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Most evacuation orders, alerts lifted in B.C.’s Okanagan wildfires
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. – Evacuation orders and alerts have been lifted for all but one…
Report from seniors advocate blasts for-profit long-term care delivery in B.C.
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s advocate for seniors is calling for “fundamental reform” in how the…
Flag raising at B.C. legislature honours residential school survivors, lost children
VICTORIA – A brisk wind helped mark a flag-raising ceremony Monday at the British Columbia…
Environment Canada warns B.C. coast to prepare for heavy winds, rain after drought
VANCOUVER – Coastal British Columbia is experiencing its first fall storm of the season and…
Toxic drugs leading cause of death in B.C. for those age 10 to 59: coroner
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s coroner says drug toxicity is the leading cause of death in…
B.C. premier in Ottawa to discuss wildfires, infrastructure, clean energy
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby and six of his cabinet ministers are in…
Canfor’s Vida signs deal to buy sawmill in Sweden for $6 million
VANCOUVER – Canfor Corp. says a Swedish company in which it owns a 70 per…
Friend, community members remember ‘humble,’ ‘genuine’ Mountie killed in shooting
LANGLEY, B.C. – Brittni Drummond’s three-year old daughter, Rikki, doesn’t understand why her “police officer…
B.C. mule deer stressed by wildfire, but still much to learn about wildlife impacts
Proof that deer experienced elevated stress in response to wildfires in British Columbia’s southern Interior…
B.C. frog relocation project aims to better understand conservation practice
VANCOUVER – Almost every day this summer, University of British Columbia master’s student Megan Winand…
RCMP ‘gutted’ by death of Const. Rick O’Brien, 51, shot in B.C.: deputy commissioner
COQUITLAM, B.C. – The death of another Mountie in British Columbia less than a year…
Ibrahim Ali murder trial: Expert defends opinion dead girl was sexually assaulted
VANCOUVER – A lawyer for Ibrahim Ali at his B.C. murder trial highlighted part of…
B.C. premier suspects Ottawa holding back information about foreign interference
VANCOUVER – British Columbia Premier David Eby said he “strongly” suspects that the federal government…
‘Bright side of history’: Zelenskyy says Canada’s help saved thousands of Ukrainians
OTTAWA – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Canada on Friday for promising more military and…
Millions added to B.C. funding for rural, volunteer and First Nations firefighters
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government is providing more money to rural, First Nations and…
First days of autumn expected to be cool and damp over most of British Columbia
VANCOUVER – Much of British Columbia will welcome the first week of fall with wet,…
West Fraser selling two pulp mills to Atlas Holdings for US$120 million
VANCOUVER – West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has signed a deal to sell two pulp…
‘Our family’: Four B.C. firefighters who died in crash worked for Kamloops firm
The four British Columbia firefighters who died in a highway crash this week all worked…
Destructive West Kelowna blaze that spurred B.C.’s wildfire crisis is under control
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. – The large wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes in West Kelowna,…
Ibrahim Ali trial: Sex assault expert compares dead girl’s injuries to childbirth
VANCOUVER – An expert testifying at the trial of a man accused of killing a…
B.C. court cites Korean filial tradition in payout to parents over son’s death
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has awarded more than $327,000 to the…
Licences suspended for company whose truck hit B.C. highway overpass, minister says
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s transportation minister says the company whose truck slammed into a North…
B.C. Sikhs ask for protection after Trudeau links Nijjar killing to India
SURREY – Harkireet Kaur said she had a relationship with Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh…
Four young B.C. firefighters heading home die in head-on crash on highway: RCMP
Four young men travelling home after helping in the battle against wildfires in central British…