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Kamloops, B.C., man charged with second-degree murder following weekend death
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – A murder charge has been laid in the death of a 26-year-old…
B.C. legislative session begins with backdrop of upcoming May election
VICTORIA – British Columbia politicians are back in Victoria today to kick off the final…
Vancouver police identify third homicide victim of 2017
VANCOUVER – Police have released the identity of a 38-year-old man killed in East Vancouver…
UBC votes for sustainable investment fund to be free of fossil fuel companies
VANCOUVER – The University of British Columbia will exclude fossil fuel companies from its low-carbon…
Home sales in B.C. return to ‘historic averages’ says real estate board
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia Real Estate Association says the province’s housing market has tumbled…
Vancouver Whitecaps add to offence by acquiring striker Fredy Montero on loan
Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson had scouted dozens of strikers in his seemingly endless…
B.C. investigating ‘unusual’ activity in PharmaNet system
VANCOUVER – Premier Christy Clark is promising a thorough investigation into four incidents that the…
Friendly wallaby still on the loose after escape in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY, B.C. – A wallaby wandering through Langley, B.C., has the jump on everyone trying…
City of Kimberley seeks to move more problem deer outside city limits
KIMBERLEY, B.C. – The City of Kimberley has applied to the province for funding to…
B.C. coroner calls for clean heroin supply to addicts as January OD toll at 116
VICTORIA – The number of illicit overdose deaths was down in January in British Columbia,…
B.C. transplant specialist says drug overdose organ donors on the rise
VANCOUVER – There has been a spike in the proportion of organs coming from donors…
B.C. residents feel light tremor after 4.0-magnitude earthquake Saturday
VANCOUVER – Residents from Vancouver Island and metro Vancouver have reported feeling a tremor early…
Three homes evacuated as precaution after landslide in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Three Chilliwack, B.C., homes have been evacuated as a precaution after a…
Vancouver Canucks honour Pat Quinn with statue outside Rogers Arena
VANCOUVER – Late NHL and Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team coach Pat Quinn was honoured…
U.S. scores early and often in Americas Rugby Championship victory over Canada
BURNABY, B.C. – Canada called up a young squad for the Americas Rugby Championship. That…
Searchers find missing Alberta snowmobiler safe near Revelstoke, B.C.
REVELSTOKE, B.C. – A 48-year-old Alberta man has been found tired and disoriented, but otherwise…
Canucks’ flickering playoff hopes need help during their five-day break
VANCOUVER – All the Vancouver Canucks can do this week is wait and hope. The…
More work to be done on B.C. government computer system: auditor
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s auditor general says the government has made progress in addressing potential…
B.C. privacy watchdog investigating vigilante group, Surrey Creep Catchers
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s privacy watchdog has launched a probe into a controversial vigilante group.…
B.C. teen handed probation for directing sexualized truth or dare game
PENTICTON, B.C. – A teenage girl won’t spend time behind bars after admitting that she…
Skiers, snowboarders missing near Kamloops, B.C., ski resort
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Rescue crews have found 3 of 7 people who went missing Monday…
New UBC study finds 25% of Vancouver homes could be torn down by 2030
VANCOUVER – An architecture professor at the University of British Columbia says about a quarter…
Reaction mixed from interest groups responding to B.C.’s 2017-18 budget
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s 2017-18 budget was announced Tuesday by Finance Minister Mike de Jong…
Court ruling forces end of probe into police misconduct in Abbotsford, B.C.
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s police complaints commissioner is dropping an investigation into more than 100…