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Man dies after he is hit by a vehicle in Nanaimo, B.C., on Sunday
NANAIMO, B.C. – A man has died in hospital after he was hit by a…
Worker killed in fall at B.C. residential construction site
PENTICTON, B.C. – An investigation is underway after a man died at a construction site…
Human rights hearing proceeds: Waiter argues his French culture behind firing
VANCOUVER – A waiter in British Columbia who is disputing his firing argues his French…
British Columbia’s economy is forecast to remain strong through 2020
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is predicted to have solid economic growth through 2020 by a…
Indigenous B.C. treaties, recordings on first Canadian UNESCO memory register
VICTORIA – A mother, son and uncle performed together Tuesday at a ceremony that added…
Organ-donors registrations up by 125,000 in one year after ICBC campaign
VANCOUVER – A new program encouraging customers of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia to…
Vancouver mayor to apologize to residents of Chinese descent for past wrongs
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson will formally apologize next month for past discrimination against residents of…
Victoria-based AggregateIQ Data Services denies link to Facebook data scandal
VANCOUVER – A small Victoria, B.C.-based tech firm has found itself mired in a privacy…
Ancient B.C. footprints confirmed as earliest known in North America
VANCOUVER – Buried deep below a sandy beach and pressed into soft clay, footprints from…
Police watchdog clears RCMP in shooting death of gunman in B.C.
VANCOUVER – An investigation that British Columbia’s police watchdog acknowledges took an “unfortunate” length of…
Delta Police search for older man missing from ferry to Vancouver from Victoria
VANCOUVER – Delta Police are leading the search for an older man who went missing…
B.C. First Nation goes tiny in answer to housing needs of single men
VANCOUVER – Members of a small B.C. First Nation have been working to build a…
B.C. zoo quarantines bunnies to protect them from deadly virus
VANCOUVER – A disease that’s killed hundreds of feral rabbits in British Columbia has prompted…
Federal government promises $4.1 billion for B.C. infrastructure
VANCOUVER – Ottawa has announced a new multibillion-dollar infrastructure deal with British Columbia, just a…
Vancouver’s Rio Theatre wins month-long reprieve to raise mortgage down payment
VANCOUVER – The operator of one of Vancouver’s last independent movie theatres says fundraising efforts…
B.C. ranger park program launched for 48 full-time students
VANCOUVER – Dozens of young adults in British Columbia will soon have the opportunity become…
Jackhammers, fumes turn B.C. family’s Panama Canal cruise into construction zone
VICTORIA – The noise of pounding jackhammers and the smell of fumes are the unwanted…
Vancouver Island group cancels annual rabbit show because of deadly virus
VICTORIA – A disease that is deadly to rabbits has prompted the Vancouver Island Rabbit…
Woman, 23, dies in hospital after being hit by a car in east Vancouver
VANCOUVER – A 23-year-old woman has died in hospital from what at first appeared to…
Fish farm companies in B.C. should get First Nations approval: report
VANCOUVER – A provincial advisory council is recommending fish farm companies be required to have…
Leading B.C. chefs send letter seeking termination of salmon farm tenures
VANCOUVER – More than 50 of British Columbia’s top chefs are calling on the province…
‘Overwhelming’: Saskatoon drugs crisis far reaching with deaths and hundreds of calls
SASKATOON — The black concrete walls outside Saskatoon’s only safe consumption site show the wake…
NDP, Conservatives focus on battleground B.C. heading into final election week
OTTAWA — The Conservatives and NDP spent the weekend hunting votes in British Columbia —…
Family of B.C. man shot by RCMP says independent investigator ‘designed to fail’
VANCOUVER – The family of a British Columbia man fatally shot by RCMP is asking…