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Lawyer for opioid maker says U.S. lawsuit has no binding impact in B.C. suit
VANCOUVER – A lawyer for Johnson & Johnson says a civil judgment from an Oklahoma…
Uber says ride-hailing rules mean limiting its service to Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER – Uber says it has applied to operate its ride-hailing service in Metro Vancouver…
Timbit treat for bear nets man in British Columbia $2,000 fine
VICTORIA – Feeding a Timbit and hot dogs to a bear has resulted in a…
B.C. selling less legal cannabis than any province other than P.E.I.
VANCOUVER – British Columbia sold less legal cannabis than any province other than Prince Edward…
B.C. father says he doesn’t know why he didn’t deny killing girls after attack
VANCOUVER – A Vancouver Island father faced intense questioning from a Crown attorney Wednesday about…
Kootenay Lake ferry service cancelled for Labour Day weekend over labour dispute
BALFOUR, B.C. – The British Columbia government is warning travellers to make alternative arrangements if…
Family calls for change at funeral for B.C. teen who died of apparent overdose
LANGLEY, B.C. – The family of a 14-year-old British Columbia boy whose apparent overdose death…
Father accused of murder denies he planned to kill himself on Christmas Day 2017
VANCOUVER – A Crown attorney presented Thursday his version of events on Christmas Day in…
Trudeau and Vancouver’s mayor talk housing, transit and opioid crisis
VANCOUVER – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted his government’s record on some of the most…
Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh nominated in Burnaby South riding
BURNABY, B.C. – NDP leader Jagmeet Singh was nominated Friday night as his party’s candidate…
Girl Guides in BC to receive equal high school credit as Cadets and Scouts
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s Ministry of Education has doubled the high school credits available to…
Kootenay Lake ferry workers launch three-day strike amid contract negotiations
BALFOUR, B.C. – Ferry workers in the Kootenays region of British Columbia have begun a…
Air Canada flight to Vancouver from Shanghai diverted after cracked window pane
VANCOUVER – Air Canada says a flight from Shanghai to Vancouver was diverted to Tokyo’s…
B.C. says salmon can now be transported over Fraser River landslide by truck
VANCOUVER – The B.C. government says salmon stuck at a massive landslide on the Fraser…
33-year-old man presumed drowned following Shuswap Lake speedboat incident
SALMON ARM, B.C. – RCMP in British Columbia are searching for a man, presumed drowned,…
Vancouver area home prices fall in August, number of sales up from year earlier
VANCOUVER – The number of homes sold in the Greater Vancouver area was up in…
Atom Egoyan’s ‘Guest of Honour’ to open Vancouver film festival
VANCOUVER – This year’s Vancouver International Film Festival will open with Atom Egoyan’s “Guest of…
Environmental activist Tzeporah Berman receives $2M climate award
VANCOUVER – A well-known environmental campaigner from British Columbia has received a (US)$2 million award…
Passage of pink salmon through B.C. slide area concerning to officials: DFO
LILLOOET, B.C. – Officials are uncertain whether limited success in getting some salmon species past…
Seven charges of breach of trust laid against former B.C. Mountie
VICTORIA – A former Mountie in Kelowna, B.C., has been charged with seven counts of…
Court allows six Trans Mountain appeals focusing on Indigenous consultation
VANCOUVER – The Federal Court of Appeal says it will hear six challenges of the…
Many chinook, sockeye salmon now passing Fraser River slide on their own: DFO
LILLOOET, B.C. – Helicopter airlifts of migrating salmon have been temporarily halted at a rock…
Conference looks at how First Nations can be involved in marijuana industry
VANCOUVER – The cannabis industry is seen by some First Nations as an opportunity to…
A correction to a story on a First Nations cannabis conference
VANCOUVER – In a story published Sept. 4, The Canadian Press erroneously said the owner…