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Climate Changed: How homebuilders and residents are adapting to a warming world
VANCOUVER – The two-storey family home with a classic design and wooden cladding blends in…
Arctic chill, more snow for parts of B.C., following powerful weekend storm
VANCOUVER – Repair crews have made progress restoring electricity to the hundreds of thousands of…
Another 171 overdose deaths in B.C. for September from toxic drug supply: coroner
VICTORIA – Nearly six people a day are dying of overdoses in British Columbia, a…
B.C. regional district seeks emergency extension as winter water supply ‘uncertain’
SECHELT, B.C. – British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast Regional District says continued “uncertainty” about its water…
Health Minister Duclos says kids’ painkiller supplies increasing, but not fast enough
VANCOUVER – Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says supplies of children’s painkillers are increasing rapidly,…
Mountie pleads guilty to assault on student in Kelowna, B.C., during wellness check
KELOWNA, B.C. – A British Columbia woman who was assaulted by an RCMP officer during…
Homicide team probes two suspicious deaths after bodies found in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Homicide detectives are investigating the discovery of two bodies in a home…
Highway swept away in 2021 floods reopens between Merritt and Spences Bridge, B.C.
VICTORIA – A highway that washed out in more than two dozen places has reopened…
Crown says former B.C. mayor intentionally misled police with false allegations
SURREY, B.C. – A decision in the trial of former Surrey, B.C., mayor Doug McCallum…
Repair of Abbotsford dike breached in 2021 B.C. flood to finish this month: minister
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – B.C. Emergency Preparedness Minister Mike Farnworth says permanent repairs to a dike…
Activists throw maple syrup at Emily Carr painting at Vancouver art gallery protest
VANCOUVER – Climate activists calling for an end to a gas pipeline project in northern…
Policing in flux across B.C., as political pledges prove complex to implement
SURREY, B.C. – When Novi Jette left her job with the Vancouver Police Department to…
Surrey council considers report that could end transition to municipal police service
SURREY, B.C. – Councillors in Surrey are set to consider a staff report that contains…
B.C. Liberal Party members approve name change to ‘big tent’ BC United: Falcon
VICTORIA – British Columbia Liberal Party members have voted to change the party’s name to…
Top doctors in B.C. and Quebec say no to mandatory masks
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s top doctor says masks should be worn in crowded public places,…
Incoming B.C. premier Eby vows to make Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside healthy, safe
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s incoming premier says he will lead a government push to transform…
B.C. government to bring in rental changes, supply laws to boost housing
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has introduced sweeping changes to boost the housing supply,…
Canada’s tourism spending may recover sooner than expected: Destination Canada
VANCOUVER – Tourism spending in Canada is expected to recover sooner than previously anticipated. Destination…
B.C. auditor highlights costs of 2021 disasters, pandemic relief payments
VICTORIA – An annual report from British Columbia’s auditor general says the province is owed…
Woman shot dead in Prince Rupert, B.C., murder-suicide worked for Children’s Ministry
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – British Columbia officials including Premier David Eby have paid tribute to…
Unexplained wealth orders will make life harder for B.C. criminals: compliance expert
VANCOUVER – Plans by the British Columbia government to confiscate suspected proceeds of crime with…
Robbery, chase, shooting, crash and police response cause mayhem in Coquitlam, B.C.
COQUITLAM, B.C. – A search is underway for two people linked to a violent series…
BC Children’s Hospital triages patients from E/R due to respiratory illness spike
VANCOUVER – The BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver says it’s triaging less serious patients from…
Search on after float plane with three aboard crashes into B.C. bay
PORT HARDY, B.C. – A search is underway in Strachan Bay on British Columbia’s central…