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Surrey man dead after head-on collision between cube van and pickup in Delta
DELTA, B.C. – Police in Delta, British Columbia, say one person is dead after a…
Canadian research network examining pregnancy and COVID-19
VANCOUVER – Clinicians and epidemiologists don’t yet know much about COVID-19 and pregnancy, says the…
B.C. police watchdog clears RCMP in death of a man who used the river to escape
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia’s police watchdog has determined that officers weren’t at fault for…
COVID forces changes as B.C. provincial courts reopen for trials
VANCOUVER – Provincial court trials in British Columbia will resume July 6 with numerous changes…
Lawsuit filed by family of a B.C. man who died in a police confrontation
KAMLOOPS,, B.C. – A civil lawsuit has been filed in B.C. Supreme Court over the…
Escapees out of B.C. prison for two days are charged with murder
LANGFORD, B.C. – Two inmates who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison have been charged…
Politics as normal suspended in B.C., but will that change when house returns?
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s Opposition leader says fighting the pandemic produced a unified health front…
Seven arrested over Vancouver road blockade by anti-racism protesters: police
VANCOUVER – Seven people have been arrested as police removed protesters from a major route…
WorkSafeBC investigates ferry worker’s death in Richmond: union
RICHMOND, B.C. – BC Ferries says the body of one of its workers was recovered…
B.C. to cut retail liquor mark-up to help hospitality sector’s COVID-19 recovery
VICTORIA – British Columbia is planning to expand measures to support restaurants, bars and tourism…
B.C. report says condo insurance market ‘unhealthy,’ premiums up 40 per cent
VANCOUVER – The insurance market for an estimated 1.5 million people living in condominiums and…
B.C.’s health officer says COVID-19 hikes elsewhere serve as cautionary tales
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s health minister says the province is working to set up a…
Last survivor of 1958 disaster won’t let COVID-19 stop him from honouring dead
VANCOUVER – A sunny afternoon instantly turned dark for Lucien Lessard on June 17, 1958,…
Coastal GasLink set to lay first pipe as it ramps up LNG pipeline construction
VANCOUVER – Coastal GasLink says it is ready to launch its summer construction program in…
More COVID-19 restrictions could ease next week in British Columbia: premier
VICTORIA – It will likely be next week before British Columbia further eases restrictions in…
Lower childhood asthma rates from less prescribing of antibiotics: B.C. study
VANCOUVER – Childhood asthma rates have fallen because fewer unnecessary antibiotics are being prescribed to…
Too many visitors forces B.C. to shut park on Canada-U.S. border
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia park that straddles the 49th parallel with Washington state will…
Grieving mother of daughter shot dead by police says she wants justice
VICTORIA – A grieving mother says she wants justice for her daughter, Chantel Moore, who…
Bands support anti-racism petition, pull out of Canada Day event in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. – Three musical groups slated to headline a virtual Canada Day celebration in…
Two schools evacuated by the RCMP over ‘suspicious messaging’ in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Two schools have been evacuated in Kamloops, B.C, after the RCMP say…
B.C. man who assaulted sex-trade worker to serve one day and probation
VERNON, B.C. – A British Columbia man convicted of running into a sex-trade worker with…
B.C. investigates claims of hospital racism where staff guessed alcohol level
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s premier says there’s no excuse for “dehumanizing behaviour” after some emergency…
Creeping slide prompts evacuation alert, road closure in Old Fort, B.C.
OLD FORT, B.C. – A slow-moving landslide has closed the only road into a small…
UBC Board of Governors chair resigns after ‘liking’ anti-protest tweets
VANCOUVER – The chair of the University of British Columbia’s board of governors is stepping…