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Peachland council meeting highlights
Regular Council Meeting Highlights – Feb. 14, 2017 ZONING BYLAW NO. 1375, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 2047,…
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…
Trump slams intel officials, media over Flynn and Russia
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed the media and "illegally leaked" intelligence information…
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…
Hundreds attend funeral Saturday for the man behind “Sharkwater” documentary
TORONTO – A Toronto filmmaker who died while diving off the Florida coast was mourned…
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…
UPDATE: Missing Kamloops teen located
UPDATE: 8:45 PM FEB. 18, 2017 KAMLOOPS – The 14-year-old boy who was reported missing…
‘I wouldn’t have let him go’: Minneapolis woman shocked friend walked to Canada
MINNEAPOLIS – Saciido Shaie says something seemed to be weighing on her friend Mohamed Badal…
‘Lego Batman’ stays No. 1, conquers ‘The Great Wall’
NEW YORK – "The Lego Batman Movie" commanded the Presidents Day weekend box office, staying…
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.…
Petition pushes back against move to exclude police from Vancouver Pride Parade
VANCOUVER – A campaign to exclude police from Vancouver's Pride Parade is experiencing pushback from…
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…