 of 3 Kittens abandoned in Kelowna scrap yard survives, has 'fighting spirit'

1 of 3 Kittens abandoned in Kelowna scrap yard survives, has 'fighting spirit'

Sadly, the other two kittens had to be euthanized by the BC SPCA
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