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U.S. border towns still wait on buyers from B.C., as Vancouver shopping buses vanish
VANCOUVER – Cross-border shopping buses filled with Chinese and Korean Canadian consumers were once ubiquitous…
Glencore makes offer for the steelmaking coal business of Teck Resources
Teck Resources Ltd. confirmed Monday it is engaging with Glencore around its proposal to buy…
Cougar chases and attacks mountain biker near popular trail in Roberts Creek, B.C.
ROBERTS CREEK, B.C. – A woman is recovering after being attacked by a cougar while…
Bryan Adams extends tour with dates in British Columbia and Alberta
Bryan Adams has added more Canadian dates to his So Happy It Hurts tour. The…
B.C. port cargo loaders approve strike, but talks continue with maritime employers
VANCOUVER – More than 7,000 terminal cargo loaders at British Columbia’s ports have voted overwhelmingly…
Stamp honours First Nations leader George Manuel, whose work spanned globe
VANCOUVER – Canada Post has unveiled a stamp depicting First Nations political leader George Manuel,…
Vancouver family who lost son to fentanyl donates $20 million to new treatment model
VANCOUVER – Jill Diamond says when her brother Steven was struggling with substance addiction the…
Police seek witnesses after B.C. high school teacher charged with sexual assault
VANCOUVER – Mounties say a former British Columbia teacher has been charged with an alleged…
Chilliwack gets Indigenous Justice Centre to help break incarceration cycle, says Eby
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – The over-representation of Indigenous people in British Columbia’s jails is a destructive…
Hundreds more properties on alert as winds fan massive northeast B.C. wildfire
VANCOUVER – Hundreds more properties have been warned to be ready to evacuate on short…
No vote on Vancouver Chinatown condo plan after meeting hears from about 100 speakers
VANCOUVER – A hearing to determine the fate of a controversial condo project proposed for…
Missing Australian hiker found dead in B.C.’s East Kootenay region
KIMBERLEY, B.C. – An Australian hiker has been found dead after being reported missing over…
Woman gardening in Prince George, B.C., is bitten by coyote
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – A woman is nursing minor injuries after being bitten by a…
Key Vancouver Island highway cut by fire won’t open for at least 10 days: minister
VANCOUVER – Trees a metre in diameter and rocks the size of coffee mugs strewn…
B.C. mom slams ‘transphobic hate train’, hails outpouring of love for girl athlete, 9
KELOWNA, B.C. – The mother of a nine-year-old girl says her daughter has received an…
B.C. becomes first province to provide universal coverage for opioid treatments
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is expanding access to opioid treatment medications such as…
Rain welcome but it won’t be enough to extinguish B.C. wildfire risk
VANCOUVER – Scattered rain across parts of British Columbia is welcome in the fight against…
B.C. border agents find 6,300 kg of meth, including largest single seizure to date
DELTA, B.C. – The Canada Border Services Agency says it has confiscated more than 6,300…
Global salmon farm company with B.C. ties backs land-based aquaculture in Japan
VICTORIA – The backing of a land-based salmon farm in Japan by a global company…
State of emergency to be lifted in Lytton, B.C., two years after fire destroyed town
LYTTON, B.C. – Almost two years after a wildfire ripped through Lytton, B.C., residents will…
BC Hydro set to start first hunt in 15 years for new electricity sources
VANCOUVER – The Crown utility in charge of generating and delivering electricity in British Columbia…
Four found dead in Prince Rupert, B.C., home; police say deaths considered homicide
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – A large police presence remains at a home in the northwest…
Evacuation orders lifted in B.C. and Alberta towns as wildfires recede
Tumbler Ridge resident Joline Couture feared the worst last week when she prepared to pack…
Kitten stuck under floor of Surrey, B.C., home for 4 days is cut free by firefighters
SURREY, B.C. – Firefighters had to cut through an exterior wall of a home in…