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Suicide of Vancouver police officer will be subject of coroner’s inquest
VICTORIA – The events leading up to the suicide of a 30-year-old Vancouver police officer…
Snowfall warnings, storm watches issued for southern B.C.
VANCOUVER – Environment Canada has issued a dozen snowfall warnings or winter storm watches for…
Vancouver trustees reinstate police liaison program in city’s public schools
VANCOUVER – School trustees in Vancouver have resurrected a program that assigns police to public…
Calls for expanded safe supply as B.C. counts another 179 overdose deaths
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s coroner says the overdose death toll for October reached 179 people,…
Icy cold, wind and chance of more snow forecast for parts of B.C.: Environment Canada
VANCOUVER – A high-pressure system over British Columbia is pushing arctic air and bitter cold…
B.C. announces ‘historic’ expansion of addiction services for youth
ESQUIMALT, B.C. – British Columbia is adding 33 new or expanded programs across the province…
Arctic chill over north and central coasts of B.C.: Environment Canada
VANCOUVER – Environment Canada is warning people who live on British Columbia’s central and north…
Slain RCMP Const. Yang cleared of wrongdoing in shooting: B.C. police watchdog
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia’s police watchdog has cleared a slain Burnaby RCMP constable of…
Chinese immigration to Canada record high from 2015, as some flee zero-COVID strategy
VANCOUVER – China’s zero-COVID lockdowns have been linked to a rare wave of protests across…
B.C. to start public push to get more kids vaccinated against flu as cases climb
VANCOUVER – British Columbia health officials are urging parents to get their young children vaccinated…
Environment Canada warns of heavy snow in eastern, central B.C.
VANCOUVER – Environment Canada is warning of heavy snowfall for eastern and central B.C. on…
Eby’s new B.C. cabinet builds speculation about early election call, says expert
VICTORIA – Political pundits are expecting Premier David Eby to appoint new cabinet ministers who…
B.C. court rules forestry company must pay $343,000 cost of 2016 wildfire suppression
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has upheld more than $343,000 in cost-recovery…
Kamloops, B.C., company slays industry giants to win acoustic guitar of the year
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Growing up in a family-run music store, Mike Miltimore was comfortable as…
Katrina Chen exits B.C. cabinet, citing ‘long-standing trauma,’ gender-based violence
VICTORIA – Former British Columbia cabinet member Katrina Chen says she took herself out of…
One dead, one in custody following stabbing in Surrey
SURREY, B.C. – A stabbing at a home in Surrey has left one person dead,…
Advocates seek funding for free contraception in next B.C. budget
VICTORIA – A B.C. advocacy group says it’s going to push the government to fulfil…
At least five B.C. children died from influenza last month, as mortalities spike
VICTORIA – At least five children died last month in British Columbia from influenza as…
Speed up shift to family care, says B.C. coroner’s jury in death of Cree teen
BURNABY, B.C. – British Columbia’s representative for children and youth says one of the messages…
Climate change affecting Christmas tree farms across Canada, expert say
VANCOUVER – The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms…
BC Children’s prepared to double-bunk patients during busy respiratory illness season
VANCOUVER – BC Children’s Hospital has approved double-bunking patients in single-occupancy rooms as it tries…
Rescue group captures wrong-way warbler that should be wintering far south
BURNABY, B.C. – A tiny warbler spotted flying in a Vancouver parking garage is not…
B.C., Vancouver partner to build modular housing in strategy to disperse street camps
VANCOUVER – British Columbia and the City of Vancouver are building 90 modular housing units…
B.C. jury finds escaped inmate guilty of first-degree murder of Vancouver Island man
VANCOUVER – The daughters of a man killed by two inmates who escaped a Vancouver…