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Amateur fossil hunter discovers 84-million-year-old fossilized turtle on Vancouver Island
Derek Larson/The Canadian Press
<p>Russell Ball was taking one of his usual walks along Vancouver Island&rsquo;s Puntledge River on a cool, grey day in January when he noticed something out of the ordinary.<br />As he knelt down and began chipping away around the patch of brown, he felt ...
Mount Polley mine disaster 5 years later; emotions, accountability unresolved
CBC News   05 August 2019   British Columbia   Quesnel Lake  
Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press
<p>People are swimming and fishing in Quesnel Lake five years after the largest environmental mining disaster in Canadian history, but residents of Likely, B.C., are still struggling with unresolved emotions about what happened and who will be held accountable ...
No injuries reported in massive landslide from B.C.’s Joffre Peak
<p>Provincial officials are still taking stock after a huge landslide sheared tonnes of rock from Joffre Peak, near the popular Joffre Lakes Provincial Park.<br />Pictures and video from the scene show a massive, grey trail of rock debris coming from the collapsed ...
Shortlist announced for $3.5bn Canadian bridge
George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project (source: The Construction Index)
<p>Three teams have been invited by the government of British Columbia to submit proposals to design, build, partially finance and operate a bridge to replace the George Massey Tunnel.</p> <p>The preferred proponent is expected to be chosen by summer 2017 ...
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