B.C.

Ottawa to launch pre-approved home design catalogue, bring back post-war effort
OTTAWA – The federal government intends to resurrect a post-war effort to ramp up housing…

This story by The Canadian Press is no longer available
VANCOUVER – This story is no longer available.

B.C. Conservatives awaken from decades in dormancy ahead of 2024 vote
VICTORIA – The first blip on the radar signalling a potentially new player in British…

Police say person took loaded gun into Ibrahim Ali murder trial: lawyer
VANCOUVER – A lawyer for Ibrahim Ali in his first-degree murder trial said police told…

Advocates, victims’ families oppose destroying Robert Pickton evidence
VANCOUVER – Lorelei Williams decided not to attend the 2007 trial of notorious B.C. serial…

Get your shots, Henry tells B.C., as flu rises in return of pre-pandemic patterns
VICTORIA – Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says she’s seeing a drop in COVID-19…

Police violated protesters’ rights in Wet’suwet’en pipeline blockades, Amnesty says
VANCOUVER – A hereditary chief with a British Columbia First Nation at the centre of…

Manulife signs reinsurance deal with Global Atlantic, plans to buy back shares
TORONTO – Manulife Financial Corp. has signed a reinsurance deal with Global Atlantic that it…

B.C. announces new three-year action plan to address gender-based violence
VANCOUVER – British Columbia has announced a new three-year action plan that it says aims…

Two people arrested in B.C. after dead infant brought to hospital
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – Mounties in Williams Lake, B.C., say two people were arrested after…

Workers at Hudson’s Bay store in Kamloops, B.C., on strike
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Workers at the Hudson’s Bay store at Aberdeen Mall in Kamloops, B.C.,…

RCMP in Surrey, B.C., ends Amber Alert for two-month-old girl
SURREY, B.C. – Mounties in Surrey, B.C., have cancelled an Amber Alert for a two-month-old…

Snowfall warnings issued in Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island and parts of Interior
VANCOUVER – Environment Canada has issued a series of weather warnings as a frontal system…

Taiwan-Canada ties surge as supporters tout trade, politics and shared values
VANCOUVER – Somewhere at the confluence of politics, commerce and shared values driving a recent…

CSIS boss apologizes for response to rape claim, revamps anti-harassment plans
VANCOUVER – Canada’s spy chief has apologized to staff for his response to rape and…