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Surrey, B.C., hospital to get critical care tower with acute, specialized services
SURREY, B.C. – A new critical care tower will be built at the current hospital…
Woman dies in ‘serious incident’ at Whistler Blackcomb resort
WHISTLER, B.C. – Whistler Blackcomb ski resort says a Vancouver woman has died in a…
B.C. auditor general says accounting fix should improve tax revenue estimates
VICTORIA – British Columbia auditor general Michael Pickup says the provincial government is using more…
Freeland says ‘housing, housing, housing’ on agenda with meetings with B.C. premier
VICTORIA – Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she stopped at a recently built downtown…
Coral reef that ‘shouldn’t exist’ thrives off B.C.’s Pacific Ocean, biologist says
VANCOUVER – It started with a tip from the local First Nation of a “bump…
B.C. First Nation says racism, doctor shortage persists in regional health care
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – A British Columbia First Nation says racism in the health-care system…
Vancouver tent city to temporarily close over unsafe and unhygienic conditions
VANCOUVER – Residents in Vancouver’s only legal tent encampment are wary of a city plan…
B.C. to hike commercial vehicle crash penalties after 35 over-height truck incidents
VICTORIA – British Columbia is looking to put the brakes on crashes into highway overpasses…
Republican Rep. Ken Buck to leave Congress next week, narrowing GOP’s slim majority
DENVER (AP) — Colorado Republican Rep. Ken Buck said Tuesday that he’ll resign next week,…
Gaza protests halt all in-person public access to Surrey, B.C., council meetings
SURREY, B.C. – Protesters calling on city councillors in Surrey, B.C., to ask for a…
B.C. orchards and vineyards to get $70M to replant after disastrous weather
PENTICTON, B.C. – Farmers in British Columbia will get an extra $70 million to replant…
B.C. couple sold firm for fortune. With last $92M donation, they’ve given it all away
VICTORIA – British Columbia millionaire Eric Peterson is preparing to do something he’s never been…
B.C. to kill 25 deer to test for chronic wasting disease in Kootenay region
VICTORIA – The B.C. government says it will cull 25 deer in the Kootenay region…
RV fire in residential neighbourhood in Surrey, B.C., claims one life
SURREY, B.C. – Police and fire officials say one person is dead in a recreational…
Suspect in B.C. triple stabbing has history of ‘sudden’ violence: review board
COQUITLAM, B.C. – The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver’s…
B.C. Mounties seize cache of stolen Lego, Jellycat toys, clothes worth $150,000
RICHMOND, B.C. – Mounties in Richmond, British Columbia, weren’t playing around when they recovered a…
Suspect charged in mass killing of Sri Lankan family in protective custody: lawyer
OTTAWA – The 19-year-old charged with killing six people in an Ottawa suburb last week…
B.C. boy, 9, loves hockey, his rabbit and pi, which he has memorized to 2,030 digits
Nine-year-old Lucas Mason Yao loves the Vancouver Canucks, his pet bunny Chomp and pi, the…
B.C.’s seniors advocate blames long-term care waits on lack of home support
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s seniors advocate says the increasing unmet demand for home support services…
B.C. law to recover health costs from companies behind harmful products: AG Sharma
VICTORIA – British Columbia introduced proposed legislation Thursday that would allow it to sue for…
Police say woman murdered at home near University of B.C. campus, two arrested
VANCOUVER – Police say a woman has been murdered at a home on the edge…
Tribunal orders Flair to pay up for spoiled seafood caused by baggage delay
VICTORIA – A tribunal has ordered Flair Airlines to fork over hundreds of dollars in…
Abbotsford, B.C., police arrest 50-year-old man for woman’s death
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Police in Abbotsford say a man has been arrested in the death…
B.C. 911 dispatch service ‘functioning as normal’ following unplanned outage
VANCOUVER – The dispatch service that handles most of British Columbia’s 911 calls says its…