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B.C. premier squares off with Liberal leader in electoral reform debate
VICTORIA – The leaders of British Columbia’s two main parties square off Thursday in a…
Pipeline blast forces FortisBC to the open market for natural gas supply
VANCOUVER – FortisBC is looking at several options to boost its stock of natural gas…
B.C. MLA to pay back $244 in food money received during welfare challenge
VICTORIA – Vancouver New Democrat Mable Elmore says she will refund $244 in food expense…
Metro Vancouver transit police say man in custody for suspected hate crime
Vancouver transit police say a suspect in custody as an investigation continues into an alleged…
Telus reports Q3 profit, revenue and wireless subscribers experience spike
TORONTO – Telus Corp. raised its dividend amid a 10 per cent increase in its…
Measles exposure at B.C. school means unvaccinated students must stay away
SURREY, B.C. – Students at Fleetwood Park Secondary School in Surrey, B.C., are being told…
Coroner’s inquest calls for more Vancouver police training after fatal shooting
VANCOUVER – More de-escalation training for Vancouver police is being recommended after a coroner’s inquest…
North Okanagan Remembrance Day ceremonies
NORTH OKANAGAN – Remembrance Day is this Sunday, Nov. 11 and here are some details…
Interfor Corp. shares down more than nine per cent on third quarter results miss
VANCOUVER – Interfor Corp.’s share price was trading down more than 10 per cent Friday…
B.C. moves toward universal child care with $10-a-day project at 53 sites
VICTORIA – Child care in British Columbia will soon cost as little as $200 a…
Ice-making company fined $350,000 after fish killed in Surrey, B.C., creek
SURREY, B.C. – An ice-making company in Surrey, B.C., has been fined $350,000 after an…
Postal workers strike in Vancouver, Quebec, as negotiations continue
VANCOUVER – Canada Post workers have walked out of a major mail processing centre in…
Headstone to honour family killed in disastrous shipwreck 100 years ago
VANCOUVER – A family of seven who died in one of the worst nautical disasters…
Police watchdog probing fatal shooting involving officers in Shawnigan Lake
SHAWNIGAN LAKE, B.C. – RCMP say British Columbia’s police watchdog is investigating a fatal shooting…
Tsilhqot’in and Ottawa to sign financial deal as part of new relationship: chief
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – The leader of Canada’s first Indigenous group to win title to…
Second-degree murder charge after Nov. 4 death of Port Coquitlam man
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. – A charge of second-degree murder has been laid following a slaying…
No arrests, witnesses sought, after fatal shooting of Abbotsford, B.C. teenager
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A 19-year-old man has been shot and killed in Abbotsford, B.C. Sgt.…
E. coli outbreak in B.C. cheese makes five people sick, prompts warning
VANCOUVER – An E. coli outbreak has made five people in British Columbia sick and…
West Fraser to curtail production at two B.C. mills, affecting 135 employees
VANCOUVER – West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it will permanently curtail about 300 million…
Pan American Silver buying Tahoe Resources in stock-and-cash deal
VANCOUVER – Pan American Silver Corp. has signed a deal to acquire Tahoe Resources Inc.…
Feds, B.C. expand protected habitat for 40 species at risk in B.C.’s Darkwoods
SAANICH, B.C. – A conservation area in British Columbia’s southeast mountains is being expanded by…
Humans reshaping evolutionary history of species around the globe: paper
VANCOUVER – Swallows are evolving smaller, more manoeuvrable wings to help them dodge buildings and…
Protesters wanting more for killer whales confront Environment Minister in B.C.
VICTORIA – Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna was confronted with the passions many people in…
Early data suggests no spike in pot-impaired driving after legalization: police
VANCOUVER – Canadian police have not seen a spike in cannabis-impaired driving one month since…