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Mid-Vancouver Island air quality risk very high

Mid-Vancouver Island air quality risk very high

Residents of the mid-Island area went to bed last night and awoke this morning to smokey skies and an air quality health risk considered very high.
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RCMP looking for missing Duncan teen

RCMP looking for missing Duncan teen

Dallas Macleod, 18, was last seen on Aug. 10
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Castlegar bridge designed by architect of collapsed Italian bridge

Castlegar bridge designed by architect of collapsed Italian bridge

Riccardo Morandi designed the Kinnaird Bridge, which is part of Highway 3.
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MasterChef runner-up an award-winning broker

MasterChef runner-up an award-winning broker

What started as an interest turned into a global pursuit
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Comox Valley RCMP looking for suspicious man in Courtenay

Comox Valley RCMP looking for suspicious man in Courtenay

Man was frantically waving at vehicles
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442 Squadron medevacs passenger from cruise ship

442 Squadron medevacs passenger from cruise ship

Ship was south-west of Haida Gwaii
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Independent Investivations Office looking into Sayward crash

Independent Investivations Office looking into Sayward crash

An incident in which a vehicle under RCMP scrutiny crashed near Sayward on Saturday is under investigation by the Independent Investigations Office (IIO).
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Vehicle catches fire near Vancouver Island provincial park

Vehicle catches fire near Vancouver Island provincial park

Fire shut down Highway 4 in both directions
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Interested in running for office this fall?

Interested in running for office this fall?

Free information session Aug. 30
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North Island Hospital Comox Valley looking for funds to open fourth operating room

North Island Hospital Comox Valley looking for funds to open fourth operating room

One of the priorities of the Comox Valley Hospital is to significantly increase the number of hip and knee surgeries being performed this year. Currently, the wait list for surgery is between 18 and 24 months. With funding available from the provincial government, one of the strategies to meet this goal will be to open a fourth operating room.
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