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B.C.’s premier says Selina Robinson offered to quit twice over Middle East comment
VANCOUVER – B.C. Premier David Eby says his former post-secondary education minister offered her resignation…
B.C. moves flavoured nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters to protect kids
VANCOUVER – B.C.’s government has ordered that flavoured nicotine pouches only be sold from behind…
Canfor Pulp Products announces sale of Taylor pulp mill for $7 million
VANCOUVER – Canfor Pulp Products Inc. says it’s entered an agreement to sell its Taylor…
Eby astonished as trucking firms ask court to lift bans over B.C. overpass crash
VANCOUVER – Two trucking firms are taking the B.C. government to court to get their…
Finning reports Q4 profit down, hit by foreign exchange loss
VANCOUVER – Finning International Inc. reported its fourth-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago…
Rate cut timing ‘difficult to foresee’ amid inflation pressures: BoC deliberations
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada isn’t sure when it will be able to start…
Jewish groups decry Robinson’s cabinet exit, as Eby slams ‘hateful’ office vandalism
VICTORIA – B.C. Premier David Eby has criticized what he’s calling the “hateful” vandalism of…
Minister backs shift away from privately owned rooming hotels after B.C. fire inquest
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s housing minster says the province needs to shift away from accommodating…
Suspect charged in Nigeria over sextortion of B.C. boy who died: Surrey RCMP
SURREY, B.C. – For just a few minutes last year, police say a Metro Vancouver…
Don’t look to the BoC to solve Canada’s housing and economic woes, Macklem says
OTTAWA – Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem is laying out the limits of monetary…
Strong start to home sales in 2024 unlikely to delay BoC rate cuts: economists
TORONTO – A surge in home sales across Canada’s largest markets to kick off 2024…
End public funding of privately owned rooming hotels, says B.C. fire inquest jury
BURNABY, B.C. – The jury in a coroner’s inquest into the Winters Hotel fire that…
B.C. Crown counsel group raises safety concerns, Eby says no move for courthouse
VANCOUVER – Premier David Eby says the government is not currently considering the relocation of…
B.C. minister Robinson stepping down over remarks that angered pro-Palestinian groups
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s Post-Secondary Education Minister Selina Robinson is stepping down over her remarks…
Crypto mining company loses bid to force BC Hydro to provide power
VANCOUVER – A cryptocurrency firm has lost a bid to force BC Hydro to provide…
Ex-councillor buys 108-year-old newspaper in Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – A former councillor in Prince George has purchased the city’s only…
‘Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down’ promises triumphs, tears in competition series
VANCOUVER – A muddy and sometimes explosive reality show is coming to Canadian TV this…
NDP MLAs banned from some B.C. mosques after ‘crappy’ land comment from minister
VANCOUVER – Representatives from more than a dozen British Columbia mosques and Islamic associations have…
Flight Centre fights hundreds of fake sites, as bogus booking costs B.C. man $2,280
VANCOUVER – Ihsan Abdul Salam describes himself as a “loyal” customer of Flight Centre, booking…
Lawyer for father of murdered B.C. girl denies client brought gun to Ali verdict
VANCOUVER – The father of a murdered 13-year-old girl did not bring a gun into…
B.C. coroner’s inquest jury begins deliberations about deadly Winters Hotel fire
VANCOUVER – A coroner’s inquest jury looking into the Winters Hotel fire that killed two…
Minister sorry for ‘crappy piece of land’ remark that angered pro-Palestinian groups
VERNON, B.C. – B.C. Premier David Eby saysPost-Secondary Education Minister Selina Robinson needs to “repair…
Eby ‘profoundly disturbed’ by attack on B.C. Crown prosecutor near courthouse
VANCOUVER – British Columbia Premier David Eby says he was “profoundly disturbed” to hear that…
Judge sets aside ruling that granted U.S. trans woman’s refugee status in Canada
VANCOUVER – An American transgender woman says she plans to appeal a Federal Court ruling…