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Events taking place across Canada Saturday to mark Indigenous Peoples Day
OTTAWA — Hundreds gathered Saturday at events across Canada to mark Indigenous Peoples Day, with…
B.C. Public Safety Minister says program funding targets repeat violent offenders
SURREY — Public Safety Minister Garry Begg says the provincial government is boosting funding for…
CSIS says it took steps against dozens of employees over misconduct last year
OTTAWA — Canada’s spy service says it closed 34 misconduct cases last year and concluded…
Man seen ‘speeding toward’ dolphins in B.C. waters fined $5,000
PORT HARDY — A man seen speeding on a Jet Ski towards a pod of…
Watchdog recommends foreign ownership of domestic airlines amid low competition
Canada should allow up to 100 per cent foreign ownership of domestic-only airlines in a…
Decades after Air India 182 bombing, families fear memories of tragedy are fading
Rob Alexander’s father wasn’t supposed to be on Air India Flight 182 on June 23,…
Counting the cost of the 1985 Air India bombing tragedy
Monday marks the 40th anniversary of the terrorist attack that destroyed Air India Flight 182.…
Renewed Indo-Canada ties concern protesters on anniversary of Nijjar killing
VANCOUVER — Protesters marking the second anniversary of the killing of B.C. Sikh community leader…
CSIS says India still poses a foreign interference threat as Canada renews diplomacy
OTTAWA — Indian officials and their proxy agents in Canada engage in a range of…
Teck receives provincial certificate for to extend B.C. Interior copper mine
Vancouver-based mining company Teck Resources says it has received an environmental assessment certificate from the…
128-year-old shipwreck on Vancouver Island charred by fire
A shipwreck that has been part of Vancouver Island’s history for more than a century…
Alerts lifted as favourable weather helps B.C. wildfire fight
SQUAMISH — Rain in northern British Columbia and cooler weather in the south brought relief…
Saskatchewan premier pitches ‘port-to-port corridor’ for energy and other exports
CALGARY — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is pitching the idea of a “port-to-port corridor” that…
Man presumed drowned after disappearing in Metro Vancouver lake
WEST VANCOUVER — Police in West Vancouver say a 29-year-old man is presumed to have…
India and Canada to restore diplomatic services nearly two years after killing of Sikh separatist
NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Canada agreed to restore diplomatic services nearly two years…
Israel-Iran conflict looms large as leaders arrive for G7 summit in Alberta
OTTAWA — An escalating conflict between Israel and Iran seems set to dominate this week’s…
Report on B.C. port turmoil backs right to strike, rebuffing essential-service calls
VANCOUVER — The right of workers to strike and employers to lock them out should…
Home owned by family of UBC and Vancouver Coastal Health embezzler up for sale
NORTH VANCOUVER — A real estate listing for a $2 million property in North Vancouver…
Airbnb says thousands of B.C. reservations at risk, blaming ‘rushed’ rental rules
VANCOUVER — Short-term vacation rental platform Airbnb said Friday that “thousands” of reservations in British…
‘Let the chips fall’: New B.C. party’s leader vows to go where others won’t
VICTORIA — The interim leader of B.C.’s newest political party says it will raise issues…
BC Wildfire Service expects Squamish fire held soon, as residents celebrate rain
A fire that has been burning out of control as it threatened Squamish, B.C., this…
CN Rail warns of ‘catastrophic impacts’ as it seeks anti-flood barrier in Jasper park
VANCOUVER — CN Rail warns flooding could have “catastrophic impacts” on cross-country services in legal…
Downtown businesses in Vancouver, Victoria decry desperate public safety situation
VANCOUVER — Alan Goodall has owned the Aura nightclub in Vancouver’s entertainment district for 16…
B.C. Independent MLAs start new party to ‘combat the globalist assault’
Two former members of the B.C. Conservatives who have been sitting as Independents for months…