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Sandstorm Gold signs pair of acquisitions worth a total of US$1.1 billion
VANCOUVER – Sandstorm Gold Ltd. says it has signed a pair of acquisitions worth a…
Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says April home sales down
VANCOUVER – The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales in the region…
Cannabis company Choom obtains creditor protection, interim financing from Aurora
VANCOUVER – Choom Holdings Inc. and some of its subsidiaries have obtained creditor protection from…
Strong lumber prices boost Canfor Q1 profits 25 per cent despite pulp losses
VANCOUVER – Canfor Corp. is reporting a 25 per cent increase in net profits in…
B.C. finance minister says ‘over my dead body,’ will abortion access change
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s finance minister says she will fight to ensure abortion access rights…
Alert Ready system expands to floods, fires in B.C., not heat domes
VICTORIA – An automated alert system will be ready to warn British Columbians of spring…
Sections of B.C. LNG line complete, partnership on disputed portion: Coastal GasLink
VANCOUVER – The company behind the Coastal GasLink liquefied natural gas pipeline across northern British…
RCMP seek more information after B.C. piano teacher charged with sex assault of child
KELOWNA, B.C. – Mounties say a piano teacher in Kelowna, B.C., has been charged with…
CFIA confirms new H5N1 avian flu cases in small flocks in Kelowna, Richmond, B.C.
VICTORIA – Avian flu has been found in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland for the first…
Indigenous B.C. man, granddaughter settle with BMO over arrest while opening account
VANCOUVER – Standing amid the noise of traffic and hustle of pedestrians on the same…
Emergency calls now going through after five-hour 911 outage in part of southern B.C.
VANCOUVER – The agency that provides emergency communications for much of British Columbia says 911…
B.C. government gives $2.5M for Indigenous centre after concept plan is approved
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government says it will provide $2.5 million for an Indigenous…
Telus reports higher profits as it touts diversified business model
Telus Corp.’s president and chief executive says the company has managed to weather recent economic…
B.C. money laundering report granted extension until June 3 after COVID-19 delays
VANCOUVER – The deadline for the final report of British Columbia’s public inquiry into money…
B.C. RCMP seek witnesses, video footage after stabbing homicide in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – RCMP are looking for witnesses and seeking more information after a…
Blue marshlands store as much carbon as green forests, says study
VANCOUVER – Estuaries edged by tall grasses and wildflowers that are home to birds, crabs,…
Homicide team deployed after fatal stabbing near Coquitlam school
COQUITLAM, B.C. – Police say one man has died following a stabbing in Coquitlam on…
B.C. boy’s mom, stepdad facing first-degree murder charges in ‘tragic’ case: RCMP
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – RCMP say the mother and stepfather of a little boy are…
B.C.’s physicians and surgeons are highest COVID-vaccinated group, naturopaths lowest
VICTORIA – Vaccination information on British Columbia’s health-care professionals shows most are fully immunized, though…
B.C. man who killed mother with an axe found not criminally responsible
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has found a man who suffers from…
B.C. drops 24 tickets against pastors issued for violating COVID-19 orders
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – British Columbia’s Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed it dropped two dozen COVID-19…
Number of people in hospital with COVID-19 increases in B.C.
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is seeing an increase in the number of hospitalizations of patients…
Researchers in B.C. to map landslides in Fraser River, help protect salmon
VANCOUVER – British Columbia geoscientists are returning to the scene of a massive landslide on…
Chilly conditions break century-old temperature records in parts of southern B.C.
VANCOUVER – Highways through southern British Columbia’s mountain passes looked more like mid-winter than mid-May…