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BC United promises carbon tax relief if elected government next year, says Falcon
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s Opposition leader is promising to immediately introduce cuts to the province’s…
B.C. man pleads guilty to second-degree murder of Ashley Simpson in 2016
SALMON ARM, B.C. – A 21-day murder trial that was supposed to begin Monday in…
Canadian Tire buys back stake in financial services business from Scotiabank
TORONTO – Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. has signed a deal to buy back the 20…
B.C. commits to mandatory Holocaust education for Grade 10 students
VANCOUVER – British Columbia has plans to make Holocaust education mandatory for high school students…
Small plane crashes in Surrey, B.C., injuring pilot
SURREY, B.C. – A small plane has crashed in Surrey, B.C, injuring the lone person…
Fiscal and monetary policy rowing in opposite directions, Macklem says
OTTAWA – Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says fiscal and monetary policy are rowing…
Eby says B.C. deserves heating bill relief, too, after federal tax on fuel oil paused
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby says it’s unfair that Atlantic Canada is being…
Health professionals, not police should care for intoxicated prisoners: B.C. watchdog
SURREY, B.C. – Intoxicated people are dying in jail cells in what the British Columbia…
B.C. coalition seeks ‘critical’ crackdown on violent retail crime
VANCOUVER – London Drugs president Clint Mahlman said he never thought he’d be telling a…
BC Hydro asks for 2.3% rate increase to start spring 2024
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government says the province’s Crown power utility is applying for…
B.C. raises pay $2 per hour for daycare workers at licensed facilities
VICTORIA – Daycare workers at British Columbia’s licensed child-care facilities will receive a $2-per-hour pay…
B.C. non-profits to receive $60 million from government to help with their work: Eby
VICTORIA – Certain non-profit organizations in British Columbia are getting $60 million from the government…
Teck Resources president and COO Harry Conger to retire Wednesday
VANCOUVER – Teck Resources Ltd. says Harry (Red) Conger will retire as president and chief…
Sikh independence vote in B.C.sees thousands turnout amid Canada-India tensions
SURREY, B.C. – More than 200,000 people turned out to vote in two unofficial referendums…
Disabled B.C. man forced to drag himself off flight says he’s pushing for changes
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – A disabled British Columbia man who can’t walk and uses a…
Police watchdog asks Crown to consider charges against officers in B.C. shooting
SURREY, B.C. – Investigators with British Columbia’s independent police watchdog probing the shooting death of…
Less boo for your buck: For the second Halloween in a row, US candy inflation hits double digits
Spooked by the high price of Halloween candy? There’s not much relief in sight. For…
Location, location, location: three former Hells Angels clubhouses heading for sale
VANCOUVER – The three-bedroom East Vancouver home that’s about to hit the market includes a…
Prison officer union against needle exchange after B.C. inmate overdose death
AGASSIZ, B.C. – The union representing prison officers says its members are concerned about the…
Parks Canada says whirling disease could ‘decimate’ fish, urges B.C. closure respect
VANCOUVER – Parks Canada officials said they’re closely watching lakes and rivers in Kootenay and…
Premier Eby condemns rise in hate crimes in B.C. stemming from Israeli-Hamas conflict
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby is condemning the rise in hate crimes in…
A list of facts about whirling disease found in some national park waterways in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Parks Canada officials have shut down waterbodies in British Columbia’s Yoho and Kootenay…
Hundreds arrested for shoplifting in latest Vancouver police blitz
VANCOUVER – Retailers across Canada are concerned about an uptick in violence as a “tsunami”…
Outdoor gear retailer MEC names Peter Hlynsky as its new CEO
Growing up on the North Shore near Vancouver, Peter Hlynsky recalls riding his 1990s mountain…