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Fisheries, justice minister visit diesel spill site on B.C. coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. – Two federal ministers have visited a community on British Columbia’s central…
Focus on innovation, not more cash, to improve health care in Canada: doctor
VANCOUVER – Squabbling by provinces in the run-up to a new health accord points to…
Passenger charged after Vancouver bus driver hit in face with screwdriver
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – A 23-year-old man has been charged over allegation that he attacked…
Vancouver’s health authority applies for two new supervised-injection sites
Vancouver’s health authority has applied for two new supervised-injection sites to combat a drug overdose…
Vancouver’s Plaza of Nations behind police tape after multiple stabbing
VANCOUVER – Police in Vancouver say they are investigating multiple stabbings at the Plaza of…
One dead, two hurt in post Halloween stabbing at Vancouver’s Plaza of Nations
Vancouver has recorded its tenth murder of 2016. The stabbing death of the unidentified 25-year-old…
Freestyle halfpipe skier Justin Dorey retires for the sake of his head
VANCOUVER – Concussions have forced Justin Dorey to retire from the national halfpipe freestyle ski…
Veteran kicker Paul McCallum comes out of retirement to rejoin B.C. Lions
SURREY, B.C. – Paul McCallum hadn’t touched a football since retiring when he answered his…
One female student dead, one injured after stabbing at B.C. school
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Police say a female student is dead and another is in hospital…
Bad weather delays efforts to clean up tug off British Columbia coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. – A barge has arrived to remove a sunken tug from waters…
Police identify man found in scrap yard in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. – Police have identified a man who was found dead in a…
B.C. Liberals gather in Vancouver to build May 2017 election team
VICTORIA – It’s still six months before British Columbians go to the polls, but the…
TSB rules fuel-flow problem likely forced pilot to land on B.C. highway
RICHMOND, B.C. – An investigation has determined that trouble with the flow of fuel into…
Mental, physical and economic health of B.C. youngsters “quite good”: report
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s provincial health officer has taken a comprehensive look at the health…
Northeastern B.C. resource boom harms indigenous women, girls: Amnesty report
VANCOUVER – A new report from Amnesty International says the resource boom in northeastern British…
Homeless fear backlash after drifter accused in deadly high school stabbing
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – The homeless population living in a British Columbia community that is reeling…
Security reviews due after B.C. school stabbing, but tighter rules not expected
VICTORIA – Security is being reviewed at British Columbia’s schools following the stabbing death of…
Woodfibre LNG gives green light to what would be B.C.’s first LNG project
British Columbia’s efforts to launch a liquefied natural gas industry were given a boost Friday…
Amber alert for missing B.C. children cancelled
COQUITLAM, B.C. – The RCMP have cancelled an Amber Alert that was issued Friday evening…
Lions down Roughriders to clinch home field in CFL’s West Division semifinal
VANCOUVER – Players and coaches grinning ear to ear, the B.C. Lions posed for a…
Students at B.C. school where teen killed need to be heard: mom who’s been there
VANCOUVER – Students returning Monday to a B.C. high school where a Grade 9 girl…
Transport minister visits fuel spill, sunken tug site off B.C. coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. – Members of a First Nation affected by a diesel spill on…
One cyclist dead, others injured following crash with car in Richmond, B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. – Police say a man is dead after a car crashed into a…
B.C. lays out West Coast spill response needs ahead of expected federal plan
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s demands for a world-leading marine oil spill response has a long…