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  VANCOUVER -- A nearly 3,000-pound jade boulder has been stolen from its home outside a gift shop in B.C.s Interior, where it has sat for nearly 50 years. "Its a landmark of Cache Creek," said Heidi Roy, owner of Cariboo Jade & Gifts. "Its not only important to my family, but the community and the province as a whole," Roy said of the rock that visitors would encounter on their way into the store. "Jade is the provincial gemstone of B.C. That boulder has been in that location for the bett...

Jade boulder stolen in B.C. has nothing but sentimental value, says owner Cariboo Jade and Gifts with a jade boulder near the front door is shown in this handout image in Cache Creek, B.C. The owner of a gift store in British Columbias southern Interior says no one will benefit if a huge jade boulder stolen from the front of her shop is carved up by thieves. The nearly 1,300 kilogram slab of jade was stolen from the front of the store in Cache Creek, west of Kamloops, on Saturda...

Image Credit: SUBMITTED December 20, 2020 - 12:53 PM Since 1985 a 2,850 slice of B.C. jade has sat outside Cariboo Jade and Gifts in Cache Creek, offering a backdrop of countless tourists’ photos. Last night, however, thieves took on the task of removing the local landmark. At 11:55 p.m. Dec. 19, the jade boulder was stolen from the front of the shop. It was last seen in an older (2000-ish) two-tone grey/blue Dodge pickup pulling a flat deck trailer with an orange excavator...