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Overcrowding not an issue at Burnaby youth jail where inmates rioted: province
BURNABY, B.C. – The British Columbia government is pushing back against claims that a Burnaby…
B.C. posts $730 million surplus, housing revenues continue to fill coffers
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s thriving real estate market has helped the provincial government post a…
Facts about the Tragically Hip as the band launches farewell tour
VICTORIA – Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip begins what is being billed as its…
‘Disordered eating’ rates troubling among young lesbians, bisexuals, gays: study
VANCOUVER – Gay, lesbian and bisexual youth are continuing to purge, fast or take diet…
Heckling of Vancouver TV reporter prompts police investigation
VANCOUVER – Police in Vancouver are investigating after a recurrence of last year’s viral phenomenon…
A list of the music played at the start of the Tragically Hip concert tour
VICTORIA – The Tragically Hip kicked off a 15-city tour in Victoria on Friday night.…
Parks Canada scales back recovery operation for missing Calgary boy
FIELD, B.C. – Parks Canada says it is scaling back the recovery operation for an…
Legal fight over isoHunt and downloading of music files ends in settlement
VANCOUVER – Music Canada says a settlement has ended a near decade-old legal fight with…
Details on B.C.’s proposed to new 15 per cent tax on foreign home buyers
VICTORIA – New legislation introduced by the British Columbia government intends to charge a 15…
RCMP investigate rental dispute that spawned wild brawl in Sooke, B.C.
SOOKE, B.C. – Investigators on southern Vancouver Island are trying to determine why a dispute…
Triathlete strokes toward goal as marathon Okanagan Lake swim passes 70 km mark
VERNON, B.C. – A potentially record-breaking swim is churning along in the waters of British…
Vancouver man falls to death while climbing in Glacier National Park
REVELSTOKE, B.C. – A 61-year-old Vancouver man has been killed in a climbing accident in…
Whitecaps transfer striker Fabian Espindola to Mexican side Club Necaxa
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Whitecaps transferred striker Fabian Espindola to Mexican side Club Necaxa of…
Annual review off for mentally ill B.C. father who killed his three children
VANCOUVER – An annual hearing to review the confinement of a mentally ill British Columbia…
Body of missing Calgary boy recovered in Yoho National Park, officials say
FIELD, B.C. – The search for an 11-year-old Calgary boy who fell into the Yoho…
B.C. parrot refuge transfer complete, hundreds of birds now up for adoption
COOMBS, B.C. – Hundreds of parrots are now up for adoption after the last of…
Timeline of B.C. terrorist bomb plot
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge is expected to rule Friday on whether…
BC Hydro CEO mounts cost-cutting effort to cover $3.5 B in revenue declines
VICTORIA – Revenues have declined by $3.5 billion at British Columbia’s public power utility but…
Four Victoria police officers injured in incident at tent city for the homeless
Victoria police say four officers were injured Thursday evening while intervening in a domestic dispute…
B.C. property tax could spark trade war with China, U.S., says free-trade expert
VICTORIA – A Canadian trade expert says British Columbia’s new 15 per cent property transfer…
Trudeau becomes first sitting prime minister to march in Vancouver Pride parade
VANCOUVER – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is no stranger to Vancouver’s Pride parade, having taken…
Federal approval for Site C sparks outrage from First Nations, advocacy groups
VANCOUVER – First Nations, landowners and environmental groups are accusing Justin Trudeau of reneging on…
Music fest crowdfunds for drug-checking machine amid fentanyl overdose crisis
VANCOUVER – For the past 14 years, organizers of a giant electronic music festival on…
Two boaters OK after BC ferry sails to the rescue of grounded vessel
TSAWWASSEN, B.C. – A British Columbia ferry travelling between Duke Point, on Vancouver Island, and…