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The 70 Mile Community Club Craft Fair vendors were busy setting up as they waited for the doors to open to the public Nov. 20. The wait was worth it, as all of the vendors were pleased with their sales. A vendor from Clinton was completely sold out. (Ken Alexander photo - submitted).
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Chip (wearing camo jacket) surveys the damage at Othello Campground from afar. Chip lives at the campsite year round and was forced out by flood waters on Nov. 15. (Jessica Peters/ Hope Standard)

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A Canadian Pacific locomotive and its cars that were knocked off of the train track by heavy rains and mudslides earlier in the week is pictured in the Fraser Canyon near Hope, B.C., Thursday, November 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

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One of the flooded farms in Sumas Prairie from an aerial tour with provincial officials, Nov. 23, 2021. Some farms are recovering but more heavy rain is expected. (B.C. government photo)

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COVID-19 variant prompts ban on travellers from southern Africa

Vanderhoof RCMP detachment seen on Nov. 25, 2021, after a man was seen with a long gun targeting the building. (Aman Parhar/Vanderhoof Omineca Express)

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Damage caused by heavy rains and mudslides is shown in this aerial photo along the Coquihalla Highway south of Merritt, B.C., on Monday, November 22, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Driver fled on foot after crashing stolen SUV into a rock face on Highway 97

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains speak on the introduction of five-day mandatory paid sick leave at the B.C. legislature, Nov. 22, 2021. (B.C. government photo)

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In-person craft beer conference takes place in February in New Westminster, B.C.

Wyatt Geddert, Chase Pincott, Devlin Walker and Brynn Ferguson, of the U11 Development Hockey Team were selling hot chocolate and cookies by donation during the Santa Claus Parade Friday. (Kelly Sinoski photo - 100 Mile Free Press).

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    NDP MP Sheila Malcolmson speaks with the media about her private members bill regarding abandoned vessels, in Ottawa on Thursday, November 30, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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