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  "path": "/2026/02/12/news/history-tumbler-ridge-mining-boom-town-wounded-heart",
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  "textContent": "Tumbler Ridge in the remote Peace region of northeast British Columbia was once best known as a coal mining boom town that was built from scratch in the 1980s, then faced challenges from shifts in its economic fortunes.",
  "title": "History of Tumbler Ridge is a mining boom town with a wounded heart"
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