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Outdoor gear retailer MEC names Peter Hlynsky as its new CEO
Growing up on the North Shore near Vancouver, Peter Hlynsky recalls riding his 1990s mountain…
Hundreds arrested for shoplifting in latest Vancouver police blitz
VANCOUVER – Retailers across Canada are concerned about an uptick in violence as a “tsunami”…
A list of facts about whirling disease found in some national park waterways in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Parks Canada officials have shut down waterbodies in British Columbia’s Yoho and Kootenay…
Premier Eby condemns rise in hate crimes in B.C. stemming from Israeli-Hamas conflict
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby is condemning the rise in hate crimes in…
Parks Canada says whirling disease could ‘decimate’ fish, urges B.C. closure respect
VANCOUVER – Parks Canada officials said they’re closely watching lakes and rivers in Kootenay and…
Prison officer union against needle exchange after B.C. inmate overdose death
AGASSIZ, B.C. – The union representing prison officers says its members are concerned about the…
Location, location, location: three former Hells Angels clubhouses heading for sale
VANCOUVER – The three-bedroom East Vancouver home that’s about to hit the market includes a…
Less boo for your buck: For the second Halloween in a row, US candy inflation hits double digits
Spooked by the high price of Halloween candy? There’s not much relief in sight. For…
Police watchdog asks Crown to consider charges against officers in B.C. shooting
SURREY, B.C. – Investigators with British Columbia’s independent police watchdog probing the shooting death of…
Disabled B.C. man forced to drag himself off flight says he’s pushing for changes
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – A disabled British Columbia man who can’t walk and uses a…
Sikh independence vote in B.C.sees thousands turnout amid Canada-India tensions
SURREY, B.C. – More than 200,000 people turned out to vote in two unofficial referendums…
Teck Resources president and COO Harry Conger to retire Wednesday
VANCOUVER – Teck Resources Ltd. says Harry (Red) Conger will retire as president and chief…
B.C. non-profits to receive $60 million from government to help with their work: Eby
VICTORIA – Certain non-profit organizations in British Columbia are getting $60 million from the government…
B.C. raises pay $2 per hour for daycare workers at licensed facilities
VICTORIA – Daycare workers at British Columbia’s licensed child-care facilities will receive a $2-per-hour pay…
BC Hydro asks for 2.3% rate increase to start spring 2024
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government says the province’s Crown power utility is applying for…
B.C. coalition seeks ‘critical’ crackdown on violent retail crime
VANCOUVER – London Drugs president Clint Mahlman said he never thought he’d be telling a…
Health professionals, not police should care for intoxicated prisoners: B.C. watchdog
SURREY, B.C. – Intoxicated people are dying in jail cells in what the British Columbia…
Eby says B.C. deserves heating bill relief, too, after federal tax on fuel oil paused
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby says it’s unfair that Atlantic Canada is being…
Fiscal and monetary policy rowing in opposite directions, Macklem says
OTTAWA – Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says fiscal and monetary policy are rowing…
Small plane crashes in Surrey, B.C., injuring pilot
SURREY, B.C. – A small plane has crashed in Surrey, B.C, injuring the lone person…
B.C. commits to mandatory Holocaust education for Grade 10 students
VANCOUVER – British Columbia has plans to make Holocaust education mandatory for high school students…
Canadian Tire buys back stake in financial services business from Scotiabank
TORONTO – Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. has signed a deal to buy back the 20…
B.C. man pleads guilty to second-degree murder of Ashley Simpson in 2016
SALMON ARM, B.C. – A 21-day murder trial that was supposed to begin Monday in…
BC United promises carbon tax relief if elected government next year, says Falcon
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s Opposition leader is promising to immediately introduce cuts to the province’s…