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‘Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down’ promises triumphs, tears in competition series
VANCOUVER – A muddy and sometimes explosive reality show is coming to Canadian TV this…
Ex-councillor buys 108-year-old newspaper in Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – A former councillor in Prince George has purchased the city’s only…
Crypto mining company loses bid to force BC Hydro to provide power
VANCOUVER – A cryptocurrency firm has lost a bid to force BC Hydro to provide…
B.C. minister Robinson stepping down over remarks that angered pro-Palestinian groups
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s Post-Secondary Education Minister Selina Robinson is stepping down over her remarks…
B.C. Crown counsel group raises safety concerns, Eby says no move for courthouse
VANCOUVER – Premier David Eby says the government is not currently considering the relocation of…
End public funding of privately owned rooming hotels, says B.C. fire inquest jury
BURNABY, B.C. – The jury in a coroner’s inquest into the Winters Hotel fire that…
Strong start to home sales in 2024 unlikely to delay BoC rate cuts: economists
TORONTO – A surge in home sales across Canada’s largest markets to kick off 2024…
Don’t look to the BoC to solve Canada’s housing and economic woes, Macklem says
OTTAWA – Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem is laying out the limits of monetary…
Suspect charged in Nigeria over sextortion of B.C. boy who died: Surrey RCMP
SURREY, B.C. – For just a few minutes last year, police say a Metro Vancouver…
Minister backs shift away from privately owned rooming hotels after B.C. fire inquest
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s housing minster says the province needs to shift away from accommodating…
Jewish groups decry Robinson’s cabinet exit, as Eby slams ‘hateful’ office vandalism
VICTORIA – B.C. Premier David Eby has criticized what he’s calling the “hateful” vandalism of…
Rate cut timing ‘difficult to foresee’ amid inflation pressures: BoC deliberations
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada isn’t sure when it will be able to start…
Finning reports Q4 profit down, hit by foreign exchange loss
VANCOUVER – Finning International Inc. reported its fourth-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago…
Eby astonished as trucking firms ask court to lift bans over B.C. overpass crash
VANCOUVER – Two trucking firms are taking the B.C. government to court to get their…
Canfor Pulp Products announces sale of Taylor pulp mill for $7 million
VANCOUVER – Canfor Pulp Products Inc. says it’s entered an agreement to sell its Taylor…
B.C. moves flavoured nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters to protect kids
VANCOUVER – B.C.’s government has ordered that flavoured nicotine pouches only be sold from behind…
B.C.’s premier says Selina Robinson offered to quit twice over Middle East comment
VANCOUVER – B.C. Premier David Eby says his former post-secondary education minister offered her resignation…
Loggerhead turtle rarely seen in B.C. waters is rescued, suffering hypothermia
VICTORIA – When B.C. marine scientist Anna Hall encountered a very lost loggerhead turtle in…
No new restrictions on B.C. sex offender Hopley, who went on run: parole board
VANCOUVER – High-risk B.C. sex offender Randall Hopley, who went on the run for 10…
Social media firms can’t be let ‘off the hook’ for deadly sextortion of kids: Eby
VANCOUVER – Premier David Eby says social media companies can’t be let “off the hook”…
Tory MP walks back comments on First Nations water plants amid criticism
OTTAWA – After drawing criticism earlier this week for saying that some First Nations are…
Non-profit buys two B.C. co-ops, using $71 M grant from affordable housing fund
COQUITLAM, B.C. – Premier David Eby says the first purchase using the government’s Rental Protection…
Puberty blockers can’t be started at 18 when youth have already developed: experts
VANCOUVER – Puberty blockers have been in the spotlight since Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced…
B.C. snowpack about 40% below normal, as Eby worries of ‘dramatic drought conditions’
Aaron Hill, executive director of the Watershed Watch Salmon Society in B.C., can’t recall when…