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Canada's E. coli outbreak steps lag U.S. because of caseloads: experts
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TORONTO - When news broke Tuesday that consumers should avoid eating romaine lettuce because of an E. coli outbreak, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention swiftly demanded that retailers and restaurants remove it from store shelves and stop including it in meals.
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
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No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
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B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

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UPDATE: Lumby RCMP ask for public’s help to locate a missing woman, partner reports she was abducted
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