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B.C. orca calf rescue team considers changing tactics to save stranded whale: DFO
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – A rescue team working to coax a stranded killer whale calf from…
Protection fund, bill of rights for renters coming; ‘renters matter,’ Trudeau says
VANCOUVER – A federal government announcement that rental history could be used on a credit…
Small drug seizures down in Vancouver post-decriminalization, police say
VANCOUVER – Small drug seizures in Vancouver dropped at a “dramatic” rate after decriminalization came…
Trudeau says premiers complaining about carbon price didn’t pitch better ideas
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against premiers who are asking him…
Stranded orca was pregnant, while efforts to save her other calf turns on rising tide
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – A killer whale calf stranded in a lagoon without its mother to…
Lawsuit accuses B.C. gas utility of deceiving consumers over environmental impact
VANCOUVER – An environmental group is suing British Columbia natural gas utility FortisBC, accusing it…
Environment Canada issues dust advisory for central and northern B.C.
HOUSTON, B.C. – Environment Canada has added a dust advisories for a large section of…
Need to improve Canadian productivity has reached emergency level, BoC official says
HALIFAX – A senior Bank of Canada official says the need to improve productivity has…
B.C. warns of ‘identical’ government payment website made by ‘malicious actors’
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government is warning people about a scam involving its PayBC…
Time of essence amid efforts to reunite orphaned B.C. orca calf with its pod
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – Intense efforts are underway to reunite an orca calf with its family…
Child dies in fall through ice at lake in B.C.’s Cariboo region
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – Mounties in Williams Lake, B.C., say a child has died in…
Black Press closes sale of company; emerges from creditor protection
SURREY, B.C. – Black Press Ltd., the owner of dozens of community newspapers across Western…
New, improved stun gun is accepted for police use in B.C., province says
VICTORIA – British Columbia has approved the use of an updated Taser weapon for officers…
Group asks Vancouver for more time over Crab Park homeless site cleanup
VANCOUVER – An advocacy group and others are making a final plea to the City…
Taseko Mines signs deal to consolidate its ownership of the Gibraltar mine
VANCOUVER – Taseko Mines Ltd. has signed a deal to buy the 12.5 per cent…
Joni Mitchell’s music back on Spotify two years after joining Neil Young in boycott
Joni Mitchell’s music is back on Spotify more than two years after the songwriter pulled…
B.C. funds nearly 600 new affordable rental homes in the Interior, North
OKANAGAN FALLS, B.C. – The latest funding to flow through British Columbia’s Community Housing Fund…
Man, woman arrested after crash in Sooke, B.C., led to ‘explosive device,’ police say
SOOKE, B.C. – Police on Vancouver Island say a man and a woman are in…
B.C. fugitive found in Puerto Rico returned to Canada to stand trial for murder
SURREY, B.C. – Police say a Canadian gang leader who escaped to Puerto Rico and…
Lululemon shares sink on disappointing outlook, slowdown in U.S. business
Shares in Lululemon Athletica Inc. were down about 15 per cent in afternoon trading Fridayas…
Man charged with second-degree murder in death of woman near UBC campus
VANCOUVER – Police say a man has been charged with second-degree murder after a woman…
Knife-wielding man arrested in Vancouver after refusing to drop weapon: police
VANCOUVER – Police in Vancouver say a man has been charged with assault and remains…
Man who chased people with a knife was just out of jail: Vancouver police chief
Vancouver police say a suspect who was armed with a knife and chased people on…
B.C. inmates with addiction issues at high risk of reincarceration: study
A new study led by a B.C. criminology professor says people jailed in the province…