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Eby announces $36-billion plan to expand B.C.’s electricity system
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – B.C. Premier David Eby has announced a push to expand the…
Mayor of Delta, B.C., condemns lack of notification from FortisBC on odorous gas leak
DELTA, B.C. – The mayor of Delta, B.C., is calling the lack of communication from…
B.C.’s $36-billion hydro plan opens clean power economic opportunities, says premier
VICTORIA – Expanding British Columbia’s electrical system is an economic and environmental opportunity the province…
Driver hurt after car plunges from multi-storey parking lot at University of B.C.
VANCOUVER – A driver was extracted from the wreckage of their car in a complex…
Storm brings snow day for some in B.C., a brutal blast of winter reality for others
VANCOUVER – The winter storm that blanketed southern British Columbia with snow Wednesday meant a…
Canadian-built underwater observatory transmitting data from around Antarctica
VICTORIA – A cache of scientific equipment that could fit in the back of an…
Genealogy test led to Ibrahim Ali’s murder arrest, but methods face ethical debate
VANCOUVER – Forensic genealogy is still in the research and development phase, and while its…
Driver killed after car plunged from second floor of UBC parkade building
VANCOUVER – Police have confirmed the driver of a car that plunged off the second…
Four children with strep A have died in B.C. in the past month, disease centre says
VANCOUVER – Four children under the age of 10 who had streptococcal infections have died…
B.C. Coroners Service reports 36 outdoor deaths to start year, 5 on cold Jan. 12
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s recent cold snap has been life-threatening for people facing homelessness and…
Vancouver bus union warns of shutdown, employer calls expectations ‘unreasonable’
VANCOUVER – The union representing transit supervisors in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland says it will…
Winter weather shuts schools in B.C. again after Vancouver’s snowiest day since 1996
VANCOUVER – Another blast of winter weather hit southern British Columbia Thursday, a day after…
Toronto Public Library gradually recovering from hack, more services back in Feb
TORONTO – Canada’s largest public library system is gradually restoring more of its services after…
Human remains found after Osoyoos, B.C., mobile home fire, RCMP say
OSOYOOS, B.C. – Mounties in Osoyoos say first responders have found human remains at the…
Talks resume Saturday to avoid potential B.C. bus strike
VANCOUVER – Negotiations to reach a pay deal for transit supervisors and avert a potential…
B.C. trawlers dump thousands of salmon, depleting orcas’ food source: wildlife group
VICTORIA – A British Columbia wildlife protection group says chinook salmon that form the key…
That tune coming from an old mine in B. C.? It’s probably a bat, singing a love song
VANCOUVER – The high-pitched tweets, trills and chirps sound like the chorus of birds in…
Vancouver’s Bar Haifa is a ‘love letter’ to co-owners’ Jewish and Palestinian roots
VANCOUVER – The collaborators behind restaurants in Vancouver and Toronto have Palestinian, Jewish and Israeli…
All eyes on the BoC this week for any hints on when it plans to cut interest rates
OTTAWA – As the Bank of Canada gears up to announce its next interest rate…
Ottawa’s Rideau Canal Skateway reopens after last year’s historic closure
OTTAWA – After almost two years, and a few extra hours of waiting, Ottawa’s iconic…
Metro Vancouver issues air quality bulletin after noxious smell triggers complaints
VANCOUVER – Officials in Metro Vancouver fielded about 100 complaints about a putrid smell permeating…
Union warns SkyTrain could shut down too as deadline for Vancouver bus strike looms
VANCOUVER – The union representing SkyTrain employees in Metro Vancouver says it’s prepared to shut…
Winters Hotel fire: B.C. inquest told of chained door, ‘no way out’ from deadly blaze
BURNABY, B.C. – A coroner’s inquest has been told that a Vancouver rooming house where…
West Fraser Timber permanently closing Fraser Lake, B.C., sawmill
VANCOUVER – West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it’s permanently closing its sawmill in Fraser…