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B.C. teacher suspended after dry ice explosion in classroom: regulator

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A person removes pellets of dry ice from a box. Carbon dioxide fumes are visible.

A teacher in the southeast Kootenays has had his teaching certificate suspended for two days after he allowed students to handle dry ice with few restrictions — leading to an explosion that left a hole in a ceiling tile.

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dreadhead
6 hours ago
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You know students loved this class.
Vancouver Island, Canada
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A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee is arrested for murder

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Dayton Webber, then 18, pictured at a baseball game in 2016. In the years before his arrest, he shared his experience playing sports — and turning pro in one of them — as a quadruple amputee.

Dayton Webber, 27, is accused of shooting a man in his car during an argument. He has shared his story of becoming a pro athlete after losing his arms and legs to a childhood bacterial infection.

(Image credit: Kevin Sullivan)

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dreadhead
19 hours ago
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What a headline
Vancouver Island, Canada
Spoyl
9 hours ago
But also, how ???
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Tesla driver caught asleep at wheel during rainy rush hour: RCMP

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A police officer with his RCMP shoulder badge pictured.

Police in Metro Vancouver are warning drivers to remain attentive, even in a self-driving vehicle, after ticketing a woman who "appeared to be literally asleep at the wheel" on Highway 1.

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Trump administration to pay French company $1B to drop U.S. offshore wind leases

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A sign for the French company TotalEnergies is displayed at headquarters March 21, 2025, in La Defense business district outside of Paris.

TotalEnergies has agreed to what's essentially a refund of its leases for projects off the coasts of North Carolina and New York, and will invest the money in fossil fuel projects instead, the Department of Interior announced.

(Image credit: Thomas Padilla)

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2 pilots killed after Air Canada plane collides with vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport

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