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RECO freezes bank accounts of Toronto-area brokerage, substantial sum missing
VANCOUVER – The bank accounts of a Toronto brokerage are frozen to protect consumer deposits…
Federal threat to impose higher carbon tax on Manitoba ‘misguided’: minister
VANCOUVER – Manitoba’s sustainable development minister says a federal threat to impose a higher carbon…
Environment minister confronts Rebel reporter about ‘climate Barbie’ name
VANCOUVER – Environment Minister Catherine McKenna confronted a reporter for The Rebel on Friday, demanding…
Vancouver man missing since Halloween, may have been hiking Grouse Mountain
VANCOUVER – Rescue crews are searching for a man in the mountains north of Vancouver…
BC Liberal leadership candidates debate rural development, opioid crisis
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – BC Liberal leadership hopefuls touted their ideas for bolstering the resource…
RCMP officer injured, man sought after gunfire outside Kamloops, B.C., hotel
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Police say they’re looking for a 41-year-old suspect after an RCMP officer…
Study finds ‘alarming rate’ of OD deaths among young Indigenous people in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Indigenous drug users in British Columbia are 13 times more likely to die…
Police say girl died after falling from window of highrise in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. – RCMP in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby say the death of an…
Constitutional debate over Canada’s polygamy law heads back to court
CRANBROOK, B.C. – A decades-long constitutional debate over Canada’s polygamy law is set to flare…
Finning International reports third-quarter profit and revenue up from year ago
VANCOUVER – Finning International Inc. says it earned $52 million in its latest quarter, up…
Police officer dies after shooting in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A British Columbia police officer is being remembered as a “hero” after…
Body cameras on chicken catchers not reasonable: B.C. privacy commissioner
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s privacy commissioner says a chicken-catching company was not authorized to use…
BC Hydro cancels rate hike for 2018, government to conduct review
VICTORIA – A three per cent hike in hydro rates in British Columbia scheduled for…
Service to be held Nov. 19 for officer killed while on duty in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A public service will be held Nov. 19 for the police officer…
B.C. says 50-50 pot tax split with feds not good enough, province needs more
VICTORIA – British Columbia says Ottawa’s plans to split marijuana tax revenues on a 50-50-basis…
Crocs, Dawgs decade-long legal battle over clogs moves to Canadian courts
VANCOUVER – A legal battle between the maker of ubiquitous plastic clogs and a Saskatchewan…
Man sentenced to 4 years for harassing ex-wife through revenge website
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia man convicted of criminally harassing his ex-wife through a revenge…
Service to be held Nov. 19 for Abbotsford, B.C., officer killed while on duty
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A public service will be held on Nov. 19 for an Abbotsford,…
Review board urged to take away ‘false hope’ of leave for man who killed kids
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. – Giving a British Columbia man who killed his three children during…
Pro-Nazi posters discovered at B.C. university on Remembrance Day
VANCOUVER – Officials at the University of British Columbia says pro-Nazi posters have been found…
Vancouver summit to set sights on combating use of child soldiers
Vancouver is poised to become a symbol for protecting children and preventing the use of…
B.C. residents call on Parks Canada to consider other options, not kill beavers
PENDER ISLAND, B.C. – A battle over beavers is brewing on South Pender Island, B.C.,…
Deputy Abbotsford police chief loses son in fatal crash east of Vancouver
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Another tragedy has hit a British Columbia police department as it mourns…
Canadian ‘Arrow’ star Stephen Amell speaks out amid allegations against producer
VANCOUVER – Canadian “Arrow” star Stephen Amell is offering to help “in any way, shape…