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More bears entering human environments this spring: Conservation officers
VANCOUVER – The BC Conservation Officer Service is reminding residents to brush up on bear…
Feds announce $10M for RCMP to fight money laundering after ministers’ meeting
VANCOUVER – The federal government has announced $10 million to help the RCMP prosecute money…
Health officials warn of possible measles exposure at Vancouver airport
VANCOUVER – The BC Centre for Disease Control is warning that travellers at Vancouver’s airport…
Victoria council to fund Remembrance Day ceremony; offers apologies to veterans
Victoria council dropped its plan Thursday to seek federal funds to cover Remembrance Day ceremony…
Butterfly garden keeper manages to film large tarantula shedding exoskeleton
VICTORIA – A 20-centimetre tarantula capable of killing a bird has been filmed at its…
No business case for Trans Mountain expansion, says former environment minister
VANCOUVER – A former Liberal environment minister is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet to…
Vancouver police announce arrest in home invasion that sent woman to hospital
VANCOUVER – Charges have been laid following a violent home invasion that seriously injured a…
Victoria to offer free menstrual products at city hall, fitness centre washrooms
VICTORIA – The City of Victoria says it will make free menstrual products available starting…
Stay of proceedings after Jaspal Atwal accused of uttering threats
SURREY, B.C. – The BC Prosecution Service says it won’t pursue a charge of uttering…
British Columbia government loosens social assistance rules to ease poverty
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is implementing a series of changes to its social…
B.C. ‘struggling’ to meet needs of vulnerable youth in contracted care: auditor
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s auditor general says some of the province’s most vulnerable youth in…
‘Public interest’ prompts B.C. coroner to release details in death of Ben Kilmer
VICTORIA – The British Columbia Coroners Service has released details surrounding the suicide death of…
Purchase of watershed in southeast B.C., protects land, species at risk
NELSON, B.C. – A southeastern British Columbia watershed including a rare inland temperate rainforest has…
Man hit by transit bus after fight in Burnaby, B.C., won’t survive: coroner
BURNABY, B.C. – The BC Coroners Service says a man hit by a transit bus…
Invasive goldfish found in B.C. lake, biologists act to stop spread to watershed
VICTORIA – Recreational fishing in a lake in northwestern British Columbia is being shut down…
Artists, politicians reflect on reconciliation as cedar poles unveiled in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Musqueam artist William Dan says a welcome figure he carved from centuries-old cedar…
U.S. Justice Department alleges fraud, money laundering against 4 from B.C. firm
VANCOUVER – Four executives of a Vancouver-based payment processing firm have been charged in what…
Five people now charged in death of 19-year-old student in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. – Two more people have been charged with murder after a woman’s remains…
Rock climber suffers fatal fall on the Stawamus Chief overlooking Squamish, B.C.
SQUAMISH, B.C. – Police say a rock climber fell to his death yesterday while scaling…
BC Wildfire Service working to contain small blaze north of Vancouver
VANCOUVER – Firefighters in British Columbia are working to contain a small wildfire between Horseshoe…
Join talks on international treaty: B.C. First Nations mark ‘historic moment’
VICTORIA – Three British Columbia First Nations have marked what is being called a “historic…
Lawyers urge Canada to stop Chinese exec’s extradition to U.S. on fraud charges
VANCOUVER – Defence lawyers for a senior Huawei executive have asked Canada’s foreign affairs minister…
Police say four-year-old boy assaulted as soccer tournament held in B.C.
ASHCROFT, B.C. – The Mounties are investigating an assault on a four-year-old boy who was…
Top B.C. court upholds ruling that struck down Canada’s solitary confinement law
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s top court has upheld a lower court ruling that struck down…