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Humpback whales treat tourists to an early-morning show off B.C. coast
PORT HARDY, B.C. – Tourists staying at a lodge on a Vancouver Island were treated…
Getting a good scratch is just as worthy as good food for cows, says study
VANCOUVER – Everyone knows the satisfaction of having an itch scratched and researchers at the…
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to run in Burnaby, B.C., byelection
BURNABY, B.C. – Federal New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh took aim at the Liberal government’s…
Logging company employee dies working on Vancouver Island wildfire
NANAIMO, B.C. – A logging company employee has died while working at a wildfire in…
New Zealand woman dies as group jumps from bridge in Sicamous, B.C.
SICAMOUS, B.C. – A 23-year-old New Zealand woman has died after she and three friends…
Wildfire crews brace for weather change as 39 new fires recorded in B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – More wildfires are burning in British Columbia in 2018 than in past…
Balaclava rapist Larry Takahashi’s day parole continued, no overnight leave
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – The Parole Board of Canada has continued day parole in British Columbia…
Burning barge loaded with crushed cars sends pall of smoke over Metro Vancouver
SURREY, B.C. – A barge loaded with crushed vehicles is burning in the Fraser River…
Antibiotic delivered to wild killer whale in international rescue operation
VANCOUVER – Experts attempting an unprecedented rescue effort to save an endangered killer whale off…
Flaring wildfires in B.C.’s Cariboo prompt evacuation alert for part of Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. – A wildfire in British Columbia has prompted an evacuation alert for some…
Statue of John A. Macdonald removed from Victoria City Hall in act of reconciliation
VICTORIA – A statue of Canada’s first prime minister has been removed from the grounds…
Peer support workers on front lines of the OD crisis need support too: Experts
VANCOUVER – Trey Helten has known almost every one of the 50 or so people…
Five people sent to hospital after crash at Abbotsford, B.C., airport
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Five people are in hospital, including one in critical condition, after a…
Orca’s ‘tour of grief’ over after carrying dead calf around for nearly 3 weeks
VANCOUVER – An endangered orca’s “tour of grief” is over after she spent nearly three…
Kayak in Indian Arm waters off of B.C.’s Deep Cove and feast on famous doughnuts
DEEP COVE, B.C. – About halfway through a kayaking tour on the waters of Indian…
Pipeline protesters practise resisting police at Camp Cloud outside tank farm
VANCOUVER – Pipeline protesters who were ordered to take down their camp outside a Kinder…
Husband escapes, wife missing after car swept off roadway in B.C. mudslide
CACHE CREEK, B.C. – Search crews are looking for a woman who was inside a…
Suspect arrested in B.C. after fires intentionally lit
PENTICTON, B.C. – RCMP in Penticton, B.C. say a man is in custody after fires…
North Vancouver youngster dies in boating accident near Vernon, B.C.
VERNON, B.C. – A six-year-old has died in a boating accident near Vernon, in British…
Traffic now moving past site of Interior B.C. mudslide where woman vanished
CACHE CREEK, B.C. – A single lane of traffic is now getting past the site…
Woman and her dog are missing after hike near British Columbia’s Jumbo Pass
INVERMERE, B.C. – A woman and her dog have disappeared during a hike in Jumbo…
Tug carrying up to 22,000 litres of fuel capsizes in Fraser River off Vancouver
VANCOUVER – The smell of diesel filled the air as crews worked to recover a…
Victoria police say explicit phone calls aimed at women provincewide
VICTORIA – Police in Victoria say they have received more than 50 reports of unwanted…
Motorcyclist dies in Vancouver as city records seventh traffic death this year
VANCOUVER – A motorcyclist has been killed in Vancouver’s seventh traffic-related fatality of 2018. Vancouver…