Offbeat
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Eccentric moose-adorned art car has ‘jaws dropping’ in B.C.Self-described 'eccentric' Lyle Brown-John's current passion is travelling the province in his eye-catching, moose-adorned 'art car.'CanadaAug 2
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Instant ‘karma’ for faceplanting thief who stole Nanaimo business’ signThe comeuppance was captured on NY-LA Fresh Thread's security cameras on Monday, when two men stole the retailer's 100-pound sign.CrimeApr 25
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‘Wait, what?’ Six of our favourite offbeat stories of 2023From a bizarre bakery burglary to a pigeon smuggling meth in a backpack, here are a few of the stranger stories Global BC reported in 2023.CanadaDec 26, 2023
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Fuzzy fugitive: RCMP in Nanaimo corral Chewy the escaped alpacaChewy the three-year-old alpaca went on a wild and wooly adventure early Thursday morning after escaping his enclosure near Nanaimo.CanadaNov 10, 2023
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Tortoise called Frank the Tank found wandering in Richmond, B.C. needs new homeWith a name like Frank the Tank, you might think nothing could stop the 16-kilogram sulcata tortoise, but wandering alone on farmland near Richmond, B.C., certainly slowed him down.CanadaOct 17, 2023
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‘A really nice kid’: Vancouver cupcake burglar apologizes, offers to pay for repairs'He gave me a call and, you know, it was a really sincere, heartfelt apology,' bakery owner Emma Irvine said of the sticky-fingered sweet tooth.CrimeMay 31, 2023
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Pigeon wearing meth-filled ‘backpack’ busted at B.C. prisonJohn Randle said keeping drugs out of the prisons has become a huge part of correctional officers' jobs every day, not just in B.C. but across Canada.CrimeJan 6, 2023
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A goat on horseback and a naked stranger in the trunk: Strange headlines of 2022From a goat that rides horseback to a woman finding a naked man living in her trunk for three days, 2022 saw its share of strange and wacky news.CanadaDec 27, 2022
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Hamburglar steals giant burger from Salmon Arm dinerThe 60-pound, one-metre-tall Styrofoam burger was pilfered during Monday's dinner rush.LifestyleFeb 6, 2019
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There’s a crow living in YVR airport and, ironically, it’s been pooping on a raven statueMove over, Canuck: social media is aflutter over a new Metro Vancouver crow.CanadaJan 13, 2019
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