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Good afternoon, these are your top stories for Thursday, August 07, 2025.
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Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol: Coastal Championship

August 7 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

It's ironic — and perhaps controversial — that after tens of thousands of votes, totem poles and Northwest Coast Art remain as the two coastal finalists in The Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol.

Shots fired — again — at Bollywood celebrity's café in Surrey, B.C.

August 7 , 2025 at 08:24:45 a.m. PDT • :

For the second time in a month, a Surrey, B.C., café owned by Bollywood superstar Kapil Sharma has been shot at.

Family 'heartbroken' after B.C. mother and baby killed by falling tree on Vancouver Island

August 7 , 2025 at 10:17:43 a.m. PDT • :

A statement from the family of a young woman and her infant son killed last Thursday by a falling tree at Comox Lake say a community gathering is planned to remember the two.

120-year-old B.C. newspaper purchased by local Indigenous-owned corporation

August 7 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

A 120-year-old publication in B.C.'s Interior has been purchased by an Indigenous-owned corporation that says it is determined to represent and uplift the community it serves.

Naloxone kits, defibrillators to be required in all B.C. high schools by December

August 7 , 2025 at 07:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Starting this fall, B.C. students in Grade 10 will receive first aid training through their gym classes, and by December, naloxone kits and defibrillators will be required in all secondary schools.

August 7 , 2025 at 01:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Costco customers shocked after someone drains all the funds from their gift cards

August 6 , 2025 at 07:05:54 p.m. PDT • :

Chilliwack, B.C., man found not criminally responsible for wife's stabbing death

August 6 , 2025 at 04:48:07 p.m. PDT • :

B.C. campers handed nearly $30K in fines over long weekend for flouting campfire bans

August 6 , 2025 at 01:09:37 p.m. PDT • :

Hunter survives 90-metre tumble down mountainous trail near Prince Rupert, B.C.

August 6 , 2025 at 05:18:12 p.m. PDT • :

Amazon's bid to overturn B.C. labour ruling granting unionization to its workers rejected

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