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Hiker rescued after nine hours stranded on B.C.’s Mount Seymour
VANCOUVER – Search and rescue crews in British Columbia found a hiker who was stranded…
B.C. in court against pharma companies in bid to certify opioid class-action lawsuit
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia Supreme Court should certify a class-action lawsuit against opioid makers…
A list of facts about sextortion, a type of blackmail that can turn deadly
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Police in Prince George, B.C., say a 12-year-old boy died by…
Weekend crash south of Whistler, B.C., kills two adults, one child
SQUAMISH, B.C. – Two adults and a child are dead and a fourth person was…
Air Transat flight attendants OK strike mandate if new contract cannot be reached
MONTREAL – The union representing 2,100 flight attendants at Air Transat says workers have voted…
B.C. First Nation votes to take over child and family services for its members
DUNCAN, B.C. – British Columbia’s largest First Nation has voted to take over authority of…
Nebraska woman bags marriage proposal shortly after killing big buck on hunting trip
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska woman bagged a marriage proposal earlier this month along…
Union says deal for Vancouver police would make them highest-paid officers in Canada
VANCOUVER – A new tentative agreement that would make Vancouver’s police officers the highest paid…
Aerospace firms push back against Bombardier, tout upsides of a Boeing military deal
MONTREAL – Canadian aerospace companies are pushing back against the idea that a Bombardier Inc.…
Manitoba government may push back promise to freeze hydroelectric rates
WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s new NDP government may push back a key election promise to freeze…
B.C. sex offender Randall Hopley stays in custody after skipping court date
VANCOUVER – A high-risk sex offender arrested by Vancouver police after a 10-day manhunt earlier…
Survey says 75% of B.C.’s jobs in next decade will need post-secondary education
BURNABY, B.C. – The latest labour market survey for British Columbia says 75 per cent…
Rogers Sugar asks for mediation to help bring end to refinery strike
VANCOUVER – Rogers Sugar Inc. says it has asked for mediation to help bring an…
B.C. minister’s memo on ‘big and shiny’ affordability plan lands in Opposition hands
VICTORIA – A British Columbia cabinet minister says she mistakenly dropped a memo to herself…
Richmond, B.C., man faces multiple charges in $10M cryptocurrency home invasion theft
RICHMOND, B.C. – Police in Richmond, B.C., say multiple charges have been laid against a…
City of Penticton lifts evacuation order for homes threatened by precarious rock
PENTICTON, B.C. – The City of Penticton, B.C., says it’s lifting an evacuation order for…
B.C. Director of Civil Forfeiture claims 10 properties owned by alleged drug dealer
VICTORIA – The B.C. government wants 10 properties in Prince George forfeited for their alleged…
Mayor says release of child sex offender Brian Abrosimo in Surrey is ‘outrageous’
SURREY, B.C. – Surrey’s mayor says it’s “outrageous” that a sex offender who abducted and…
Metro Vancouver mayors say they need billions of dollars from feds to grow transit
VANCOUVER – Metro Vancouver mayors say they need billions of dollars over the next few…
Automatic gunfire, armed soldiers in Vancouver this weekend for urban training
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver-based light infantry unit of the Canadian Army is asking residents to…
Efforts underway to stabilize slope threatening two dozen Penticton homes.
PENTICTON, B.C. – Residents of a mobile home park in Penticton, B.C., must wait another…
B.C’s speculation tax on homes expands by 13 new municipalities
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s New Democrat government is expanding one of its first measures to…
RCMP helicopter rescues man after truck stuck in snow west of Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. – A man whose truck got stuck in the snow west of Kelowna,…
B.C. opposition parties heat up climate debate with attacks on NDP’s plans
VICTORIA – Climate change is becoming a hot-button political issue in British Columbia with opposition…