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FILE - Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock participate in the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss the film, “Go North”, at AOL Studios on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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FILE - Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of “The Four: Battle For Stardom” at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. Newly released video Friday, May 17, 2024, appears to show Combs beating his former singing protege and girlfriend Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
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FILE - Scarlett Johansson poses for photographers at the photo call for the film “Asteroid City” at the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 24, 2023. OpenAI plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices after some drew similarities to Johansson, who famously portrayed a fictional AI assistant in the (perhaps no longer so futuristic) film “Her.” (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
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FILE - Actor Steve Buscemi attends the premiere of “The Dead Don’t Die” at the Museum of Modern Art, June 10, 2019, in New York. Buscemi was punched in the face by a random attacker on a New York City street, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, according to police and his publicist. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Family and friends of fallen RCMP officer Const. Rick O’Brien gather during the unveiling of a park bench dedicated to him at Fairfield Island Park in Chilliwack on Tuesday, March 28, 2024. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Park bench dedicated to fallen B.C. RCMP officer Rick O’Brien

Fundraiser helps family, friends buy bench honouring Langley officer killed in line of duty

Family and friends of fallen RCMP officer Const. Rick O’Brien gather during the unveiling of a park bench dedicated to him at Fairfield Island Park in Chilliwack on Tuesday, March 28, 2024. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
The driver of a pavement stripper uses hand signals to tell the driver of a dump truck when to move forward and when to stop.

In-cab warning devices now required for dump trucks operating in B.C.

Drivers not properly equipped could face a $598 fine

The driver of a pavement stripper uses hand signals to tell the driver of a dump truck when to move forward and when to stop.
Gibraltar Mine unionized workers are on the picket line north of Williams Lake as of June 1. (Facebook photo)

Gibraltar Mine operations near Williams Lake suspended due to strike

Present collective agreement expired May 31, picket line went up just after midnight

Gibraltar Mine unionized workers are on the picket line north of Williams Lake as of June 1. (Facebook photo)
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Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during the closing press conference of the Ukraine peace summit in Obbürgen, Switzerland, Sunday, June 16, 2024. Switzerland is hosting scores of world leaders this weekend to try to map out the first steps toward peace in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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Darwin, a Japanese Macaque, is shown at the Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary in Sunderland, Ont., on Tuesday, August 16, 2016. Darwin, also known as the Ikea monkey, was found wandering a parking garage at the furniture chain’s North York store wearing a shearling coat and a diaper. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Dallas Stars forward Wyatt Johnston (53) and defenceman Esa Lindell (23) look away as Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid (97) celebrates his goal with teammate forward Zach Hyman (18) during first period of Game 6 of the Western Conference final of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs in Edmonton, Sunday, June 2, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Michael M. Santiago/Pool Photo via AP)
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One man is dead as the result of a downtown shooting in Maple Ridge on May 31. (Shane MacKichan/Special to The News)

IHIT swarms Maple Ridge after fatal downtown shooting

One man died in the incident on Friday afternoon

One man is dead as the result of a downtown shooting in Maple Ridge on May 31. (Shane MacKichan/Special to The News)
A man walks past as a Vancouver Police Department patrol car sits in front of the Schara Tzedeck synagogue, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, May. 31, 2024. The Vancouver synagogue targeted by an arsonist earlier this week is set to hold its first service just days after the attack charred the building’s front door and left the Jewish community shaken. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Vancouver synagogue holding service after arson attack

Vancouver police say they are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime

A man walks past as a Vancouver Police Department patrol car sits in front of the Schara Tzedeck synagogue, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, May. 31, 2024. The Vancouver synagogue targeted by an arsonist earlier this week is set to hold its first service just days after the attack charred the building’s front door and left the Jewish community shaken. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Tatjana Stefanski’s ex-husband, Vitali Stefanski, has been charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death of the Lumby mother in April 2024. (Jason Gaudreault photo)

Ex-husband of slain Lumby mother charged with second-degree murder

Vitali Stefanski was arrested and charged Friday, May 31

Tatjana Stefanski’s ex-husband, Vitali Stefanski, has been charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death of the Lumby mother in April 2024. (Jason Gaudreault photo)
BC United is pledging funding and restructuring of wildlife management resources ahead of the fall election. (Larry Tooze photo)

BC United pledges millions for wildlife management

Kevin Falcon commits to restructuring government oversight of fish and wildlife management

BC United is pledging funding and restructuring of wildlife management resources ahead of the fall election. (Larry Tooze photo)
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in Vancouver, on Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

14 arrested during Vancouver protest that blocked vehicle, train traffic

Vancouver police say it plans to recommend charges to Crown

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in Vancouver, on Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Police at the Savages Outlaw Motorcycle Gang’s Langford clubhouse on Jan. 31. (Photo courtesy RCMP)

B.C. moves to seize Victoria-area properties linked to Savages motorcycle club

Forfeiture claim includes 2 homes, a truck and roughly $47,000 in cash forfeited to the province

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Police at the Savages Outlaw Motorcycle Gang’s Langford clubhouse on Jan. 31. (Photo courtesy RCMP)
A memorial outside the home of Langley City homicide victim Naomi Onotera, who died in 2021. (Langley Advance Times files)

Guilty: Husband changes his plea in the death of B.C. school teacher

Obnes Regis initial not guilty plea changed on day 4 of manslaughter trial in death of Naomi Onotera

A memorial outside the home of Langley City homicide victim Naomi Onotera, who died in 2021. (Langley Advance Times files)
The Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver says an “incendiary device” was thrown at the front doors of a synagogue and police are investigating. Metal plating on a door at the Schara Tzedeck synagogue is seen blackened, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, May. 31, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Rabbi says synagogue members inside during B.C. arson attack

Fuel on front doors of Schara Tzedeck synagogue on Vancouver’s Oak Street then set on fire

The Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver says an “incendiary device” was thrown at the front doors of a synagogue and police are investigating. Metal plating on a door at the Schara Tzedeck synagogue is seen blackened, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, May. 31, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer spoke outside the Abbotsford Law Courts prior to sentencing on Oct. 12, 2022. They are now appealing their sentence. (Jessica Peters/Black Press Media)

Court hears sentencing appeal for 2 Abbotsford hog-farm protesters

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer of Kelowna seek reduction of 30-day jail term

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer spoke outside the Abbotsford Law Courts prior to sentencing on Oct. 12, 2022. They are now appealing their sentence. (Jessica Peters/Black Press Media)
A woman gets a mammogram at the University of Michigan Cancer Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. in a May 22, 2015 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Kimberly P. Mitchell/Detroit Free Press via AP

Health pros blast decision to keep Canada’s breast screening age at 50

Task force lambasted for not to lowering recommended routine breast cancer screening age to 40

A woman gets a mammogram at the University of Michigan Cancer Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. in a May 22, 2015 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Kimberly P. Mitchell/Detroit Free Press via AP
Unifor has filed an unfair labour practice complaint against Amazon amid a vote by workers at a Delta, B.C. warehouse over whether they want to join the union. Signage at an Amazon fulfilment centre is pictured in Ottawa on Monday, July 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Labour practice complaint filed against Amazon in B.C. warehouse hiring

Unifor alleges Amazon ramped up hiring at Delta facility ahead of union vote

Unifor has filed an unfair labour practice complaint against Amazon amid a vote by workers at a Delta, B.C. warehouse over whether they want to join the union. Signage at an Amazon fulfilment centre is pictured in Ottawa on Monday, July 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Lorne Doerkson, MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin, has switched to the Conservative Party of B.C., leaving B.C. United. The move gives the Conservative Party of B.C. three MLAs, all first elected as B.C. Liberals, all representing suburban and rural ridings outside of Metro Vancouver. (Misha Mustaqeem/100 Mile Press)

BREAKING: MLA Lorne Doerkson departs B.C. United, joins B.C. Conservatives

Doerkson’s departure gives Conservative Party of B.C. three MLAs, all elected as B.C. Liberals

Lorne Doerkson, MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin, has switched to the Conservative Party of B.C., leaving B.C. United. The move gives the Conservative Party of B.C. three MLAs, all first elected as B.C. Liberals, all representing suburban and rural ridings outside of Metro Vancouver. (Misha Mustaqeem/100 Mile Press)
This is a artist’s drawing of Robert Pickton appearing on a video link to B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, Wednesday May 25, 2005. (CP PHOTO/Jane Wolsack)

B.C. killer Robert Pickton dead, days after prison attack

Correctional Service Canada says the 74-year-old died in hospital

This is a artist’s drawing of Robert Pickton appearing on a video link to B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, Wednesday May 25, 2005. (CP PHOTO/Jane Wolsack)
A woman boards a transit bus through rear doors, in Vancouver, on Friday, March 20, 2020. Vancouver police are looking for additional witnesses after a man was charged with sexual assault after allegedly groping a 15-year-old girl on a bus in the city’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood on May 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Man, 25, charged with sexual assault after teen groped on Vancouver bus

Police looking for additional witnesses

A woman boards a transit bus through rear doors, in Vancouver, on Friday, March 20, 2020. Vancouver police are looking for additional witnesses after a man was charged with sexual assault after allegedly groping a 15-year-old girl on a bus in the city’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood on May 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has approved a settlement agreement between the owners of the Northern Pulp mill and the Nova Scotia government. The Northern Pulp mill in Abercrombie Point, N.S., is viewed from Pictou, N.S., Dec. 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

B.C. pulp firm settlement approved in case of closed Nova Scotia plant

B.C. judged approves deal reached between Paper Excellence and Nova Scotia government

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has approved a settlement agreement between the owners of the Northern Pulp mill and the Nova Scotia government. The Northern Pulp mill in Abercrombie Point, N.S., is viewed from Pictou, N.S., Dec. 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
RCMP are investigating a death in Kamloops. (Black Press photo)

Kamloops RCMP investigate deadly motel shooting

A man was shot and killed at a motel on the Trans Canada Highway East shortly after midnight on May 31

RCMP are investigating a death in Kamloops. (Black Press photo)
B.C. announced an additional $20 million toward its air conditioner program that provides people most at risk of extreme heat with a unit. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. expands program to provide air conditioners with additional $20M

In 2023, B.C. provided $10M for about 6,000 air conditioning units for those most at risk of extreme heat

B.C. announced an additional $20 million toward its air conditioner program that provides people most at risk of extreme heat with a unit. (Black Press Media file photo)