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Properties evacuated as precarious rock looms over Penticton, B.C., homes
PENTICTON, B.C. – The City of Penticton says it has declared a local state of…
Victoria police kill cougar after animal spotted roaming near downtown park
Victoria police say they had to kill a cougar Tuesday after the animal was spotted…
Eby says governments must step up on housing, can’t rely on private sector
VANCOUVER – It’s “hard to understand” why many politicians still believe they can rely on…
B.C. unfairly clawed back COVID-19 benefit to thousands during pandemic, says report
VICTORIA – Thousands of people in British Columbia saw their $1,000 tax-free COVID-19 benefit unfairly…
Ali’s lawyers call no evidence, say Crown didn’t prove he murdered B.C. girl
VANCOUVER – Almost nine months into the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali, his lawyer…
Locked out Rogers Communications workers in B.C. ratify five-year contract
BURNABY, B.C. – Nearly 300 Rogers Communications workers have voted strongly in favour of a…
Mayor of Surrey, B.C., announces constitutional challenge over policing
SURREY, B.C. – The British Columbia government’s “roughshod” treatment of the City of Surrey over…
After trying to buck trend, newspaper founded with Ralph Nader’s help succumbs to financial woes
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — After trying to buck a national trend of media closures and…
CRA claws back $458 million in pandemic-era wage subsidies after partial audit
OTTAWA – The Canada Revenue Agency has denied or adjusted $458 million in funds disbursed…
Police watchdog called to investigate man’s death in Dawson Creek, B.C.
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Mounties in northeastern British Columbia say one man is dead after…
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh blasts Trudeau, Poilievre at B.C. convention
VICTORIA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost touch with the struggles of Canadians, while…
B.C. stream watchers link ‘unprecedented’ coho salmon kill to tire toxin and drought
VANCOUVER – John Barker has been volunteering with the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society for more…
Eby tells NDP convention he’s ‘nowhere near satisfied,’ more on housing, climate
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s New Democrat government will focus on building more affordable homes and…
First Nations decisions on tourism on Indigenous land must be respected: minister
VANCOUVER – Canada’s new tourism minister said Indigenous rights and decision-making must be respected in…
Highway 97C shut after truck with chemicals catches fire near West Kelowna, B.C.
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. – Police say a portion of the Coquihalla Connecter outside West Kelowna,…
COVID-19 down, influenza and RSV up in B.C., says CDC
VANCOUVER – New data suggest that COVID-19 activity in British Columbia is trending downward, while…
More community support would help people stay out of care homes: seniors advocate
BURNABY, B.C. – A survey of thousands of seniors in long-term care homes in British…
B.C. replaces Surrey Police Board with administrator over troubled transition
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s solicitor general has suspended the Surrey Police Board and replaced it…
Judge in court martial fines anti-vax reservist $4,000, issues severe reprimand
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – A former soldier and reservist who defied the Canadian Armed Forces’…
B.C. announces minimum wage and other labour protections for app-based gig workers
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – The B.C. government is introducing new protections for ride-hailing and food…
Leak of B.C. police document on gang murders prompts investigations, warning
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – British Columbia’s gang squad and the Abbotsford Police Department say a sensitive…
Transportation Safety Board says fatal crash linked to undetected helicopter defect
RICHMOND, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board says an undetected defect deep within the engine…
Eight cases of salmonella linked to imported cantaloupes in B.C.
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s Centre for Disease Control says there have been eight confirmed cases…
Ryan Reynolds becomes newest member of Order of British Columbia
VANCOUVER – Ryan Reynolds is the newest member of the Order of British Columbia. The…