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Good afternoon, these are your top stories for Tuesday, September 02, 2025.
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B.C. library directors warn of service cuts, call on province to double funding; B\.C\. public library directors are asking the province to double its core annual contribution to libraries from \$14 million to \$30 million\.

B.C. library directors warn of service cuts, call on province to double funding

September 2 , 2025 at 11:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Public library directors in British Columbia say they are reaching a breaking point with rising demand and costs as provincial funding remains stagnant.
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B.C. public service staff launch picket lines after strike deadline expires; Members of the British Columbia General Employees' Union picket outside a B\.C\. Liquor Distribution Branch facility in Delta on Aug\. 15, 2022\. The BCGEU, which represents approximately 34,000 public-service workers across B\.C\., issued strike notice last Friday\.

B.C. public service staff launch picket lines after strike deadline expires

September 2 , 2025 at 09:59:36 a.m. PDT • :

The union that represents around 34,000 British Columbia public service workers says picket lines are going up in three cities Tuesday as industrial action begins across the province.
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B.C. composter with polluting history shuttered amid financial woes; The Fraser Valley Agri-Waste Solutions Ltd\. facility is seen at 5205 Bates Rd\. in Abbotsford, B\.C, on July 30\. Affiliate company Fraser Valley Renewables is in receivership following a court order citing debts in excess of \$16 million owed to the Bank of Nova Scotia\.

B.C. composter with polluting history shuttered amid financial woes

September 2 , 2025 at 09:32:35 a.m. PDT • :

Fraser Valley Renewables, a B.C. organics company with outstanding environmental violations, has shuttered its doors amid a court-ordered receivership against the company, its affiliates and its owner.
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#TheMoment a couple's phone number became a barbecue hotline; A split-screen image of a woman holding a jar and a man on a phone\.

#TheMoment a couple's phone number became a barbecue hotline

August 31 , 2025 at 07:03:44 p.m. PDT • :

Mirjana Komljenovic and Jim Klassen, of Summerland, B.C., tell The National about the moment they became an unofficial helpline for Napoleon Grills after their phone number was mistakenly listed online.
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Man arrested after human remains found in missing woman's B.C. home; Police are working to identify human remains discovered in the Maple Ridge home of missing woman Jessica Cunningham\.

Man arrested after human remains found in missing woman's B.C. home

August 28 , 2025 at 04:13:28 p.m. PDT • :

Police are working to identify the human remains found at the home of missing Maple Ridge woman Jessica Cunningham.
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Many fish found dead in 'bone-dry' Nelson, B.C., creek; A Nelson, B\.C\. resident says he found hundreds of dead fish in a creek after it ran dry at the end of August\.  

September 1 , 2025 at 01:53:43 p.m. PDT • :

Many fish found dead in 'bone-dry' Nelson, B.C., creek

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Rodents revealed: Reports detail hundreds of mouse and rat complaints in schools across Vancouver; A rat is pictured outside in downtown Vancouver\. According to Vancouver school documents, schools across the district have been plagued by rodents\.  

September 2 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Rodents revealed: Reports detail hundreds of mouse and rat complaints in schools across Vancouver

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Rural B.C. residents, facing $33M water repair bill, question if they can afford to stay; Bruce Turnbull says people can't afford to pay for water in their Sage Mesa neighborhood\. He is calling on province for a more reasonable solution\.  

August 31 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Rural B.C. residents, facing $33M water repair bill, question if they can afford to stay

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Northeast B.C. measles vaccinations below herd immunity as school resumes, health officials say; Northern Health has reported 187 measles cases across the region as of Aug\. 28, nearly double from the end of July\.  

September 2 , 2025 at 07:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Northeast B.C. measles vaccinations below herd immunity as school resumes, health officials say

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B.C. public workers to start job action Tuesday, union says; Members of the British Columbia General Employees' Union will begin job action Tuesday after negotiations broke down in July\.  

September 1 , 2025 at 03:22:53 p.m. PDT • :

B.C. public workers to start job action Tuesday, union says

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August 28 , 2025 at 04:27:24 p.m. PDT • :

Mounting layoffs at B.C. schools creating 'biggest crisis in post-secondary ever,' faculty association says

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August 31 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

'She crushed it': 8-year-old leads climb up daunting Stawamus Chief in Squamish, B.C.

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September 2 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Can a non-corporate grocery chain work across Canada?

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August 29 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

No shoe, no problem: Olympian Clara Hughes completes West Coast Trail wearing borrowed Croc

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August 29 , 2025 at 10:15:42 p.m. PDT • :

Health authority warns of possible hepatitis A exposure at pizza restaurant on B.C. coast

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