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B.C. funds nearly 600 new affordable rental homes in the Interior, North
OKANAGAN FALLS, B.C. – The latest funding to flow through British Columbia’s Community Housing Fund…
Joni Mitchell’s music back on Spotify two years after joining Neil Young in boycott
Joni Mitchell’s music is back on Spotify more than two years after the songwriter pulled…
Taseko Mines signs deal to consolidate its ownership of the Gibraltar mine
VANCOUVER – Taseko Mines Ltd. has signed a deal to buy the 12.5 per cent…
Group asks Vancouver for more time over Crab Park homeless site cleanup
VANCOUVER – An advocacy group and others are making a final plea to the City…
New, improved stun gun is accepted for police use in B.C., province says
VICTORIA – British Columbia has approved the use of an updated Taser weapon for officers…
Black Press closes sale of company; emerges from creditor protection
SURREY, B.C. – Black Press Ltd., the owner of dozens of community newspapers across Western…
Child dies in fall through ice at lake in B.C.’s Cariboo region
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – Mounties in Williams Lake, B.C., say a child has died in…
Time of essence amid efforts to reunite orphaned B.C. orca calf with its pod
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – Intense efforts are underway to reunite an orca calf with its family…
B.C. warns of ‘identical’ government payment website made by ‘malicious actors’
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government is warning people about a scam involving its PayBC…
Need to improve Canadian productivity has reached emergency level, BoC official says
HALIFAX – A senior Bank of Canada official says the need to improve productivity has…
Environment Canada issues dust advisory for central and northern B.C.
HOUSTON, B.C. – Environment Canada has added a dust advisories for a large section of…
Lawsuit accuses B.C. gas utility of deceiving consumers over environmental impact
VANCOUVER – An environmental group is suing British Columbia natural gas utility FortisBC, accusing it…
Stranded orca was pregnant, while efforts to save her other calf turns on rising tide
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – A killer whale calf stranded in a lagoon without its mother to…
Trudeau says premiers complaining about carbon price didn’t pitch better ideas
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against premiers who are asking him…
Small drug seizures down in Vancouver post-decriminalization, police say
VANCOUVER – Small drug seizures in Vancouver dropped at a “dramatic” rate after decriminalization came…
Protection fund, bill of rights for renters coming; ‘renters matter,’ Trudeau says
VANCOUVER – A federal government announcement that rental history could be used on a credit…
B.C. orca calf rescue team considers changing tactics to save stranded whale: DFO
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – A rescue team working to coax a stranded killer whale calf from…
Marine LNG jetty project in Delta, B.C., gets environmental assessment certificate
DELTA, B.C. – British Columbia’s Environment Ministry says a marine jetty project in the city…
Saskatchewan teachers hope to be back at bargaining table with government next week
REGINA – Saskatchewan teachers could return to the bargaining table as early as next week…
On pre-budget charm offensive, Trudeau announces plans to expand $10-a-day child care
SURREY, B.C. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is aiming more of his upcoming budget at…
B.C. First Nation, Catholic Church announce ‘Sacred Covenant’ to be signed on Easter
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Vancouver’s Catholic archdiocese is marking Easter with a commitment towards reconciliation with…
Republican panel’s selection to be Rep. Buck’s likely replacement is a saving grace for Boebert
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado Republican panel made a surprising decision Thursday night, choosing a…
Three youths arrested in stabbing death of teenager in Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Mounties in Prince George say three youths were arrested after a…
Two people dead in Kelowna, B.C., after gunshots and fire: Mounties
KELOWNA, B.C. – RCMP officers in Kelowna, B.C., are investigating after two bodies were found…