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Ottawa’s Rideau Canal Skateway reopens after last year’s historic closure
OTTAWA – After almost two years, and a few extra hours of waiting, Ottawa’s iconic…
All eyes on the BoC this week for any hints on when it plans to cut interest rates
OTTAWA – As the Bank of Canada gears up to announce its next interest rate…
Vancouver’s Bar Haifa is a ‘love letter’ to co-owners’ Jewish and Palestinian roots
VANCOUVER – The collaborators behind restaurants in Vancouver and Toronto have Palestinian, Jewish and Israeli…
That tune coming from an old mine in B. C.? It’s probably a bat, singing a love song
VANCOUVER – The high-pitched tweets, trills and chirps sound like the chorus of birds in…
B.C. trawlers dump thousands of salmon, depleting orcas’ food source: wildlife group
VICTORIA – A British Columbia wildlife protection group says chinook salmon that form the key…
Talks resume Saturday to avoid potential B.C. bus strike
VANCOUVER – Negotiations to reach a pay deal for transit supervisors and avert a potential…
Human remains found after Osoyoos, B.C., mobile home fire, RCMP say
OSOYOOS, B.C. – Mounties in Osoyoos say first responders have found human remains at the…
Toronto Public Library gradually recovering from hack, more services back in Feb
TORONTO – Canada’s largest public library system is gradually restoring more of its services after…
Winter weather shuts schools in B.C. again after Vancouver’s snowiest day since 1996
VANCOUVER – Another blast of winter weather hit southern British Columbia Thursday, a day after…
Vancouver bus union warns of shutdown, employer calls expectations ‘unreasonable’
VANCOUVER – The union representing transit supervisors in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland says it will…
B.C. Coroners Service reports 36 outdoor deaths to start year, 5 on cold Jan. 12
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s recent cold snap has been life-threatening for people facing homelessness and…
Four children with strep A have died in B.C. in the past month, disease centre says
VANCOUVER – Four children under the age of 10 who had streptococcal infections have died…
Driver killed after car plunged from second floor of UBC parkade building
VANCOUVER – Police have confirmed the driver of a car that plunged off the second…
Genealogy test led to Ibrahim Ali’s murder arrest, but methods face ethical debate
VANCOUVER – Forensic genealogy is still in the research and development phase, and while its…
Canadian-built underwater observatory transmitting data from around Antarctica
VICTORIA – A cache of scientific equipment that could fit in the back of an…
Storm brings snow day for some in B.C., a brutal blast of winter reality for others
VANCOUVER – The winter storm that blanketed southern British Columbia with snow Wednesday meant a…
Driver hurt after car plunges from multi-storey parking lot at University of B.C.
VANCOUVER – A driver was extracted from the wreckage of their car in a complex…
B.C.’s $36-billion hydro plan opens clean power economic opportunities, says premier
VICTORIA – Expanding British Columbia’s electrical system is an economic and environmental opportunity the province…
Mayor of Delta, B.C., condemns lack of notification from FortisBC on odorous gas leak
DELTA, B.C. – The mayor of Delta, B.C., is calling the lack of communication from…
Eby announces $36-billion plan to expand B.C.’s electricity system
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – B.C. Premier David Eby has announced a push to expand the…
Eby says planned Prince George, B.C., hydrogen project will cut emissions, boost jobs
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – A planned clean energy hydrogen project in Prince George, B.C., will…
Hate crimes, protests, police costs surge since Middle East war: Vancouver police
VANCOUVER – The Israel-Hamas war fuelled a “record-breaking” year for protests in Vancouver in 2023,…
Skaters take rare chance to hit the ice in B.C. cold snap, but face safety warnings
VANCOUVER – Andrew Mar was lacing up at Trout Lake in Vancouver, where a cold…
Crash southeast of Kamloops, B.C., claims four lives, one person injured
MONTE LAKE, B.C. – Police say four people are dead and one person is in…