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COVID-19 down, influenza and RSV up in B.C., says CDC
VANCOUVER – New data suggest that COVID-19 activity in British Columbia is trending downward, while…
Highway 97C shut after truck with chemicals catches fire near West Kelowna, B.C.
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. – Police say a portion of the Coquihalla Connecter outside West Kelowna,…
First Nations decisions on tourism on Indigenous land must be respected: minister
VANCOUVER – Canada’s new tourism minister said Indigenous rights and decision-making must be respected in…
Eby tells NDP convention he’s ‘nowhere near satisfied,’ more on housing, climate
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s New Democrat government will focus on building more affordable homes and…
B.C. stream watchers link ‘unprecedented’ coho salmon kill to tire toxin and drought
VANCOUVER – John Barker has been volunteering with the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society for more…
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh blasts Trudeau, Poilievre at B.C. convention
VICTORIA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost touch with the struggles of Canadians, while…
Police watchdog called to investigate man’s death in Dawson Creek, B.C.
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Mounties in northeastern British Columbia say one man is dead after…
CRA claws back $458 million in pandemic-era wage subsidies after partial audit
OTTAWA – The Canada Revenue Agency has denied or adjusted $458 million in funds disbursed…
After trying to buck trend, newspaper founded with Ralph Nader’s help succumbs to financial woes
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — After trying to buck a national trend of media closures and…
Mayor of Surrey, B.C., announces constitutional challenge over policing
SURREY, B.C. – The British Columbia government’s “roughshod” treatment of the City of Surrey over…
Locked out Rogers Communications workers in B.C. ratify five-year contract
BURNABY, B.C. – Nearly 300 Rogers Communications workers have voted strongly in favour of a…
Ali’s lawyers call no evidence, say Crown didn’t prove he murdered B.C. girl
VANCOUVER – Almost nine months into the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali, his lawyer…
B.C. unfairly clawed back COVID-19 benefit to thousands during pandemic, says report
VICTORIA – Thousands of people in British Columbia saw their $1,000 tax-free COVID-19 benefit unfairly…
Eby says governments must step up on housing, can’t rely on private sector
VANCOUVER – It’s “hard to understand” why many politicians still believe they can rely on…
Victoria police kill cougar after animal spotted roaming near downtown park
Victoria police say they had to kill a cougar Tuesday after the animal was spotted…
Properties evacuated as precarious rock looms over Penticton, B.C., homes
PENTICTON, B.C. – The City of Penticton says it has declared a local state of…
Halifax no longer advising homeless people tenting in Grand Parade to leave
Halifax Regional Municipality says it is no longer advising all homeless people living in tents…
Fear of avian flu descends on B.C. farms as millions of chickens are killed
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – It’s the first thing poultry farmers in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley think…
Federal government’s new fiscal guardrails ‘helpful’ for monetary policy: Macklem
OTTAWA – Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says the federal government’s new fiscal guardrails…
Canadian astronaut Kutryk bound for space station, colleague to back up moon flight
LONGUEUIL, Que. – Canada’s newest astronauts were given marching orders Wednesday, with one bound for…
Crane lowers three injured workers to safety after Vancouver scaffolding collapse
VANCOUVER – Ongoing work at a construction site in downtown Vancouver has been stopped and…
B.C. opposition parties heat up climate debate with attacks on NDP’s plans
VICTORIA – Climate change is becoming a hot-button political issue in British Columbia with opposition…
RCMP helicopter rescues man after truck stuck in snow west of Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. – A man whose truck got stuck in the snow west of Kelowna,…
B.C’s speculation tax on homes expands by 13 new municipalities
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s New Democrat government is expanding one of its first measures to…