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Rights boss starts inquiry into Vancouver police media restrictions at camp removal
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s Human Rights Commissioner has launched an inquiry into police restrictions on…
Ottawa to launch pre-approved home design catalogue, bring back post-war effort
OTTAWA – The federal government intends to resurrect a post-war effort to ramp up housing…
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B.C. Conservatives awaken from decades in dormancy ahead of 2024 vote
VICTORIA – The first blip on the radar signalling a potentially new player in British…
Police say person took loaded gun into Ibrahim Ali murder trial: lawyer
VANCOUVER – A lawyer for Ibrahim Ali in his first-degree murder trial said police told…
Advocates, victims’ families oppose destroying Robert Pickton evidence
VANCOUVER – Lorelei Williams decided not to attend the 2007 trial of notorious B.C. serial…
Get your shots, Henry tells B.C., as flu rises in return of pre-pandemic patterns
VICTORIA – Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says she’s seeing a drop in COVID-19…
Police violated protesters’ rights in Wet’suwet’en pipeline blockades, Amnesty says
VANCOUVER – A hereditary chief with a British Columbia First Nation at the centre of…
Manulife signs reinsurance deal with Global Atlantic, plans to buy back shares
TORONTO – Manulife Financial Corp. has signed a reinsurance deal with Global Atlantic that it…
B.C. announces new three-year action plan to address gender-based violence
VANCOUVER – British Columbia has announced a new three-year action plan that it says aims…
Two people arrested in B.C. after dead infant brought to hospital
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – Mounties in Williams Lake, B.C., say two people were arrested after…
Workers at Hudson’s Bay store in Kamloops, B.C., on strike
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Workers at the Hudson’s Bay store at Aberdeen Mall in Kamloops, B.C.,…
RCMP in Surrey, B.C., ends Amber Alert for two-month-old girl
SURREY, B.C. – Mounties in Surrey, B.C., have cancelled an Amber Alert for a two-month-old…
Snowfall warnings issued in Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island and parts of Interior
VANCOUVER – Environment Canada has issued a series of weather warnings as a frontal system…
Taiwan-Canada ties surge as supporters tout trade, politics and shared values
VANCOUVER – Somewhere at the confluence of politics, commerce and shared values driving a recent…
CSIS boss apologizes for response to rape claim, revamps anti-harassment plans
VANCOUVER – Canada’s spy chief has apologized to staff for his response to rape and…
B.C. jury finds Ibrahim Ali guilty of first-degree murder in death of girl, 13
VANCOUVER – The marathon murder trial of Ibrahim Ali has concluded with a jury finding…
Inside Ibrahim Ali’s murder trial: threats, hallucinations, a dead witness and delays
VANCOUVER – Ibrahim Ali’s lawyers had a problem. They couldn’t get him to understand a…
Leonard Marchand named new chief justice of British Columbia
Leonard Marchand has been appointed as the new chief justice of the B.C. and Yukon…
Hiker missing for a year near Sooke, B.C., found dead
SOOKE, B.C. – The remains of a hiker who disappeared near Victoria a year ago…
Police ID father killed in B.C. double homicide, suspect captured on video
RICHMOND, B.C. – RCMP in Metro Vancouver have identified a father killed in a double…
Time’s up for some short-term rentals in B.C., as new housing rules transform scene
VICTORIA – Nancy Paine’s short-term rental business is dead in the water. As co-founder and…
Police investigating series of extortion threats linked with shooting in B.C.
WHITE ROCK, B.C. – Mounties in British Columbia say they are investigating a series of…
Tens of thousands of B.C. residents received free contraception in eight months
VANCOUVER – About 188,000 people have received free prescription contraception since British Columbia became the…