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A fresh catch of wild spot prawns is unloaded at Mad Dog Crabs in Duncan, B.C. (Warren Goulding file photo)

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Pokémon GO is an augmented-reality smartphone game. (File photo)

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New provincial program promotes Indigenous cannabis products

New provincial program promotes Indigenous cannabis products
Airlines, airport ask Canada to drop arrivals testing requirement

Airlines, airport ask Canada to drop arrivals testing requirement

RCMP officers hiked almost 13 kilometres into the bush tracking a distressed man who took off from Chilliwack Lake campground. (Google Maps)

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Properties on Hatzic Lake are surrounded by high water after floodwaters began to recede, near Mission, B.C., on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. B.C. flood victims will be eligible next month for personalized support through the Canadian Red Cross to help navigate the recovery process and available funding programs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. flood victims eligible for support navigating recovery funding beginning Feb. 1
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    Majid Afunian (left), Dr. Fatemeh Basij and their daughter Rose in the plant-filled front office of Allard Dental Centre. At the end of 2021 they participated in the "We Are Here to Help" gift and toy drive to benefit Langley families.

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      The Canada Post logo is seen on the outside the company’s Pacific Processing Centre, in Richmond, B.C., on June 1, 2017. A claim by Chinese health authorities that the Omicron variant was introduced to a resident of Beijing through a piece of regular mail from Canada is being dismissed as ludicrous. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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      A women walk her dog past a parked school bus in the deep snow after a major snow storm in Mississauga, Ont., on Monday, January 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

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      A young person is vaccinated at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic as the campaign to vaccinate children aged 5-11 against COVID-19 continues, in Montreal, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

      More in-school clinics could be key to raising vaccination rates for kids: doctors

      Health Canada says the national average of children with their first shot is less than half

      2021 was a record-setting year for BC Hydro. (File photo)

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      FILE – Smoke rises from the Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

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        Student is installing copper water lines in the Piping Program at Langley Secondary School. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

        Langley students can start trades training while in high school

        Free tuition and paid work part of apprenticeship program

        Kids and parents can enjoy interactive workshops hosted by the Fraser River Discovery Centre. Its River Basin Days initiative is a monthly series of outdoor public programs geared towards families. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

        Workshop to teach kids about nature comes to Langley

        Only 20 spots open for River Basin Days event

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        Vincenzo ‘Vince’ Zamprogno

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        Jan 7th, 2022

        William Douglas Snowdon

        Jan 6th, 2022

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        James Nicholas ‘Jim’ Chmelyk

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        Maple Ridge’s Brandon Yip will captain Team China at the Olympics. (Kunlun Red Star Facebook/Special to The News)

        Maple Ridge man, former NHL player, to captain China’s Olympic hockey team

        Brandon Yip has carried his career to Europe and Asia

        Created in 1972, Canada West has 17 member university sports organizations in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

        Langley-based TWU Spartans unable to host volleyball weekend

        Women’s team had been slated to host UBC Okanagan Heat. Men’s games expected to go ahead

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          Louie Anderson appears during the 2017 Winter Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 12, 2017. Anderson, whose four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely and Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series Baskets, has died at age 68. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

          Louie Anderson, Emmy-winning comedian, dies at 68

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          Meat Loaf gestures during an interview for “Bat Out of Hell - The Musical’” in Toronto on Monday, May 15, 2017. The singer born Marvin Lee Aday died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

          Meat Loaf, legendary ‘Bat out of Hell’ rock superstar, dies at 74

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          Route of the proposed Pacific Trail Pipeline. (BC Environmental Assessment Office)

          Enbridge purchases Northwest B.C. pipeline from Chevron, Woodside

          The proposed pipeline would carry LNG from Summit Lake, near Prince George to Kitimat

          Riley Geiger of Langley competed in the MJT Lindsay Kenney Classic in 2019 at Pagoda Ridge golf club which has hosted various tournaments and events. (Langley Advance Times files)

          Langley’s Pagoda Ridge sold and will become private golf club

          Family-owned course will also get a new name after acquisition

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          Vancouver’s ‘Barge Chilling Beach’ sparks conversation over Indigenous place names

          Quick installation of the sign raised questions about why restoring Indigenous names takes so long

          A wolverine is shown in this camera trap photo in Alberta from 2012, in the same location where a coyotes was also photographed a week apart, supplied by lead researcher Gillian Chow-Fraser of the University of Victoria. New research suggests industrial development is helping coyotes move into wolverine country and edge out the rare carnivore despite its fierce reputation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

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