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Firefighters from multiple departments quickly extinguish a fire in a bedroom of a small home on Mann Road in north Port Alberni on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
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Cash, drugs and weapons seized from an Ebert Road home in Campbell River on March 16, 2023. RCMP photo

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The Carpenters’ Regional Council Local 1598 in Victoria is providing free naloxone kits and training to its members. (Black Press Media file photo)

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