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B.C. NDP expects to table more than two dozen new bills in spring legislature sitting
VICTORIA – A refreshed housing plan and health care, public safety, environment and cost-of-living initiatives…
Governments, B.C. coastal First Nations endorse marine protection action plan
VANCOUVER – The federal and British Columbia governments, alongside 15 coastal First Nations, have officially…
Vancouver council to review new grant proposal for enhancing mental health services
Vancouver city council will review its next steps for a $2.8 million grant to the…
Gloomy economic outlook, elevated mortgages drag down 2023 B.C. housing market: BCREA
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia Real Estate Association says the chill across the province’s property…
Fire alarm at Surrey, B.C., apartment building leads to homicide discovery
SURREY, B.C. – Homicide detectives have taken over an investigation after a dead woman and…
Canadian government announces $46.5 million for deepsea research
VANCOUVER – The federal government is investing more than $46 million over the next five…
Water restrictions lifted on Sunshine Coast as disastrous drought sidestepped
SECHELT, B.C. – For the first time since last May, the Sunshine Coast Regional District…
B.C. fire tanker crashes in Australia, both on board safe: owner
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – A Boeing 737 air tanker owned by a British Columbia company…
First Nations, B.C. groups launch coalition to save Pacific salmon from extinction
VANCOUVER – A leader with the First Nations Fisheries Council of B.C. says collaboration, not…
Suspect arrested after Nanaimo, B.C., axe attack: RCMP
NANAIMO, B.C. – RCMP in Nanaimo, B.C., say they’ve arrested a suspect after a 30-year-old…
B.C. throne speech forecasts slowdown but says it’s not time to cut back on spending
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s New Democrat government says it plans to put this year’s projected…
COVID critic had illness but died of drug overdose, B.C. coroner says
VICTORIA – A report from British Columbia’s coroner says a prominent anti-vaccine and COVID critic…
Vancouver group Skinny Puppy announce final tour dates in North America
VANCOUVER – Canadian industrial rockers Skinny Puppy are embarking on what they are calling their…
How Truth and Reconciliation Day is marked across Canada
VICTORIA – British Columbia has introduced legislation to make the National Day for Truth and…
West Fraser Timber Co. to temporarily curtail operations at Quesnel, B.C., mill
VANCOUVER – West Fraser Timber Co. says it’s curtailing operations at Cariboo Pulp & Paper…
National reconciliation day to become September statutory holiday in B.C.
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government introduced legislation Tuesday to make Sept. 30 a statutory…
U.S. actor in Nevada sex case also charged in B.C., as Alberta police seek warrant
KEREMEOS, B.C. – A former actor in the movie “Dances With Wolves” who is facing…
Turpel-Lafond returns second honorary degree after being told of identity review
VICTORIA – Royal Roads University says it has accepted the return of an honorary doctorate…
B.C. minister says her cancer has returned, but she’s ‘confident’ in treatment
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s minister of post-secondary education says she is undergoing chemotherapy after a…
Tug company, senior official charged in fatal 2021 sinking off northwest B.C. coast
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – Charges have now been laid against a tug and barge company…
Canadian assessment team deployed to Turkey as earthquake rescue efforts close
Canada deployed a disaster assessment team to Turkey on Wednesday in the wake of a…
B.C. forecasts more than one million jobs over next decade, health, tech key areas
VICTORIA – Health care and technology will be among the top five job-generating fields in…
Urban search and rescue team from Burnaby, B.C., deploys to quake zone in Turkey
VANCOUVER – A team of urban search and rescue specialists from British Columbia has deployed…
Telus sees earnings, revenue gains ahead as it pulls back on spending
VANCOUVER – Telus Corp. expects a big bump in free cash flow as well as…