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U.S. announces new duty on B.C. lumber exports, police drug bust nets hefty seizures and more.
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Flowers left at a Garrison Crossing construction site in March 2016 where a concrete pumper truck collapsed killing a worker and seriously injuring another. (Paul J. Henderson file/The Progress)

1. U.S. government imposes new duties on softwood lumber

Canadian lumber exports into the U.S. are going up to the tune of about 20 per cent.

2. 91原创 native represents B.C. in Canadian space race

Jason Leuschen, a military pilot born in Murrayville is one of 17 candidates left to become Canada鈥檚 next astronaut.

3. VIDEO: Months-long investigation nets hefty seizure

New Westminster police say several have been arrested and $300,000 in fentanyl and heroin seized locally and in Surrey in a multi-jurisdictional drug bust.

4. Equipment malfunction blamed in Chilliwack workplace death

Construction worker Sebastian Gomez Obando was killed, and the foreman suffered life-altering injuries in a workplace accident in 2015.

5. VIDEO: Strangers rescue mother duck and her babies in 91原创

It takes a village 鈥 to round up a wayward family of ducks and deliver them to safety.



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About the Author: Ashley Wadhwani-Smith

I began my journalistic journey at Black Press Media as a community reporter in my hometown of Maple Ridge, B.C.
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