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Fraser Valley bus drivers give strike notice, could stop collecting fares Thursday
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – The union representing transit bus drivers in B.C.’s Fraser Valley has given…
Vancouver elementary school to dump name of lord linked to Boer War, other atrocities
VANCOUVER – Members of the Vancouver School Board have voted unanimously to support the renaming…
General Motors to invest US$650 million in Lithium Americas
VANCOUVER – General Motors Co. has signed a deal to invest US$650 million in Vancouver-based…
By the numbers for British Columbia’s overdose crisis
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s chief coroner released overdose figures for 2022, showing 2,272 residents died…
Greater Vancouver home sales to flatten while prices inch up, forecast says
VANCOUVER – Home sales in Greater Vancouver are predicted to stay in line with last…
Decriminalization begins in B.C. as coroners service releases overdose death data
VANCOUVER – Decriminalization of people with small amounts of illegal drugs for their own use…
Former Alberta top doctor, Deena Hinshaw, finds temporary public health post in B.C.
VICTORIA – The former chief medical officer of health in Alberta, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, has…
Drug users say B.C. ‘fight continues’ during decriminalization amid safe supply calls
VANCOUVER – Members of an advocacy group for drug users have gathered to celebrate the…
First Nations women overrepresented among B.C. toxic drug deaths: doctor
VICTORIA – Indigenous people, especially women, are dying from toxic drugs at disproportionately high rates…
B.C.’s new family doctor payment model takes aim at ‘crisis’ in primary care
VANCOUVER – More than 1,000 family doctors have so far signed onto British Columbia’s new…
Two B.C. Mounties charged with manslaughter, three others face obstruction charge
VICTORIA – Two RCMP officers are accused of manslaughter in the July 2017 death of…
Jury makes 12 recommendations after inquest into Vancouver police officer’s suicide
BURNABY, B.C. – A coroner’s jury has made a dozen recommendations after probing the suicide…
House post returning to First Nation after 138 years, and decades in Harvard storage
VANCOUVER – In the 138 years since an Indigenous house post was chopped down and…
January home sales down 55% from year earlier, 21% from Dec: Vancouver board
VANCOUVER – The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says January home sales were more…
B.C. court acquits man of stabbing his wife, finds he was in state of ‘automatism’
VANCOUVER – A judge in British Columbia has acquitted a man of stabbing his partner…
Teck completes sale of Fort Hills stake to project partners; exits oilsands
VANCOUVER – Teck Resources Ltd. says it has completed the sale of its 21.3 per…
Vancouver Chinatown vandalism suspect arrested, amid surge of reported incidents
Vancouver police say they’ve arrested a suspect in a spate of vandalism incidents in Chinatown.…
B.C. family ‘in the dark’ before long-delayed manslaughter charge against Mounties
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Family members of a British Columbia Indigenous man who died after…
Taseko in talks regarding potential deal to up stake in Gibraltar copper mine
VANCOUVER – Taseko Mines Ltd. says it is in talks regarding a potential deal to…
Metro Vancouver homicide team probes two separate shootings in less than 24 hours
VANCOUVER – Two people have died in separate shootings around Greater Vancouver and while homicide…
House arrest, probation for old-growth protester who blocked Metro Vancouver traffic
VANCOUVER – A man who took part in four traffic-stopping protests in Metro Vancouver in…
Elaine Tanner, 1960s swimming superstar, cherishes rare medal that Canada wanted back
NORTH SAANICH, B.C. – She was once hailed as Canada’s best athlete and Elaine Tanner…
One man dead, two suspects in custody after shooting in Abbotsford, B.C., home
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a shooting at a home in…
Tiny wines find home in B.C.’s market, as Canadians consider reducing consumption
VANCOUVER – Wine lovers have growing options on the shelf to enjoy their favourite beverage…