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Two women found shot dead in west end Vancouver
Vancouver Police say they are investigating the shooting deaths of two women whose bodies were…
RCMP investigate homicide after man’s body found in Keremeos, B.C.
KEREMEOS, B.C. – Police say homicide investigators have been called after a man was found…
Challenges of climate change focus of B.C. government’s budget, says finance minister
VICTORIA – B.C. Finance Minister Selina Robinson says making sure communities have the resources they…
Physician assistants could fill part of B.C.’s need for more doctors: advocates
VANCOUVER – Joanna Chan wants to come back to British Columbia to work as a…
New office tower planned for the Bay building in downtown Vancouver
VANCOUVER – The redevelopment plan for the Hudson’s Bay building in downtown Vancouver will include…
Second judge to consider stay application of old-growth logging protesters in B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. – A judge hearing a request to stay proceedings against people arrested at…
Ottawa allocates close to $12 million for Indigenous commercial fisheries in B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. – Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it’s contributing $11.8 million to support Indigenous…
Free COVID-19 rapid tests to be made available in B.C. for 70 and up starting Friday
VICTORIA – Rapid tests, a new vaccine and antiviral pills will soon be available to…
Teck Resources committed to rebalancing portfolio despite record Q4 profits from coal
Teck Resources Ltd. says it remains committed to rebalancing its portfolio toward less carbon-intensive resources…
Most COVID-19 fines unpaid in B.C., but ‘they will be paid,’ says minister
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s public safety minister says a significant number of people who received…
Woman attacked at B.C. university campus remembered as kind, helpful
VANCOUVER – A 24-year-old woman who was killed at a university in British Columbia is…
B.C. adds conditions for Trans Mountain expansion, ministers say concerns remain
VANCOUVER – British Columbia has amended the conditions of its environmental assessment certificate for the…
Every part of B.C. to have high-speed internet by 2027, government says
VICTORIA – The federal and British Columbia governments are spending $830 million to provide access…
Arc’teryx parent company and CAE Inc. halt sales in Russia
VANCOUVER – Arc’teryx parent company Amer Sports and flight simulator and training provider CAE Inc.…
B.C. order for health workers’ COVID-19 vax status lifts mention of vaccine deadlines
VICTORIA – British Columbia has removed any mention of COVID-19 vaccination deadlines from its order…
Mountain goat population declining in British Columbia: study
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s central coast is losing an animal of significant cultural value to…
Fourteen more people die from COVID-19 ahead of B.C. restrictions announcement
VICTORIA – British Columbia reported 274 new cases of COVID-19 a day ahead of the…
B.C. to ease COVID-19 restrictions on masks, long-term care visits, vaccine cards
VICTORIA – British Columbia will lift its mask mandate and capacity limits for faith gatherings…
B.C. man knocked unconscious after he was hit by an egg thrown from vehicle: RCMP
NANAIMO, B.C. – Police say a man who was hit in the head by an…
‘Get a hobby,’ B.C. premier tells those considering protesting COVID-19 mandates
VICTORIA – A protest planned for around the British Columbia legislature over COVID-19 mandates has…
B.C. reports three new COVID-19 deaths as mask mandate is lifted
VICTORIA – British Columbia has recorded three more deaths related to COVID-19 for a total…
RCMP say one dead after shooting in North Vancouver grocery store parking lot
VANCOUVER – RCMP in North Vancouver say one man has died after a shooting in…
Permanent daylight time shift remains on hold as clocks set to move ahead Sunday
VICTORIA – There is public support for a switch to permanent daylight time in British…
Regulator fines engineers 8 years after Mount Polley disaster in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Three engineers have been disciplined nearly eight years after one of Canada’s worst…