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From left, B.C. Greens MLA Rob Botterell, party leader Emily Lowan and MLA Jeremy Valeriote. The trio appeared in Victoria on Monday, Feb. 9 to announce the party is ending its deal with the governing NDP. (Mark Page/Black Press Media)

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B.C. Greens won’t renew deal to support governing NDP

Deal aided government to stay in power with one-vote majority

The streaming documentary Wild Boys: Strangers in Town – the story of two brothers who won over the hearts of North Okanagan residents with a tale that turned out to be too good to be true – debuts on Paramount+ Feb. 18. (CBS/Paramount+ Photo)

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‘Wild’ documentary debuts on brothers found living off grid in B.C.

Wild Boys: Strangers in Town relives the true 2003 story of brothers found living in North OK woods

A Marina Bay Cafe customer writes down their order for Maria Tanjaoui. (Ben Fenlon/Victoria News)

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VIDEO: Deaf owner brews coffee and community connections in B.C. cafe

Esquimalt’s Marina Bay Cafe encourages folks to learn more about American Sign Language

Allan Brooks Nature Centre’s official mascot, Okanagan Okie, delivered a positive message after not seeing its shadow on Monday, Feb. 2, at the centre. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

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VIDEO: Early spring projected from B.C.’s Okanagan Okie

Across the province, Vancouver Island Violet predicts six more weeks of winter

Divers prepare at Whirl Bay underwater demolition range during Exercise Roguish Buoy, where Canadian and visiting army dive teams execute tasks in support of operations, and to provide the recertification necessary to maintain the rigorous standards required for Army Combat Divers. (Christine van Reeuwyk/Goldstream Gazette)

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Exercise Roguish Buoy: Explosive military training hits Vancouver Island

Army divers from Canada, United Kingdom, Latvia, Germany and the Netherlands train together

Crews from 19 Wing Comox responded to a medical emergency about 100 km south of Haida Gwaii on Jan 25. (19 Wing Comox/Contributed)

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VIDEO: Canadian Armed Forces Search and Rescue crews rescue fisher near Haida Gwaii

CH-149 Cormorant, supported by a CC-295 Kingfisher perform medical hoist, transfer patient

Ryan James Wedding, 44, is one of the FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives. (Special to The News)

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Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding in custody: FBI

Authorities say athlete turned alleged drug trafficker was taken into custody in Mexico

Speaker of the Nunavut Legislative Assembly David Joanasie raises the Greenlandic flag at the territorial legislature on Jan. 20. William Koblensky Varela/NNSL photo

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Greenlandic flag raised at Nunavut Legislative Assembly

Event staged day after Trump posts image of U.S. flag over Greenland and Canada

The Northern Lights were dancing above Vernon’s SilverStar Mountain Resort Monday, Jan. 19. (SilverStar video screen shot)

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Northern Lights put on show above B.C. ski hill

Vernon’s SilverStar Mountain Resort puts together reel of the lights above the city

The “3rd Lower Mainland Freedom Convoy” arrived in South Surrey Feb. 12, 2022 after starting in Chilliwack earlier in the morning. It coincided with the Freedom Convoy that converged on Ottawa in late January 2022 that led to the government invoking the Emergencies Act. (Lauren Collins/Black Press Media)

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Court says feds’ use of Emergencies Act ‘unreasonable’ as Ottawa loses appeal

There were concurrent ‘Freedom Convoys’, blockades in B.C., Alberta, Manitoba