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Corporations and unions banned from donating to B.C. recall campaigns
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has introduced laws banning corporations and unions from donating…
Kamloops council gives green light to two new cannabis shops
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops city council has unanimously voted to pass two private retail cannabis sales…
Bad B.C. drivers to face increased penalties; fines to jump 20 per cent annually
VICTORIA – Bad drivers in British Columbia have less than 24 hours to improve their…
B.C. government issues first recreational pot shop licence in Kimberley
KIMBERLEY, B.C. – A pot shop in Kimberley, B.C., has received the first private licence…
Quake with a magnitude of 4.9 recorded in waters west of Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER – A mild earthquake has been recorded west of Vancouver Island in the same…
Scientists call for stop to disappearance of Earth’s remaining intact land, sea
VANCOUVER – Researchers who have produced a map of the world’s remaining intact land and…
Canfor curtails B.C. lumber production by 10 per cent in fourth quarter
VANCOUVER – Canfor Corp. says it is temporarily curtailing sawmill operations in British Columbia by…
Four seriously injured in B.C. bus crash, 12 others in stable condition
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – A bus carrying workers to a sawmill crashed Thursday afternoon north…
B.C. Premier’s Awards to civil servants who were key in 2017 flood, fire relief
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s civil servants who helped lead the emergency response to severe flooding…
Top court rejects group’s attempt to stop B.C. referendum as campaign underway
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s top court has dismissed an application by a group trying to…
Investigation into northern B.C. bus crash underway but all injured released
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – RCMP investigators point to weather and slippery road conditions as possible…
B.C. allows gender X on ID for people don’t identify as male or female
VICTORIA – People who consider themselves neither male nor female now have the right to…
Vancouver won’t ‘bust heads’ over illicit pot shops, small grows: mayor-elect
Vancouver’s mayor-elect says the city won’t be “busting heads” over illicit pot shops or small…
Trudeau apologizes to Tsilhqot’in community members for 1864 hanging of chiefs
CHILKO LAKE, B.C. – 3Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized to the Tsilhqot’in community for the…
New Trans Mountain pipeline review doomed to fail: Vancouver mayor-elect
Vancouver’s incoming mayor says a revamped National Energy Board review of the Trans Mountain pipeline…
B.C. casino accused of ‘profiling’ Drake says it stands against racism
VANCOUVER – A Vancouver casino says it “categorically” stands against racism after Drake accused it…
British Columbia faces lawsuit: Fracking dams exempted from environmental review
VANCOUVER – A conservation group is suing the British Columbia government for exempting two oilpatch…
B.C. to increase Indigenous participation in environmental assessments
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s government is moving to increase the participation of Indigenous people in…
Fallen B.C. officer honoured with plaque on anniversary of fatal shooting
VANCOUVER – A plaque has been unveiled by police in Abbotsford, B.C., in honour of…
B.C. judge gives house arrest for sheriff caught up in vigilante group’s sting
KELOWNA, B.C. – A former Kamloops, B.C., sheriff has been sentenced to one year of…
Machine breakdowns, long lines mar vote on Election Day
ATLANTA – Problem signs that arose during weeks of early voting carried into Election Day…
First World War letters put a human face on the war that shaped us as a nation
VANCOUVER – Jacqueline Carmichael pored over her grandfathers’ letters for several weeks. She read the…
Vancouver expects $30 million in first year of empty homes tax
VANCOUVER – The City of Vancouver says it has collected $18 million from the first…
Long-time Nanaimo resident, businessman to run for B.C. Liberals in byelection
NANAIMO, B.C. – A lifelong Nanaimo, B.C., resident who says the city deserves more attention…