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B.C.
Timeline: How the cyberattack on Equifax unfolded and the fall out that followed
VANCOUVER – Months after hackers gained access to the personal data of millions of American,…
Families walk Highway of Tears to honour missing, murdered Indigenous women
VANCOUVER – When Gladys Radek walks the Highway of Tears, she says she can feel…
New Brunswick couple face tough start to new life in British Columbia
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A newly married couple moving to British Columbia from New Brunswick are…
B.C. regulators order insurance firm, payday lenders to stop ‘deceptive’ sales
VANCOUVER – An insurance company has been ordered to stop selling policies through two payday…
Simons to launch new app as company doubles down on e-commerce business
VANCOUVER – Simons department store chain is launching a new app as part of its…
B.C. launches public process to re-establish human rights commission
VICTORIA – Attorney General David Eby says racism, hate and intolerance know no boundaries, and…
B.C. filmmaker uses false name to promote policy charging more to white males
VICTORIA – A man behind a “justice-pricing” policy based on charging higher admission to white…
Eldorado begins talks with Greek government, postpones decision to suspend work
VANCOUVER – Eldorado Gold Corp. is temporarily postponing its decision to suspend work at its…
B.C. elk wears antler-full of inner tube after second year tangling with trash
YOUBOU, B.C. – A Vancouver Island elk is once again festooned in debris, the second…
B.C. politicians wear orange shirts to remember residential school experience
VICTORIA – For years, Phyllis Webstad couldn’t wear the colour orange because it reminded her…
Hefty fines for cellphone-using driver ticketed twice in eight minutes
VANCOUVER – A driver in Vancouver needed just eight minutes to rack up more than…
Police mystified by how elderly B.C. woman was pinned under car and dragged
NANAIMO, B.C. – Police say a 73-year-old woman from Nanaimo, B.C., suffered life-threatening injuries after…
B.C. government announces review of possible money laundering at casino
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s attorney general has announced a review of the province’s anti-money laundering…
B.C. court halts extradition of pair on way to India to face murder charges
VANCOUVER – A defence lawyer says the extradition of two British Columbia residents to India…
B.C. municipalities eager for finance-reform breakthrough under new government
VANCOUVER – A years-long crusade to get big money out of British Columbia’s municipal elections…
Some B.C. school boards still struggling to recruit teachers for smaller classes
VANCOUVER – The need to hire 3,500 teachers in a rush to reduce class sizes…
New Brunswick couple reunited with belongings stolen after move to B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A newly married couple whose move to British Columbia from New Brunswick…
Mogo secures new umbrella loan of up to $40 million from Fortress
VANCOUVER – Mogo Finance Technology Inc. (TSX:MOGO) says it has secured a new umbrella loan…
What’s making news in B.C.
VANCOUVER – WOMAN WALK FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T Dozens of family members and supporters of…
Costly citrus: Florida’s ‘decimated’ crops could send prices climbing
VANCOUVER – The price of a mimosa at brunch or bag of oranges at the…
B.C. man acquitted of four terrorism charges related to Facebook posts
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia man accused of using his Facebook account to express support…
Families walk Highway of Tears before missing, murdered Indigenous women hearing
SMITHERS, B.C. – Gladys Radek raised a fist in the air and wept as she…
Public money is already in politics and is better than the alternative: experts
VANCOUVER – The amount of public money parties would receive under British Columbia’s new campaign…
Woman finds prehistoric bone after visit to northeastern B.C. museum
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – A recent visit to two paleontology museums in northeastern British Columbia…