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Canada bringing back visa requirements for Mexico to slow asylum claims
OTTAWA – New visa requirements Ottawa is imposing on Mexican nationals are meant to curb…
An AI ‘hallucination’ turned up in a B.C. court case. Experts say it’s a wake-up call
Vancouver tech lawyer Ryan Black’s work with video game companies put him in a position…
TSX moves lower Wednesday, U.S. stock markets continue to pare back from record highs
TORONTO – Canada’s main index moved lower Wednesday, led by weakness in base metals, while…
Public Health Ontario staff awarded retroactive pay as Bill 124 compensation
TORONTO – Employees of Public Health Ontario labs are set to receive an additional 5.25…
Will B.C. learn lessons from other provinces before funding IVF?
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is joining seven provinces in paying for some of the cost…
Heavy snow, winter storm bring hazardous driving conditions to B.C. highways
WHISTLER, B.C. – Environment Canada is warning of hazardous driving conditions on several stretches of…
Province not effectively managing hazardous spills, says B.C.’s auditor general
VICTORIA – The number of hazardous spills in British Columbia has trended upwards over the…
Safety board says broken wheel caused 61-car CN Rail derailment in B.C.
VANCOUVER – The Transportation Safety Board says a broken wheel was to blame for a…
B.C. Premier Eby apologizes to Doukhobors, for wrongs that ‘echoed for generations’
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby has officially apologized in the Victoria legislature to…
B.C. First Nation sues federal government over ban on herring spawn fishery
BELLA BELLA, B.C. – A British Columbia First Nation is suing the federal government for…
His son died in a 2021 B.C. crane tragedy. He wants to know why they still happen
VANCOUVER – When Chris Vilness heard about the crane accident that killed a construction worker…
‘Wintry mix’ across Lower Mainland could mean sloppy commute for Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER – Environment Canada has issued a series of snowfall warnings for parts of B.C.’s…
Break-and-enter results in 14 sets of deer antlers stolen from B.C. property
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Police in Fort St. John, B.C., are on the lookout…
A wintry mix of rain and snow headed for to Metro Vancouver, Whistler, Fraser Valley
VANCOUVER – A special weather statement for a wintry mix of rain and snow has…
Canadian cities ‘not gatekeepers’: Head of mayors’ group pushes back on Poilievre
OTTAWA – Mayors are community builders, not gatekeepers, Canada’s municipal governments said Monday as their…
Real estate association economist doubts B.C.’s flipping tax is worth the trouble
VANCOUVER – Policy watchers are split on the value of British Columbia’s upcoming provincial flipping…
B.C. workers on minimum wage will see an increase of 65 cents per hour June 1
VICTORIA – Minimum-wage workers in British Columbia will get a pay hike of 65 cents…
Cargojet rolls back expansion plans after recording loss amid consumer pullback
Cargojet Inc. swung to a loss last quarter as it felt the pinch of falling…
Child poverty rate rises in B.C. after pandemic cash lost, report says
VANCOUVER – A report says more than 126,000 children in British Columbia lived in poverty…
Vancouver firefighter recovering abroad after losing leg to ‘flesh-eating’ infection
VANCOUVER – An assistant fire chief with Vancouver Fire Rescue Services is recovering in a…
RCMP investigate shooting that killed one man in Sicamous, B.C.
SICAMOUS, B.C. – Police in British Columbia’s Interior are asking for the public’s help to…
B.C. RCMP say 90-year-old woman killed in hit-and-run on Vancouver Island
NANAIMO, B.C. – Police on Vancouver Island say a hit-and-run crash has killed a 90-year-old…
Nisga’a Treaty disputes settled between B.C. and First Nation governments
VICTORIA – The Nisga’a First Nation in northwestern British Columbia says it has reached a…
Eby ‘profoundly worried’ about B.C. fire season as billions prepped for contingencies
VANCOUVER – Premier David Eby says he is “profoundly worried” about the potentially “terrible” wildfire…