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B.C. illicit drug death toll nearly 1,500 this year: coroners service
VICTORIA – The coroners service in British Columbia says nearly 1,500 people have died this…
Granddaughter’s handcuffing haunts Indigenous man, even as police settle rights case
VANCOUVER – Maxwell Johnson is still haunted by the helplessness he felt watching his then…
Some B.C. regions at Drought Level 4 as water scarcity affects the province
VICTORIA – Little to no rainfall over the past five weeks in several areas of…
National chief says Canada’s reconciliation actions taking long road; 40 years away
VICTORIA – The road to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada remains a long one,…
Vancouver gas prices pass $2.39, breaking North American record: analyst
VANCOUVER – Gas prices in Vancouver hit a new high of more than $2.39 a…
Inflation hits international students hard, with some turning to food banks
VANCOUVER – Laughter lights up the gathering twilight at Langara College in Vancouver, where first-year…
Interfor signs deal to buy Chaleur Forest Products in New Brunswick
BURNABY, B.C. – Interfor Corp. has signed a deal with an affiliate of the Kilmer…
Second doses of monkeypox vaccine available in B.C. this week
VANCOUVER – Second doses of the monkeypox vaccine will be available to British Columbians starting…
Families of missing and murdered Indigenous women seek change ahead of Oct. 4 vigils
VANCOUVER – Tatyanna Harrison’s 21st birthday would have been on Sept. 29. Her mother described…
B.C. bolsters mental health and substance use services for inmates leaving jail
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has announced inmates struggling with mental health and substance…
Bear attacks family in B.C., then guards two gravely injured women from rescue: RCMP
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Police say two women are critically injured after a black bear…
Man pleads guilty to killing three, including mother and brother in Langley, B.C.
VANCOUVER – The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man from Langley, B.C., has pleaded…
Vancouver police probe Komagata Maru vandalism, after smashing of Olympic cauldron
VANCOUVER – Police are investigating the vandalism of the Komagata Maru memorial on Vancouver’s downtown…
B.C. Premier Horgan heads to California for climate deal with West Coast governors
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier John Horgan is travelling to San Francisco for meetings with…
B.C. ombudsperson posts questionnaire for residents affected by 2021 fires, floods
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s ombudsperson is investigating how provincial government programs supported residents forced from…
B.C. pharmacists welcome new prescription powers, but eye administrative burden
VANCOUVER – Pharmacists in British Columbia are welcoming an expansion of their powers to prescribe…
Small wildfire in Metro Vancouver regional park now under control
COQUITLAM, B.C. – The Metro Vancouver Regional District says a small wildfire sparked in a…
Court bid to quash services deal for Squamish Nation’s Senakw project in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – A Vancouver residents association has launched a legal bid to quash a services…
Police arrest bank robbery suspect who barricaded himself in taxi cab
VANCOUVER – A bank robbery suspect is in custody following a nearly two-hour long standoff…
Climate Changed: Communities on edge of catastrophe face choice of fight or flight
VANCOUVER – The idea of relocating his community isn’t one that Arnie Lampreau of the…
Historic drought behind B.C. wildfires, salmon die-off could continue, experts say
VANCOUVER – Thousands of dead fish, a prolonged wildfire season and intense water shortages leading…
Some power outages but no major problems after blustery windstorm sweeps B.C.
VANCOUVER – The first significant windstorm of British Columbia’s unseasonably warm fall buffeted much of…
Victoria man found dead in Spain, more than two months after going missing: police
VICTORIA – A Victoria man who disappeared in Spain in July has been found dead…
Amanda Todd’s father, mother, brother tell B.C. sentencing hearing about loss
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Amanda Todd’s father wiped away tears in a British Columbia Supreme…