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Summerland targets Friday return for final evacuees, power could be out until Wednesday

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Summerland expects to downgrade its final evacuation orders Friday, allowing residents of about 80 properties to return to a wildfire-damaged area where electricity may not be fully restored until Wednesday, chief administrative officer Graham Statt said.

About 150 structures damaged or destroyed by Summerland-area wildfire

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Emergency officials estimate about 150 structures have been damaged or destroyed by the Bald Range wildfire in Summerland and surrounding rural areas.

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Oxford English Dictionary adds ‘elbows up,’ and other popular Canadianisms

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OPP officer killed near Hearst, Ont

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A 29-year-old OPP officer has been killed on duty in a rural area near Hearst. 

B.C. leaders pause politics to honour victims of Tumbler Ridge shooting

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Flags at the B.C. legislature flew at half-mast Thursday as leaders mourned eight people killed in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge.

RCMP release names of eight killed in Tumbler Ridge shooting

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The B.C. RCMP has released the names of six children and two women killed in this week’s shooting in Tumbler Ridge, as the small northeastern community continues to mourn.

MPs approve federal budget in tight vote, averting a snap election

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A narrow majority of MPs voted in favour of the Liberal government’s budget Monday, avoiding another federal election.
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