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Fewer provincial exams, more in-class assessment in B.C. starting next year
VICTORIA – High school students in British Columbia will be required to write two provincial…
Elderly women kicked, punched, in separate random attacks in Vancouver: police
Vancouver police believe a single suspect could be responsible for two random attacks on elderly…
Canucks Sports and Entertainment names Jeff Stipec as chief operating officer
VANCOUVER – Canucks Sports and Entertainment announced Friday that Jeff Stipec has been named the…
B.C. heads back to court to seek injunction to shut down Victoria homeless camp
VICTORIA – A fire commissioner’s report warning of life-threatening dangers at a homeless camp on…
Join Kelowna General Hospital’s Walk of Memories
KELOWNA – Those who have experienced the loss of a family member or someone close…
NewsAlert: Tories vote to drop parts of party policy opposing same sex marriage
VANCOUVER – Conservatives vote in favour of dropping parts of a party policy that opposes…
GPS collars to provide data on B.C. bears saved from death after their mom died
VANCOUVER – Two orphaned black bears whose lives were spared when a conservation officer refused…
Conservatives considering leadership bid take stock at party’s convention
VANCOUVER – As former Tory cabinet minister Peter MacKay stood at the entrance to his…
B.C. floods could be Canada’s most costly natural disaster: study
VANCOUVER – A new study says the risk of a devastating flood in British Columbia’s…
Homicide investigators identify man found dead in North Vancouver creek
VANCOUVER – Police say the body of a missing 34-year-old man has been found in…
Man’s sudden death prompts RCMP search for watercraft in Maple Ridge
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. – RCMP in Maple Ridge are investigating the early morning death of…
Feds need to improve planning, tracking for severe weather events, says audit
OTTAWA – The federal government needs to get a better handle on the impact and…
Chamber of Commerce AGM backs wineries, eyes Airbnb, B.C. real estate
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s business leaders have adopted a list of policies they want addressed…
Lawyers say Johnny Depp’s wife gave statement to police
LOS ANGELES – Johnny Depp’s estranged wife has given Los Angeles police a statement to…
CFL veterans Johnson, Allen vying to fill void in B.C. Lions’ backfield
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Andrew Harris left a big hole in the backfield when he bolted…
African choir chaperone’s body found in B.C. pool 6 months after he disappeared
BURNABY, B.C. – The mysterious disappearance of a chaperone for an African children’s choir has…
B.C. set to file injunction to shut down Victoria courthouse homeless camp
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government will file court documents Friday in a second attempt…
B.C. audit says more work needed on community programs to reduce reoffending
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s auditor general says most of the recommendations her office made in…
B.C. doctors fight soaring opioid deaths with new drug prescription rules
VANCOUVER – Doctors across British Columbia now have new rules to follow as they prescribe…
B.C. Appeal Court upholds attempt to charge accused polygamist Winston Blackmore
VANCOUVER – The leader of a fundamentalist religious community in British Columbia has lost his…
B.C. Court of Appeal ruling upholds federal dangerous-offender laws
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s highest court has overturned a ruling that found nearly decade-old changes…
Former CFL MOP Elimimian back healthy for B.C. Lions after devastating injury
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Solomon Elimimian had everyone’s attention. Back on the field at training camp…
Six new and expanded residential care facilities planned for B.C.
Vancouver’s health authority has signed agreements for six new and expanded residential care facilities, which…
Suspect arrested following highway crash involving Burnaby Mountie
BURNABY, B.C. – RCMP say an officer with the Burnaby, B.C., detachment was injured while…