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The final months before Dawson Creek's drug violence took his life
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November 12, 2025
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2:59Now PlayingDawson Creek, B.C., started off as a farming community before transforming into an oil-and-gas town. But that boom has become a bust for the area as it grapples with drugs, gang violence and a wave of unsolved murders since 2021.
The fifth estate’s Mark Kelley spoke with one resident, Arron Linklater, a local convicted drug dealer who died in September, to understand the cycle of violence gripping Dawson Creek.
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