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CRA claws back $458 million in pandemic-era wage subsidies after partial audit
OTTAWA – The Canada Revenue Agency has denied or adjusted $458 million in funds disbursed…
Police watchdog called to investigate man’s death in Dawson Creek, B.C.
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Mounties in northeastern British Columbia say one man is dead after…
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh blasts Trudeau, Poilievre at B.C. convention
VICTORIA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost touch with the struggles of Canadians, while…
B.C. stream watchers link ‘unprecedented’ coho salmon kill to tire toxin and drought
VANCOUVER – John Barker has been volunteering with the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society for more…
Eby tells NDP convention he’s ‘nowhere near satisfied,’ more on housing, climate
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s New Democrat government will focus on building more affordable homes and…
First Nations decisions on tourism on Indigenous land must be respected: minister
VANCOUVER – Canada’s new tourism minister said Indigenous rights and decision-making must be respected in…
Highway 97C shut after truck with chemicals catches fire near West Kelowna, B.C.
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. – Police say a portion of the Coquihalla Connecter outside West Kelowna,…
COVID-19 down, influenza and RSV up in B.C., says CDC
VANCOUVER – New data suggest that COVID-19 activity in British Columbia is trending downward, while…
More community support would help people stay out of care homes: seniors advocate
BURNABY, B.C. – A survey of thousands of seniors in long-term care homes in British…
B.C. replaces Surrey Police Board with administrator over troubled transition
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s solicitor general has suspended the Surrey Police Board and replaced it…
Judge in court martial fines anti-vax reservist $4,000, issues severe reprimand
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – A former soldier and reservist who defied the Canadian Armed Forces’…
B.C. announces minimum wage and other labour protections for app-based gig workers
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – The B.C. government is introducing new protections for ride-hailing and food…
Leak of B.C. police document on gang murders prompts investigations, warning
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – British Columbia’s gang squad and the Abbotsford Police Department say a sensitive…
Transportation Safety Board says fatal crash linked to undetected helicopter defect
RICHMOND, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board says an undetected defect deep within the engine…
Eight cases of salmonella linked to imported cantaloupes in B.C.
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s Centre for Disease Control says there have been eight confirmed cases…
Ryan Reynolds becomes newest member of Order of British Columbia
VANCOUVER – Ryan Reynolds is the newest member of the Order of British Columbia. The…
Historic wreckage of plane discovered near Kamloops, B.C.: RCMP
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The empty fuselage of a plane that authorities believe is decades old…
Helpline and funding for groups to combat hate-motivated violence in B.C.
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government is offering groups affected by hate crimes up to…
Anti-vax soldier came close to mutiny, should face severe punishment: prosecutor
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – A reservist’s fight against Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of…
Highways prepared for extreme weather ‘new normal,’ says B.C. transportation minister
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s transportation minister says 130 kilometres of highway that was severely damaged…
100 Vancouver police sent to protect Trudeau after Gaza protest surrounds restaurant
VANCOUVER – Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters surrounded a Vancouver Chinatown restaurant where Prime Minister Justin…
Notorious clubhouse owned by Nanaimo, B.C., Hells Angels being demolished: Farnworth
NANAIMO, B.C. – A clubhouse that once belonged to a Vancouver Island chapter of the…
Calgary man faces sex assault charges dating back to his time as a teen church leader
Calgary police say a man who works alone with children at a church is facing…
Trudeau, Eby announce $1-billion battery plant in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. – A billion-dollar battery cell production plant in Maple Ridge, B.C., will…