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Give severely addicted drug users injectable medical-grade heroin: guideline
VANCOUVER – A national research group recommends health-care providers offer injectable medical-grade heroin or another…
Hotel strike in Vancouver expands to fourth property, hitting Hotel Georgia
VANCOUVER – A strike by workers at high-end Vancouver hotels has spread to a fourth…
Three shootings in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood injure four men
VANCOUVER – Police say four people were injured in three separate shootings within hours of…
Border officials, RCMP followed law in arrest of Meng Wanzhou: Attorney General
VANCOUVER – Canadian officials followed the law when they detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at…
Canada says border officials followed rules in Huawei arrest
VANCOUVER – Canada’s attorney general said Monday that officials followed the law when they detained…
Visual artist Stan Douglas is awarded $100,000 Audain prize in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – An artist who is known for his photo, film and video installations that…
Vancouver is latest B.C. school district to support students
VANCOUVER – The two most populous school districts in British Columbia will support students wishing…
Comment invited as proposed Haisla Nation LNG project enters regulatory process
VANCOUVER – The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada is inviting comment from the public and…
Talks with B.C. premier on ‘dangerous’ logging road were productive: chief
VANCOUVER – A First Nation says it had a “productive discussion” Tuesday with British Columbia…
Nothing ‘routine’ about Meng Wanzhou’s treatment at Vancouver airport: defence
VANCOUVER – A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou denies her defence team is on…
Liberals returns to B.C. to pledge carbon-neutrality, tax cut for clean-tech firms
VANCOUVER – Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau chose once again on Tuesday to stage one of…
Some Canadian retailers join global climate strike, plan to close shop Friday
VANCOUVER – A global movement aimed at pressuring governments into action over climate change is…
B.C. man pleads guilty to second-degree murder of Belgian tourist: police
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Homicide investigators say a man charged with first-degree murder of a Belgian…
Log truck convoy drives home message about dire state of B.C. forest industry
MERRITT, B.C. – A convoy of logging trucks gained some attention as protesting drivers blew…
Groups test rescue, cleanup responses during major marine exercise in B.C.
PORT HARDY, B.C. – Nearly two dozen agencies were responding to an environmental emergency off…
Charges laid in homicide of pregnant Kamloops, B.C., mom, Angel Fehr
SURREY, B.C. – RCMP say a second-degree murder charge has been laid 19 years after…
B.C. father guilty of second-degree murder in slaying of two daughters
VANCOUVER – A jury has found a father guilty of killing his two young daughters…
Vancouver Park Board rejects injunction to oust campers from downtown park
VANCOUVER – Park board commissioners in Vancouver have voted not to seek an injunction that…
RCMP reveal run-in between driver and men matching descriptions of BC murder suspects
SURREY, B.C. – While an RCMP report into the murders of three people in northern…
City worker dead after accident in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – Officials say a city worker has died after an accident in Vancouver. The…
Rescue group reminder: keep track of hikers after woman almost left behind
VANCOUVER – A hiking group has been reminded by rescue specialists to make sure everyone…
B.C. police watchdog asks Crown to consider charges against RCMP officer
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia’s police watchdog has asked the prosecution service to consider charges…
Huawei CFO wishes China happy birthday on her way to court in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – The chief financial officer of Huawei wished China a happy birthday as she…
B.C. sergeant-at-arms retires after legislature spending review
VICTORIA – The sergeant-at-arms of the British Columbia legislature announced his retirement Tuesday, saying the…