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NANAIMO, B.C. - Randy Weflen runs his palm over the curves of a wooden surfboard, feeling the rough edges that still need polishing.

SURREY — A sentence of just over three years in prison has been handed to a woman who pleaded guilty for the drunk-driving crash that killed a promising 22-year-old softball player in Surrey.

PRINCE GEORGE — In the lead-up to the holiday season, B.C. Justice Minister Shirley Bond asked her husband, Bill, what he wanted for Christmas. The answer she received wasn’t something she could buy, make or provide — but he got it anyway.

SURREY, B.C.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the operators of an apartment complex in Campbell River to build a ramp so a disabled tenant can get into the building more easily.

VANCOUVER — The family of a 36-year-old woman who was shot to death in a Chicago parking lot in April 2011 is suing the website that allegedly helped her killer, a Surrey man, buy the murder weapon.

NEW WESTMINSTER — A man has been found dead in a basement suite in New Westminster, and police say the incident appears suspicious. Sgt. Diana McDaniel said officers were called to the suite just after 6 a.m. Thursday.

VANCOUVER — At a discrete compound in Cambodia, young girls form an orderly queue to be served noodles in the NewSong centre.

AGASSIZ — A corrections officer at a maximum-security prison is facing charges over allegations related to drug trafficking into the facility.

VANCOUVER - At a non-nondescript, discreet compound in Cambodia, young girls form an orderly queue to be served noodles in the NewSong centre.