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  B.C. police watchdog gets $2M funding boost to hire staff, cut investigation times

  The province gave the IIO a $2 million budget lift for this fiscal year to fund 13 new positions, including seven in investigations.

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  U.S. assassination attempt charges 'confirm' Trudeau's claims about India had 'real substance,' former national security advisers say

  The indictment of an Indian national for the attempted assassination of a Sikh separatist and dual U.S.-Canadian national 'validates' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations that the Indian government may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen as having 'real substance,' according to two of Canada's former national security advisers.

• 'Big, dark canvas of despair': Rick Hansen speaks on how his mindset changed after being paralyzed

  Rick Hansen's life changed the day he was told he'd never walk again, but instead of letting his disability stand in his way, he became an advocate for accessibility rights and a Paralympic Athlete. Here's how that happened.

• Senior makes hundreds of wooden toys for children's charities despite debilitating condition

  To appreciate why Lynndon Franz wears a Santa hat in his workshop, we need to go back to that day he got a nail stuck in his eye.

• Special weather statement warns of high tides on B.C.'s South Coast

  Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a special weather statement warning of extremely high tides on British Columbia's South Coast this weekend.

• Nanaimo homeowner assaulted with baseball bat in home invasion attempt: RCMP

  A 20-year-old Nanaimo man is in police custody after Mounties were called to an attempted break-in at a home south of the city Friday.

• Vancouver Island residents charged in suspected drug-trafficking ring linked to Hells Angels

  Federal prosecutors have approved two dozen drug-trafficking charges against six people from Vancouver Island with suspected ties to the Hells Angels motorcycle gang.

• No fan of the spotlight, Christine Sinclair tries to make the best of retirement attention

  As the clock counts down on Christine Sinclair's international career, her teammates and coach say their intensely private captain is trying to make the best of being squarely in the spotlight.