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B.C. Premier says he has directed BC Liquor Branch to stop buying American liquor
British Columbia Premier David Eby was quick to retaliate to “crushing” 25 per cent tariffs…
B.C. has pulled red state liquor from the shelves in response to Trump’s tariff
VANCOUVER — Liquor from U.S. Republican states is off store shelves in British Columbia in…
Wintry blast to continue after season’s first big snowfall blankets Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER — The first snowy blast of winter in Metro Vancouver is expected to continue…
Arctic cold descends over B.C., bringing snow and school closures
VANCOUVER — A bitter cold spell sweeping over coastal and northern British Columbia has brought…
B.C. wildfire crews return from California deployment to combat L.A. fires
VICTORIA — More than 30 firefighters from British Columbia’s Wildfire Service have returned home from…
Metro Vancouver to stay cold for at least a week with wintry road conditions
VANCOUVER — This week’s wintry blast of snow in Metro Vancouver will likely remain on…
Gang leader and another man charged after shooting in Fort Nelson, B.C.
FORT NELSON, B.C. — A man well known to police and identified in the courts…
Trina Hunt’s husband charged with indignity to human remains 4 years after death
PORT MOODY, B.C. — The husband of a Metro Vancouver woman whose body was found…
B.C. human rights commissioner wants study of police in schools after board’s firing
VICTORIA — When the British Columbia government fired the Greater Victoria school board last week,…
Man injured in avalanche on Vancouver Island, taken by rescue helicopter to hospital
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — A man has been seriously injured in an avalanche on Vancouver…
Environment Canada cautions of frostbite as frigid temperatures linger in B.C.
VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning that frostbite and hypothermia that can occur within minutes…
Talk of changing Vancouver’s supportive housing policy has organizations on edge
VANCOUVER — A proposal by Vancouver’s mayor to halt new supportive housing projects in the…
‘Nothing new:’ Police officials say fentanyl crackdown existed before tariff threats
EDMONTON — Canadian investigators were effectively cracking down on fentanyl trafficking and production well before…
Automatic donations flowed to BC United long after it suspended election campaign
VANCOUVER — When Tumbler Ridge Mayor Darryl Krakowka noticed an annual $1,225 donation to BC…
Police say YouTuber caught speeding on Vancouver Island loses car for a week
LANTZVILLE, B.C. — Mounties on Vancouver Island say a man who described himself as a…
Two men dead after falling through ice on lake in B.C.’s Fraser Valley
AGASSIZ, B.C. — RCMP in Agassiz, B.C., say two men who went ice fishing at…
Chilly temperatures to hang on in southern B.C., forecaster says
VANCOUVER — Winter’s grip on southern British Columbia may hang on as a few flurries…
Abbotsford, B.C., daycare owner charged with six counts of assaulting children
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Police say an East Abbotsford daycare owner has been charged with allegedly…
B.C.’s child welfare workers ‘in crisis,’ fix could take decade, says advocate
VICTORIA — Chronic understaffing, and the excessive workload and burnout that comes with it, has…
Heiltsuk Nation in B.C. holds referendum on ‘historic’ written constitution
BELLA BELLA, B.C. — Online voting has begun in what the Heiltsuk Nation calls a…
Manitoba government’s Buy Local ad campaign includes spending on social media
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government’s new advertising campaign encouraging people to spend their dollars in…
Armed man arrested in Vancouver after barricading himself in taxi
VANCOUVER — Vancouver Police say more than 25 officers and its K9 unit were deployed…
Frigid weather persists in British Columbia as low temperature records broken
VANCOUVER — Parts of British Columbia are bracing for extreme cold and Arctic outflows well…
Transit workers in British Columbia’s Cowichan Valley launch strike in labour dispute
VANCOUVER — Transit workers in British Columbia’s Cowichan Valley have launched strike action, shutting down…