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Telus offering buyouts after investing in customer service tech, self-serve options
VANCOUVER – Telus says it’s offering buyouts to a large group of employees and anticipates…
B.C. reports 120% increase in prescriptions after pharmacists gain new powers
VANCOUVER – British Columbia government figures show a 120 per cent increase in the number…
B.C. food bank gets $7M for warehouse as it struggles with abundance, not scarcity
NANAIMO, B.C. – The head of a Vancouver Island food bank says the problem it’s…
B.C. government announces $11M grant for training single-room occupancy hotel tenants
VANCOUVER – The B.C. government says it’s providing $11 million in grant funding to a…
Eby laments B.C.’s ‘troubling’ overdose numbers, as toxic drugs claim 206 more lives
LANGLEY, B.C. – The latest illicit drug overdose numbers in British Columbia are “profoundly troubling,”…
Wildfire service says ‘exceptional’ hot weather has put B.C. regions at risk
VANCOUVER – Exceptional, summer-like conditions have dried out forest fuels in British Columbia, creating conditions…
B.C. district postpones climate events, citing intimidation, safety, misinformation
NELSON, B.C. – A British Columbia regional district has postponed a series of climate action…
Seasonal weather to return, but lightning risk sparks new wildfire concern in B.C.
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government warned Friday that a return to more seasonal spring…
Radio host jailed for sedition in Hong Kong finds a home and freedom in Canada
VANCOUVER – Edmund Wan, recently released from a Hong Kong prison, says he feels at…
Rain that’s in the weekend forecast could temper northeast B.C. wildfires: fire crews
VANCOUVER – Favourable wind conditions may help control the wildfires that have been raging near…
Shoes a part of B.C. memorial for residential school victims disappear before removal
VANCOUVER – Most of the shoes on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery that…
Parts of Cariboo under evacuation order after new wildfire in B.C.’s central Interior
VANCOUVER – A new out-of-control wildfire in British Columbia’s Interior sparked a mandatory evacuation order…
B.C. RCMP expand search for suspect in targeted shooting in ‘highly populated area’
COQUITLAM, B.C. – RCMP are expanding their search for the suspect in a targeted shooting…
One arrested in Chilliwack, B.C., after RCMP respond to standoff, shots fired
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – One man has been arrested as RCMP in Chilliwack, B.C., release details…
Pathologist in B.C. murder trial says he’s not certain where teenage girl was killed
VANCOUVER – The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on the body of a 13-year-old…
All evacuation orders lifted in northeastern B.C. as rain dampens wildfire threat
VANCOUVER – All evacuation orders related to wildfires in northeastern British Columbia have now been…
Federal government pledges $5M to Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – The Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver has received about $5 million in new…
B.C.’s human rights commissioner seeks more responses to survey on human rights
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s human rights commissioner says housing and poverty are among the top…
B.C. company expands antibody research, production facilities for second time
VANCOUVER – A Vancouver-based company that helped develop the first antibody therapy treatment for COVID-19…
Pathologist in B.C. murder trial defends independence, impartiality
VANCOUVER – A pathologist who performed an autopsy on the body of a 13-year-old girl…
School bus on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast tips over, injuring driver
SUNSHINE COAST, B.C. – Police say a school bus tipped over on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast,…
Surrey, B.C., municipal police force calls for clarity over future
SURREY, B.C. – The municipal police service in Surrey, B.C., says delays deciding the future…
Critics of David Johnston’s report against formal inquiry say hearings not enough
VANCOUVER – The lack of a formal inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian politics would…
Canadian researcher helps define new standards for diagnosing concussions
VANCOUVER – Remembering what happened after she hit her head on the ice while playing…