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B.C. eyes community, non-profit, underused lands to build affordable rental units
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is launching a public housing plan to build more affordable rental…
North Vancouver alert for Amber the dog retrieves quick success
VANCOUVER – Quick action by North Vancouver police along with a social media alert about…
Newfoundland and Labrador fights back against rental ad denounced as slur
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador tourism officials have released an advertisement highlighting the…
‘Back to the Future,’ ‘Beetlejuice’ part of Mirvish’s Hollywood-driven new season
TORONTO – Producer David Mirvish says he hopes to inject a “sense of fun” into…
B.C. and Ottawa announce $733M in federal health funding for province’s seniors
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s seniors advocate welcomes newly announced federal funding for seniors’ health care,…
Group says Lululemon is ‘greenwashing’ as emissions rise, wants competition probe
VANCOUVER – A non-profit organization in British Columbia announced Monday it has asked Canada’s Competition…
Lundin Mining employee dies at Neves-Corvo mine in Portugal
VANCOUVER – Lundin Mining Corp. says an employee died Monday at its Neves-Corvo mine in…
Man charged with first-degree murder in B.C. hit-and-run
COURTENAY, B.C. – Police on Vancouver Island have arrested and charged a man with first-degree…
Vancouver celebrates Year of the Dragon at 50th Chinatown Spring Festival
VANCOUVER – Dragons danced to the beat of drums through the streets of Vancouver’s historic…
RCMP locate vehicle involved in fatal hit and run in Courtenay, B.C.
COMOX, B.C. – Mounties in British Columbia’s Comox Valley say they have found the vehicle…
Judge rejects bid to bar father of B.C. murder victim from Ibrahim Ali proceedings
VANCOUVER – The father of a murdered 13-year-old girl may continue listening in remotely to…
Judge overturns convictions of B.C. woman, accused of coughing on grocery worker
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. – A British Columbia woman who was accused of deliberately coughing in…
B.C. minister who resigned over Mideast comments received death threat, premier says
COQUITLAM, B.C. – The RCMP says an investigation is underway into a reported death threat…
New payment model sees 16.5% jump in B.C. family doctors, but more needed: minister
VANCOUVER – Health Minister Adrian Dix says the number of family doctors in British Columbia…
Telus says no immediate plan to cut spending, raise rates as it monitors CRTC rulings
Telus Corp. has no plans to halt its own fibre network build in response to…
BoC expected to take its time with interest rate cuts after January’s job gain
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada will be in no rush to cut interest rates…
No layoffs or closures says buyer of 21 Bell radio stations in B.C.
COURTENAY, B.C. – The president of the company buying 21 B.C. radio stations from Bell…
B.C. snowpack about 40% below normal, as Eby worries of ‘dramatic drought conditions’
Aaron Hill, executive director of the Watershed Watch Salmon Society in B.C., can’t recall when…
Puberty blockers can’t be started at 18 when youth have already developed: experts
VANCOUVER – Puberty blockers have been in the spotlight since Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced…
Non-profit buys two B.C. co-ops, using $71 M grant from affordable housing fund
COQUITLAM, B.C. – Premier David Eby says the first purchase using the government’s Rental Protection…
Tory MP walks back comments on First Nations water plants amid criticism
OTTAWA – After drawing criticism earlier this week for saying that some First Nations are…
Social media firms can’t be let ‘off the hook’ for deadly sextortion of kids: Eby
VANCOUVER – Premier David Eby says social media companies can’t be let “off the hook”…
No new restrictions on B.C. sex offender Hopley, who went on run: parole board
VANCOUVER – High-risk B.C. sex offender Randall Hopley, who went on the run for 10…
Loggerhead turtle rarely seen in B.C. waters is rescued, suffering hypothermia
VICTORIA – When B.C. marine scientist Anna Hall encountered a very lost loggerhead turtle in…