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    Asbestos warnings, broken elevators and 'brown goo': Step inside MUN's aging tunnels

    MUNSU director of external affairs Nicolas Keough is calling for more provincial funding to fix the health and safety issues in the Memorial University tunnels. (Sarah Antle/CBC)The underground tunnels at Memorial University — known for years as the "MUNnels" among students — are a central part of the student experience in St. John's.In theory, they offer a quick and easy way to get from class to class without having to go outside, and for decades have been a preferred choice in the winter month

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    New Zealand pilot held hostage in Papua region freed by rebels

    A New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by separatist rebels, Indonesian authorities said Saturday. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, the pilot from Christchurch who was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air, was handed over early Saturday to the Cartenz Peace Taskforce.

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    B.C. election campaign officially starts; Eby campaign bus on road

    VANCOUVER — The British Columbia election campaign is set to officially start today, with Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin issuing the writ for the Oct. 19 vote.

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    Greens reject acrimony, setting them apart from other B.C. parties: Furstenau

    The leader of British Columbia's Green Party faces an uphill battle one month before the provincial election as she faces off against an incumbent cabinet minister in a Victoria riding that's long been held by a New Democrat.

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    A look at Sonia Furstenau, leader of the Green Party of British Columbia

    VICTORIA — British Columbia Green Leader Sonia Furstenau is running in the Victoria-Beacon Hill riding in the Oct. 19 election, returning to the capital after representing the Cowichan Valley riding since 2017.

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    John Rustad, political cast off to potential B.C. premier: 'remarkable,' he says

    VICTORIA — British Columbia Conservative Party Leader John Rustad was at a low point in his life two years ago, both personally and politically.

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    Eby 'impatient' to resolve B.C.'s hard issues of housing, opioids, affordability

    David Eby thumbs through a stack of vinyl records at Zulu Records located in his Vancouver-Point Grey riding and says he's reminded of his younger days working at a Sam The Record Man store over the Christmas holidays.

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