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BoC expects to cut rates this year, governing council split on timing: deliberations
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada expects it will be able to begin cutting interest…
B.C. funds project to extract minerals, metals while reducing environmental impacts
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government is funding a pilot project that it says offers…
B.C. coroner calls inquest into 2019 police shooting that left two dead
SURREY, B.C. – The BC Coroners Service has called an inquest into a police shooting…
Highlights from auditor reports on B.C. overdose prevention, safer-supply programs
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s auditor general has released audits on two key government programs aimed…
Two of B.C.’s overdose prevention programs have ‘significant deficiencies’: auditor
VICTORIA – Nearly eight years after British Columbia declared a public-health emergency because of escalating…
B.C. to provide $80 million to help farmers cope with drought
DELTA, B.C. – Rancher Werner Stump said spring is usually a “season of optimism” for…
Active spring wildfire season may be in store for B.C. as drought persists
VANCOUVER – British Columbia needs a drenching of rain to alleviate the tinder dry conditions…
Almost 40 temperature records broken across B.C. Saturday, Environment Canada says
VANCOUVER – Balmy weather across much of British Columbia helped set dozens of new temperature…
Man in Abbotsford, B.C., charged with second-degree murder in wife’s death
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – British Columbia’s integrated homicide investigation team says a man in Abbotsford, B.C.,…
RCMP seek witnesses after stabbing on Surrey, B.C., city bus
SURREY, B.C. – Mounties in Surrey are investigating a weekend stabbing on a city bus…
B.C. 911 dispatch service ‘functioning as normal’ following unplanned outage
VANCOUVER – The dispatch service that handles most of British Columbia’s 911 calls says its…
Abbotsford, B.C., police arrest 50-year-old man for woman’s death
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Police in Abbotsford say a man has been arrested in the death…
Tribunal orders Flair to pay up for spoiled seafood caused by baggage delay
VICTORIA – A tribunal has ordered Flair Airlines to fork over hundreds of dollars in…
Police say woman murdered at home near University of B.C. campus, two arrested
VANCOUVER – Police say a woman has been murdered at a home on the edge…
B.C. law to recover health costs from companies behind harmful products: AG Sharma
VICTORIA – British Columbia introduced proposed legislation Thursday that would allow it to sue for…
B.C.’s seniors advocate blames long-term care waits on lack of home support
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s seniors advocate says the increasing unmet demand for home support services…
B.C. boy, 9, loves hockey, his rabbit and pi, which he has memorized to 2,030 digits
Nine-year-old Lucas Mason Yao loves the Vancouver Canucks, his pet bunny Chomp and pi, the…
Suspect charged in mass killing of Sri Lankan family in protective custody: lawyer
OTTAWA – The 19-year-old charged with killing six people in an Ottawa suburb last week…
B.C. Mounties seize cache of stolen Lego, Jellycat toys, clothes worth $150,000
RICHMOND, B.C. – Mounties in Richmond, British Columbia, weren’t playing around when they recovered a…
Suspect in B.C. triple stabbing has history of ‘sudden’ violence: review board
COQUITLAM, B.C. – The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver’s…
RV fire in residential neighbourhood in Surrey, B.C., claims one life
SURREY, B.C. – Police and fire officials say one person is dead in a recreational…
B.C. to kill 25 deer to test for chronic wasting disease in Kootenay region
VICTORIA – The B.C. government says it will cull 25 deer in the Kootenay region…
B.C. couple sold firm for fortune. With last $92M donation, they’ve given it all away
VICTORIA – British Columbia millionaire Eric Peterson is preparing to do something he’s never been…
B.C. orchards and vineyards to get $70M to replant after disastrous weather
PENTICTON, B.C. – Farmers in British Columbia will get an extra $70 million to replant…