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Police watchdog probes shooting death after attempted arrest in Abbotsford, B.C.
SURREY — British Columbia’s police watchdog has launched an investigation into the death of a…
$75K fine goes to Federal Court after owner of deteriorating B.C. vessel fails to pay
VANCOUVER — The Defence Department says a $75,000 fine issued to the owner of a…
Man in his 60s dead in scuba diving incident off West Vancouver, B.C.: police
WEST VANCOUVER — Police in West Vancouver, B.C., say a man has died while scuba…
Wildfires merge north of Clinton, B.C., evacuation order planned for 70 Mile House
Two wildfires threatening the village of Clinton, B.C., and the surrounding area merged late Saturday,…
How a Vancouver ATM user with 66 cards set off years-long probe of online drug sales
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VANCOUVER — It was more than three years ago when Vancouver police arrested a man…
Has rise of the right primed B.C. politics for a party that breaks the binary?
VICTORIA — Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says voters in the province face a…
Clinton, B.C., resident says his family has ‘lost everything’ in raging wildfire
CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Steve Larabie says he and his family have lost everything…
Embrace difference, says 4-foot-6 B.C. performer Devyn Dalton, Damon’s Odyssey double
Vancouver stunt woman Devyn Dalton says she never expected her biceps to go viral. But…
‘Like a hurricane’: Clinton, B.C., residents flee for their lives from wildfire
When the flames advanced on the B.C. Interior village of Clinton late Friday, Nicolas Kosovic…
B.C.’s unionized nurses to end job action provincewide to review recommendations
VANCOUVER — The union representing 55,000 nurses in British Columbia has accepted a mediated proposal…
Man charged with second-degree murder after body found in Creston, B.C.
CRESTON — A man has been arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder…
B.C. government allows accelerated expansion of the Tilbury LNG fuel facility
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is exempting a utility company that plans to expand…
Surrey, B.C., police officer cleared in crash en route to scene that killed jogger
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SURREY — British Columbia’s independent police watchdog has cleared a Surrey, B.C., officer of criminal…
Forecaster says smoke bad enough for health impacts in B.C.’s Okanagan, Fraser Canyon
VANCOUVER — Southeastern British Columbia is covered in air-quality warnings as wildfires burning across the…
Hit man in former Air India suspect’s murder gets 15 years for unrelated B.C. killing
ABBOTSFORD — A hit man who is already serving a life sentence for the 2022…
Destruction of properties near Clinton may be worst in B.C.’s fire season so far
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A regional official says structures on about 20 properties have been “impacted” by an out-of-control…
B.C. premier says businesses can tap into $1.5 billion fund if U.S. escalates tariffs
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says local businesses will have access to a…
Pyrocumulus clouds from wildfire in Fraser Canyon loom high over B.C.
VANCOUVER — Photos of giant, cauliflower-like clouds are popping up on Vancouver-area social media feeds…
Gaps in tariff effects among provinces could test Team Canada’s unity: experts
OTTAWA — Experts warn the latest tariff threats from the United States will hit some…
B.C. boosts monitoring of 865 repeat offenders, adds Lower Mainland intervention hubs
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government says it’s expanding the supervision of repeat offenders with…
Lytton, B.C., hits 41 degrees, hottest temperature in Canada this year
LYTTON — The heat wave that has scorched southern British Columbia this week has seen…
Teck earns $854M Q2 profit on higher copper production, commodity prices
Teck Resources Ltd.’s profits surged more than fourfold during the second quarter, thanks in part…
With flames in backyard, Boston Bar resident tells of B.C. town surrounded by fire
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Attila Banhegyi said a tree was burning in the backyard of his home in Boston…
B.C. murder suspect acquitted, confession tossed for ‘degrading’ police treatment
A British Columbia man accused of murdering his common-law wife has been acquitted after a…