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Family, including four children, rescued from bush near Port Alberni

Family, including four children, rescued from bush near Port Alberni

Alberni Valley Rescue Squad brings in ropes team to assist family in rough terrain
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Open burning ban coming for Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland

Open burning ban coming for Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland

Category 2 and 3 fires will be prohibited until Oct. 31, campfires will still be permitted at this time
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Comox Valley RCMP execute drug-related search warrant in Cumberland

Comox Valley RCMP execute drug-related search warrant in Cumberland

On May 21, Comox Valley RCMP executed a search warrant in Cumberland
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Open burning ban comes into effect May 30 at noon for Comox Valley

Open burning ban comes into effect May 30 at noon for Comox Valley

The regional district is following the lead of the BC Wildfire Service
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Open burning ban comes into effect May 30 at noon for Union Bay, Fanny Bay

Open burning ban comes into effect May 30 at noon for Union Bay, Fanny Bay

Union Bay and Fanny Bay have issued a fire ban starting at noon on May 30
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Aaron Gunn officially sworn in as an Member of Parliament for North Island–Powell River

Aaron Gunn officially sworn in as an Member of Parliament for North Island–Powell River

Aaron Gunn has officially been sworn in as a Member of Parliament for the North Island-Powell River riding
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Stumped in Merville: community's roots run deep in forestry, agriculture and war

Stumped in Merville: community's roots run deep in forestry, agriculture and war

Logged-over land in the Comox Valley targeted for post-First World War agricultural find-work project
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MARS warns of proper feeding for hummingbirds

MARS warns of proper feeding for hummingbirds

A hummingbird will lose its life due to something other than white sugar being put in a hummingbird feeder.
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Elasmosaurs identified as new genus of sea monster - Traskasaura

Elasmosaurs identified as new genus of sea monster - Traskasaura

This primitive 85-million-year-old, 12 metre-long, fiercely predatory marine reptile is unlike any elasmosaur known to-date and hunted its prey from above
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Comox Valley transit exchanges to support regional growth

Comox Valley transit exchanges to support regional growth

Five new transit exchanges and bus priority lanes to improve access and safety are coming to communities in the Comox Valley Regional District
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