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B.C. Securities Commission says crypto trader leaves millions owing
VANCOUVER – A receiver appointed to save the assets of the crypto trading platform Einstein…
Horgan says all sides have weekend to end Metro Vancouver transit dispute
VICTORIA – Premier John Horgan says the best way to settle Metro Vancouver’s transit dispute…
Changes to B.C. building code address secondary suites, energy efficiency
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has announced changes to the building code that expand…
British Columbians unprepared for increasingly severe weather: BC Hydro
VICTORIA – BC Hydro says its customers are largely unprepared for power outages despite increasingly…
Barriere, B.C. Mounties looking for suspect in attempted child abduction
BARRIERE, B.C. – RCMP in Barriere, B.C. say they are looking for a suspect in…
Jagmeet Singh announces appointments of House leader and party whip
VICTORIA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has tapped two MPs from British Columbia to lead…
Growing population, declining mortgage rates speed up B.C. housing recovery
VICTORIA – Housing sales in British Columbia are climbing faster than anticipated after a downturn,…
University of Northern B.C. offers credit, other options, as strike continues
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – The University of Northern British Columbia says it will provide a…
B.C. provided $830M in fossil fuel subsidies in 2017-18: report
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government gives hundreds of millions of dollars annually in subsidies…
B.C. police complaint review committee report makes 38 recommendations
VICTORIA – A special committee of the B.C. legislature reviewing the province’s police complaint process…
Ayurvedic products from Surrey, B.C., clinic could poison users: Health Canada
SURREY, B.C. – Health Canada and the Fraser Health Authority are warning about a potential…
Man, 85, beaten and robbed in Abbotsford, B.C., suspect is arrested
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Police say a 19-year-old man is in custody and faces charges after…
‘We made history’: UN Indigenous rights bill approved unanimously in B.C.
VANCOUVER – British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to formally implement the…
Weaver says he will step down as Green leader in January, stay on as MLA
VICTORIA – Green Leader Andrew Weaver says he’ll step down as party leader in January…
Mother of Robert Dziekanski has died during visit to Poland: friend
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The mother of Robert Dziekanski, whose death after a confrontation with RCMP…
Horgan says ride-hailing will arrive in B.C., downplays Christmas deadline
VICTORIA – Premier John Horgan says ride hailing is on its way to British Columbia…
RCMP investigate suspicious death in Kamloops, B.C., after body found
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Police are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found in…
RCMP cruiser involved in multi-vehicle accident in Coquitlam, B.C.
COQUITLAM, B.C. – RCMP in Coquitlam, B.C. say one of their police cruisers was involved…
RCMP release identity, details of body found in alley in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – RCMP are looking for help piecing together the timeline of events that…
HIV rate continues decline to record low in British Columbia: Health Ministry
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government says the number of new annual HIV cases has…
B.C. community opens solar farm 100 per cent owned and operated by First Nation
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – The chief of a small Indigenous community in British Columbia’s Interior…
Huawei’s Meng ‘no longer fears unknown’ despite ‘torment, struggle’ of last year
VANCOUVER – Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou says she has experienced feelings of helplessness, torment…
B.C. sawmill explosions report calls for more investigative independence
VANCOUVER – A report reviewing responses by the British Columbia government and WorkSafeBC after two…
Man wanted for murder in B.C. arrested by multiple police teams in California
SURREY, B.C. – A man wanted in connection with a first-degree murder charge in British…