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The SPCA has seized more than 200 cattle from a farm in Shawnigan Lake. (File photo)

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      A women walk her dog past a parked school bus in the deep snow after a major snow storm in Mississauga, Ont., on Monday, January 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

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      Twelve more Surrey Police Service officers are on Monday expected to join the 29 already on patrol with Surrey Mounties. (Photo: Shane MacKichan)

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