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The B.C. SPCA is offering 50 per cent off adoption fees from Sept. 27 to Oct. 6, 2021. (BCSPCA)

SPCA offers 50% off pet adoptions until Oct. 6 to free up space in busy shelters
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Anita Hill poses for a portrait in New York on Sept. 21, 2021 to promote her book, “Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence,” releasing on Sept. 28. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

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Penticton resident Taig Savage’s critically injured body was found at the track of Pen Hi in the early morning hours of Sept. 5. RCMP released his identity nearly a week later. (RCMP handout)

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Smartphone app scans QR code from a digital or printed copy of the B.C. vaccine card, confirming vaccine status without showing government identification. (Apple app store images)

Immunization record cards no longer accepted as grace period ends for B.C vaccine card

One dose of a COVID-19 vaccine is required to access gyms, movie theatres and restaurants

This photo provided by Kimberly Fossen shows an Amtrak train that derailed on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, in north-central Montana. Multiple people were injured when the train that runs between Seattle and Chicago derailed Saturday, the train agency said. (Kimberly Fossen via AP)

U.S. investigators probe Amtrak derailment that killed 3 people

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Vancouver Canucks’ goalie Arturs Silovs clears Seattle Kraken’s Nathan Bastian in the second period of an NHL preseason hockey game Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Spokane, Wash. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP)

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Expansion side rallies from 2-0 deficit to earn the victory

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Britney Spears court filing says conservatorship should end

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