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More restrictions as COVID-19 cases spike in B.C.’s Okanagan: top doctor
VANCOUVER – British Columbia health officials announced circuit-breaker restrictions in the central Okanagan region amid…
More properties ordered evacuated in B.C. interior due to aggressive wildfires
MONTE LAKE, B.C. – An aggressive wildfire burning in the Central Okanagan region is forcing…
Man runs from British Columbia to Ontario to raise funds for young cancer patients
Rick Fall spent every day of the last three and a half months running roughly…
Man dead after what appears to be targeted shooting, say RCMP in Richmond, B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. – Police in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland say a man is dead after…
B.C. officials urge caution as third summer heat wave blankets parts of the province
VANCOUVER – British Columbia officials are reassuring residents that health and emergency services are ready…
Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s extradition judge suggests case is ‘unusual’
VANCOUVER – The B.C. Supreme Court judge presiding over the high-profile extradition hearing for the…
U.S. case against Meng Wanzhou is filled with gaps, her lawyers say
VANCOUVER – The United States has presented a “fatally flawed” case against Meng Wanzhou that…
UBC researchers map Pacific salmon habitat, finding much is lost or inaccessible
VANCOUVER – Pacific salmon can no longer access hundreds of kilometres of spawning streams or…
Police investigating early Saturday morning fatal stabbing in Whistler, B.C.
WHISTLER, B.C. – British Columbia’s homicide team is investigating the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old…
Police investigating suspected targeted shooting in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. – Police say a male victim is in hospital after a shooting in…
Hundreds of properties evacuated as wind prompts growth in B.C. wildfires
High winds intensified numerous wildfires burning in British Columbia, forcing more evacuation orders for residents…
Property insurers update risk modelling as Canada braces for climate impacts
VANCOUVER – The estimated $78 million in insured property damage from the wildfire that devastated…
B.C. reports one death and 1,434 new COVID-19 cases over three days
VICTORIA – British Columbia has 1,434 more cases of COVID-19 in the last three days…
Wind-fanned wildfire damages up to 60 properties in B.C.’s central Okanagan
Two wildfires fanned by gusty winds roared through British Columbia’s southern Interior leaving behind a…
Minor among 13 arrested at blockade protesting old-growth logging on Vancouver Island
LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. – Another 13 people, including a minor, were arrested as RCMP officers…
Cooler conditions offer some relief to crews battling more than 260 B.C. wildfires
The manager of fire operations for British Columbia’s wildfire service says rain and cooler temperatures…
Eight-lane tunnel under Fraser River to replace aging crossing in Metro Vancouver
RICHMOND, B.C. – An eight-lane tunnel under the Fraser River will replace an obsolete crossing…
High-profile extradition case of Meng Wanzhou wraps up with reserved decision
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reserved her decision in the extradition…
Lawsuit claims CN, CP railways at fault for sparking fire that wiped out B.C. town
VANCOUVER – A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways caused or…
Man bitten in latest confrontation with coyote in Vancouver’s Stanley Park
VANCOUVER – Conservation officers say another person has been bitten by an aggressive coyote in…
Two Indigenous place names restored on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast
SECHELT, B.C. – The British Columbia government says two English place names on the Sunshine…
Court dismisses appeal from B.C. man convicted in 1983 child murder
VANCOUVER – An Indigenous man who spent 37 years claiming his innocence in the murder…
‘Money is not the issue,’ says B.C. minister as fatigue catches up with firefighters
Wildfire crews are facing fatigue in British Columbia as the busy season wears on, causing…
Male suffers life-threatening wounds in Surrey shooting
SURREY, B.C. – The RCMP say a male suffered life-threatening wounds when he was shot…