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Whistler snowboarders Smith and Pelchat talk Team Canada

piquenewsmagazine.com – Team Canada rookie Truth Smith looks to improve on last season, while Juliette Pelchat looks to get her career back on track after injury-riddled 2021

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Whistler pushing BC Transit for ‘non-performance clause’ in event of future strike

piquenewsmagazine.com – The RMOW will ask BC Transit to include a new clause in its 2023-24 operating agreement that would protect both financially in a future job action.

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Timeline: A history of dogs in space

stacker.com – Stacker.com provides a timeline of the canine heroes who were part of the Soviet space program. Some “dogmonauts” made it back while others didn’t.

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Range Rover: Stalking the (once) Great Glacier

piquenewsmagazine.com – Glaciers in Western Canada are retreating due to climate change, including the (once) Great Glacier in Rogers Pass, also known as the Illecillewaet Glacier

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Notorious Gangster & Friend killed in Canadian Resort

desiblitz.com – A member of the notorious Brothers Keepers Gang and his friend were shot dead in broad daylight at a Canadian ski resort.

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B.C. strata owner ordered to keep cats leashed while on common property

piquenewsmagazine.com – A Nanaimo, BC strata dispute started with an owner allegedly breaking the off-leash pet bylaw and progressed to calls to have a council member jailed.

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Amazon’s RevengeThriller WILDERNESS Set Up At Whistler Olympic Park – Hollywood North Buzz

hollywoodnorthbuzz.com – Amazon’s National Parks Revenge Thriller Wilderness starts filming in B.C., with production set up at Whistler Olympic Park.

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6 summer fashion trends you can have in your closet this weekend

piquenewsmagazine.com – With temperatures climbing this summer in Canada, we round up fashionable items you can quickly order to wear during a heatwave without sacrificing comfort or style.

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5 ways to be more food sustainable while travelling

usebounce.com – A report found that every summer tourists account for a 40% spike in marine litter entering the Mediterranean Sea. But travellers can reduce their waste.

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‘Living in the barns’: What it takes to run an egg farm in B.C.’s extreme heat

piquenewsmagazine.com – BC farmers are working hard to keep their livestock healthy during intense heat, often dealing with increasing costs and decreasing production.

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Wildfire near Lytton, B.C., smaller than believed but heat creates challenges

piquenewsmagazine.com – LYTTON, B.C. — The estimated size of a wildfire burning near Lytton, B.C., has been reduced thanks to more accurate mapping, however the BC Wildfire Service warns there’s still a risk it will grow.

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What B.C. can learn from this Californian city’s fight to ban new gas stations

coastreporter.net – In B.C., the Comox Valley Regional District and Village of Cumberland are looking to be the first local governments to ban new gas stations in Canada.

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Warmer, drier weather expected to fuel flames near Lytton: wildfire service

piquenewsmagazine.com – LYTTON, B.C. — British Columbia’s wildfire service has warned that warmer and drier weather expected throughout this week could fuel potentially volatile conditions as crews battle an out-of-control …

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Vehicle linked to fatal shooting of two B.C. women found, hunt for suspect ongoing

piquenewsmagazine.com – CHILLIWACK, B.C. — Homicide investigators say they’ve found the vehicle of a man wanted in the fatal shooting of two women this week in Chilliwack, B.C.

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Vancouver murder trial to continue without accused killer now on the lam

piquenewsmagazine.com – The trial of Wolfpack Alliance gangster Rabih (Robby) Alkhalil will go on without him. The 35-year-old escaped July 21 from North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Coquitlam, putting a temporary halt on his …

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