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27 squatters arrested, charged after occupying vacant school in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. – Twenty seven squatters who took over a boarded-up elementary school in Nanaimo,…
Pipeline ruptures, sparks massive fire north of Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – About 100 members of a First Nation community in northern British…
Canada set to become largest country with legal pot sales
DELTA, B.C. – Mat Beren and his friends used to drive by the vast greenhouses…
Luxury bike wear company Kit and Ace parts ways with Lululemon founders
Luxury bike wear company Kit and Ace is steering itself in a new direction without…
Canada pipeline blast risks Washington natural gas shortage
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – A pipeline explosion in British Columbia risks cutting off the flow…
Missing plane with two men aboard found 31 years after it vanished
SALMON ARM, B.C. – The search for a small plane from Alberta missing in the…
Fiery pipeline explosion in B.C. raises possibility of natural gas shortage
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – An explosion and fire in a pipeline that provides natural gas…
A correction to the Tug-Aground-Lawsuit story
VANCOUVER – In a story published Wednesday, The Canadian Press said the Heiltsuk incurred costs…
Yukon mine is mothballed as soft copper markets derail planned sale
VANCOUVER – A Vancouver-based mining company says soft copper and equity markets have combined to…
Federal and provincial government reports aim to protect B.C.’s salmon
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s wild salmon face a series of complex threats that a new…
Gas slowly being restored, as police say cause of pipeline blast not criminal
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Natural gas service to much of British Columbia was being gradually…
RCMP say voter fraud found in Surrey, B.C., other Metro claims being probed
SURREY, B.C. – Findings and allegations of voter fraud have been made in several Metro…
Old Fort, B.C., residents in holding pattern as landslide inches toward homes
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Residents of a tight-knit community in northern British Columbia are…
Secret supper clubs test appetite for cannabis-infused food ahead of legalization
VANCOUVER – One of the first questions chef Travis Petersen asks guests as they arrive…
Enbridge to begin building road to access pipeline explosion site in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Enbridge Inc. says it has begun construction of a temporary access road to…
B.C. energy minister Michelle Mungall takes seat in legislature with baby Zavier
VICTORIA – Baby Zavier is barely three months old but he’s already making history with…
First Nations, federal and B.C. governments sign new treaty agreement
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government says a new agreement between a group of Indigenous…
Earth samples show dust from B.C. pipeline blast not a health threat: Enbridge
VANCOUVER – The company that owns a natural gas pipeline that ruptured and burned in…
Earth still moving in Old Fort, B.C., but not above homes: geologists
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Crews from BC Hydro and the Transportation Ministry are being…
B.C. teen gives away tickets to Ellen Degeneres show, plans O Canada welcome
VANCOUVER – A 14-year-old girl’s quest to give away two tickets to Ellen Degeneres’s appearance…
RCMP raid two pot shops, seize product and issue tickets on Vancouver Island
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – The managers of two pot shops on Vancouver Island where police…
More pot stores expected in B.C. in coming ‘weeks and months’: attorney general
VANCOUVER – British Columbia cabinet ministers defended the provincial government’s pace in approving marijuana stores…
Kennedy Stewart named mayor of Vancouver; one of several B.C. turnovers
VANCOUVER – Former New Democrat MP Kennedy Stewart has won a neck-and-neck mayoral race to…
Vancouver says no recount required unless there’s a tie, as runner-up mulls options
Vancouver’s runner-up in the race for mayor says he won’t concede until he has a…