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Ex-nurse expected to plead guilty to 8 first-degree murder charges
TORONTO – The Canadian Press has learned that a former Ontario nurse accused of killing…
An NDP minority government in B.C. may have to water down its ambitions: experts
VANCOUVER – An NDP minority government in British Columbia would be hard pressed to make…
Vancouver Island man survives lightning strike, now hopes for super powers
VICTORIA – A propane delivery driver on Vancouver Island may be the luckiest man in…
Senate report urges more support, schools for French education in B.C.
VICTORIA – British Columbia needs to build more French-only schools and increase access to French…
Vancouver-based yoga wear retailer Lululemon to close 40 Ivivva stores
VANCOUVER – Lululemon Athletica Inc. is shutting down 40 of its 55 Ivivva stores, citing…
Body of 76-year-old B.C. man swept away in mudslide is recovered, police say
SALMON ARM, B.C. – RCMP say the body of a missing British Columbia man whose…
NDP Leader John Horgan calls on BC Hydro not to finalize Site C contracts
VANCOUVER – NDP Leader John Horgan has advised BC Hydro not to sign any new…
Experts plumb depths of quake-causing cracks on the Pacific sea floor
VANCOUVER – New research focused off the west coast of North America is giving seismologists…
B.C. legislature in ‘uncharted territory’ as it tussles with Speaker appointment
VANCOUVER – The feigned reluctance of a newly elected Speaker who, following parliamentary tradition, pretends…
Thieves looking for big scores with stolen truck tailgates: B.C. police
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Truck owners in four Vancouver-area communities are being warned about thieves targeting…
B.C. trial for 3 men accused of killing gang leader ordered to proceed
KELOWNA, B.C. – The trial for three men accused of killing a gang leader in…
New Vancity report reveals home buyers can’t count on cheaper suburbs
VANCOUVER – A new report from a Vancouver credit union says home buyers on British…
B.C.’s NDP-Green agreement required reading ahead of likely minority government
VICTORIA – The recently signed New Democrat and Green party manifesto to form what is…
Decade since disappearance of Prince George, B.C., youth does not dull the pain
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – It has been ten years since a teenaged boy disappeared in…
Organizers make plans to hold inaugural Pride parade in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The first Pride parade in Kamloops, B.C., is planned for this summer.…
Flair Airlines purchases assets of no-frills flight service NewLeaf
KELOWNA, B.C. – Flair Airlines Ltd. has purchased the assets of no-frills flight service NewLeaf.…
Okanagan Lake level steadies, easing flood concerns in B.C. Interior
KELOWNA, B.C. – Officials say record volumes of water have rushed into rivers and lakes…
Two-year-old New Westminster girl dies in tragic drowning: Police
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – A two-year-old girl has died in what police in New Westminster,…
B.C. man facing terror charges mourned 2014 Quebec, Ottawa attackers online: trial
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia man accused of posting terrorist propaganda online mourned two attackers…
Hotel surveillance footage shows chaotic scene in Kelowna, B.C., murder trial
KELOWNA, B.C. – Surveillance footage played in a Kelowna, B.C., court Thursday showed two shooters…
Conservation officers remove arrow from deer’s head on Vancouver Island
VICTORIA – A female deer on southern Vancouver Island is expected to be fine after…
B.C. man’s Facebook page supported terror attacks in West: trial hears
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia man allegedly used his Facebook account to express support of…
Search underway for small aircraft missing in B.C. Interior
VANCOUVER – Search and rescue crews are looking for a small aircraft that disappeared before…
Crack whip essential to survival of narrow minority government in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Gerard Janssen remembers the day then-premier Glen Clark was left pounding on a…