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Federal government promises $4.1 billion for B.C. infrastructure
VANCOUVER – Ottawa has announced a new multibillion-dollar infrastructure deal with British Columbia, just a…
Vancouver’s Rio Theatre wins month-long reprieve to raise mortgage down payment
VANCOUVER – The operator of one of Vancouver’s last independent movie theatres says fundraising efforts…
B.C. ranger park program launched for 48 full-time students
VANCOUVER – Dozens of young adults in British Columbia will soon have the opportunity become…
Jackhammers, fumes turn B.C. family’s Panama Canal cruise into construction zone
VICTORIA – The noise of pounding jackhammers and the smell of fumes are the unwanted…
Vancouver Island group cancels annual rabbit show because of deadly virus
VICTORIA – A disease that is deadly to rabbits has prompted the Vancouver Island Rabbit…
Woman, 23, dies in hospital after being hit by a car in east Vancouver
VANCOUVER – A 23-year-old woman has died in hospital from what at first appeared to…
Fish farm companies in B.C. should get First Nations approval: report
VANCOUVER – A provincial advisory council is recommending fish farm companies be required to have…
Leading B.C. chefs send letter seeking termination of salmon farm tenures
VANCOUVER – More than 50 of British Columbia’s top chefs are calling on the province…
‘Overwhelming’: Saskatoon drugs crisis far reaching with deaths and hundreds of calls
SASKATOON — The black concrete walls outside Saskatoon’s only safe consumption site show the wake…
Family of B.C. man shot by RCMP says independent investigator ‘designed to fail’
VANCOUVER – The family of a British Columbia man fatally shot by RCMP is asking…
Missing and murdered inquiry emboldens those to move forward: chairwoman
RICHMOND, B.C. – Some of those who have told their harrowing stories at the National…
Residential school history centre to share survivors’ accounts, educate public
VANCOUVER – Many university students don’t know the history of Indigenous people in Canada, let…
Indigenous women tell inquiry of abuse, call for systemic change
VANCOUVER – A longtime advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women told her own story…
B.C. tourism minister requires heart surgery; recovery to take weeks
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s tourism minister has been diagnosed with a heart condition that requires…
RCMP announce charges against driver involved in crash that killed 2, injured 3
SURREY, B.C. – A 28-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences related to a…
UBC president apologizes for ‘failing to confront’ over residential schools
VANCOUVER – The president of the University of British Columbia opened the Indian Residential School…
B.C. premier denies crisis, says one investment doesn’t make an economy
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier John Horgan showed no signs Monday of backing down on…
Pipeline protesters including Green leader should face criminal charges: judge
VANCOUVER – A B.C. Supreme Court judge says the Crown should consider laying criminal contempt…
Man dies after being rescued from sinking fishing boat off B.C. coast
VANCOUVER – A man has died after being rescued from a fishing vessel off British…
Horgan says Alberta legislation to raise gas prices in B.C. ‘provocative’
VICTORIA – Premier John Horgan says he’s concerned and surprised that Alberta’s latest move in…
Trailer pulled from family flick screenings in B.C. after dad complains
LANGLEY, B.C. – A father is calling on theatres to ensure that family-friendly movies are…
Novice B.C. driver fined after passing other cars ‘as though they were stopped’
VANCOUVER – RCMP in Metro Vancouver say a driver allegedly travelling at 101 kilometres per…
B.C.’s child watchdog quits after 14 months on job, heads back to New Brunswick
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s independent children’s advocate is quitting after 14 months on the job…
B.C. families say they’re sidelined from involvement in addiction treatment
VANCOUVER – Families with loved ones addicted to illicit drugs struggle to navigate British Columbia’s…