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B.C. launching four-year study on how e-scooters fit into transport system
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has launched another study to decide how e-scooters fit…
RCMP issue warning about deadly toxic drugs circulating in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. – RCMP have issued a warning about high-potency drugs circulating in Surrey, B.C.,…
CSIS to probe B.C. office after allegations of rape, harassment and toxic workplace
VANCOUVER – Canada’s spy agency has launched a workplace assessment of its British Columbia office…
B.C. urges people to prepare for atmospheric river bearing down on south coast
VICTORIA – A bulletin has been issued warning residents in southwestern British Columbia to prepare…
Lawyer in Ali murder trial says 13-year-old B.C. victim was not an ‘innocent’
VANCOUVER – The 13-year-old girl who Ibrahim Ali is accused of murdering in a British…
Thousands of trees will be felled in Vancouver’s Stanley Park due to moth infestation
VANCOUVER – The quiet of Stanley Park’s forests has been splintered as chainsaws roar in…
Port Moody police tabbed to investigate West Vancouver mayor’s 2022 campaign finances
VICTORIA – A British Columbia municipal police department is investigating the campaign finances of West…
Father, 13-year-old son, victims in Richmond, B.C. double homicide, investigators say
RICHMOND, B.C. – British Columbia’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a 13-year-old boy and his…
Atmospheric river storm to bring heavy rain to southern B.C., Environment Canada says
VICTORIA – Environment Canada says a heavy rain storm it’s calling an atmospheric river is…
Vancouver home sales rise in November as newly listed properties add to supply
VANCOUVER – The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouversays home sales ticked up last month…
Man who swerved car near pro-Palestinian protester arrested for assault: Victoria PD
VICTORIA – Police in Victoria have arrested a man they say accelerated his car towards…
Vancouver unveils Canada’s first electric fire truck in its pledge to cut emissions
Vancouver’s fire department is showing off what the city says is Canada’s first electric fire…
Private forecasters see economic growth in B.C. slowing to 0.5 per cent next year
VICTORIA – Private-sector forecasters in British Columbia say they agree with the government’s recent projection…
B.C. Premier Eby celebrates ‘first-of-its-kind’ seamless addictions care
VANCOUVER – British Columbia Premier David Eby says a new model of streamlining access to…
Heavy rain, winds converge in B.C. as ‘atmospheric river’ arrives
VANCOUVER – Drenching rain, heavy snow, strong winds and high tides converged on coastal and…
Chad Allan, founding member of Guess Who and the band that became BTO, dies at 80
Celebrated musician Chad Allan, who carved a place in Canadian rock music history for his…
B.C. community prepares to stickhandle removal of world’s largest hockey stick
DUNCAN, B.C. – Vancouver Island’s Cowichan Valley Regional District wants to know who is willing…
B.C. wrings out after atmospheric river, strong winds hit provinces coast and south
VANCOUVER – Residents in coastal and southern British Columbia are mopping up after an atmospheric…
B.C. moves to reduce raw log exports, boost higher-value wood manufacturing
VICTORIA – British Columbia is moving to reduce the export of raw logs harvested in…
Workplace expert says conditions at Canada’s spy agency ripe for harassment
VANCOUVER – Toxic workplace claims against Canada’s spy agency point to a “perfect storm” of…
Coast Guard investigates oily sheen covering Vancouver’s False Creek
VANCOUVER – The Canadian Coast Guard says it’s trying to identify the source of a…
B.C. says 578 foreign-educated nurses registered in 2023, doubling intake
VANCOUVER – The number of foreign-educated nurses newly registered in British Columbia this year has…
Wild salmon conservation group raises concerns about herring kills at B.C. fish farms
VICTORIA – Hundreds of thousands of wild fish have died at British Columbia salmon farms…
BoC holds key interest rate steady as speculation shifts to timing of rate cuts
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada ended the year with another interest rate hold as…