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Recent lightning strikes carpet northeast B.C., as active wildfire count climbs
VANCOUVER – Wildfire crews in northeastern British Columbia are keeping an anxious lookout after a…
Advocates urge B.C. leaders to halt planned evictions at Abbotsford, B.C., tent camp
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Two British Columbia organizations that speak on behalf of vulnerable residents have…
B.C. New Democrats win both byelections, keep seats on Island and Vancouver
LANGFORD, B.C. – British Columbia’s New Democrats posted victories in byelections on southern Vancouver Island…
Sikh protesters in Vancouver decry Nijjar shooting death as foreign interference
SURREY, B.C. – A volunteer at the Metro Vancouver Sikh temple whose president was gunned…
Highway 4 on Vancouver Island closed again after wildfire threat
VICTORIA – A key highway that connects communities on the west coat of Vancouver Island…
Fears of foreign role in B.C. Sikh temple killing prompt meeting with minister: MP
SURREY, B.C. – Fears at a British Columbia Sikh temple that the killing of its…
B.C. warns of summer drought, asks people to conserve water
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is urging people to save water, saying the forecast…
B.C. public schools move away from letter grades from kindergarten to Grade 9
VICTORIA – All students from kindergarten to Grade 9 in British Columbia public schools will…
David Eby calls banners over B.C. highway ‘hateful’ and ‘reprehensible’
RICHMOND, B.C. – British Columbia Premier David Eby says “hateful” banners aimed at transgender people…
B.C. youth representative calls for better government care of gender-diverse youth
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s representative for children and youth says gender-diverse young people, notably those…
B.C. vineyards devastated by winter freeze, slashing wine output up to 56%: growers
KELOWNA, B.C. – Wine growers in British Columbia say a bitter cold snap last winter…
BC Hydro was warned vault was dangerous years before Vancouver explosion
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s public utility says it was warned that an underground electrical vault…
‘Hugo is fine’: RCMP say Richmond, B.C., resident harassed over false cruelty claim
RICHMOND, B.C. – Police in Metro Vancouver are telling the public to leave a pet…
Lytton, B.C., sues CN, CP rail and Transport Canada over 2021 fire that razed village
VANCOUVER – The Village of Lytton, B.C., and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District are suing Canada’s…
NDP expected to win B.C. byelections in safe ridings, but eyes on second place
VICTORIA – The NDP is expected to hold onto two British Columbia ridings where byelections…
Sex assault charge dropped against former Kelowna, B.C., mayor Colin Basran
VICTORIA – A charge of sexual assault laid against the former mayor of Kelowna, B.C.,…
Fears for LGBTQ mental health, as flood of online hate spills into real world
VANCOUVER – Fae Johnstone says “nothing ever could have prepared” her for the barrage of…
Details on new federal infrastructure funding expected this fall: LeBlanc
WHISTLER, B.C. – Details on the “next generation” of federal infrastructure funding programs are on…
Plea for video as police say two killers of Sikh temple leader escaped through park
SURREY, B.C. – Homicide investigators in Surrey, B.C., said the killers of a Sikh temple…
Unifor announces union drive for Amazon workers in Metro Vancouver
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Unifor says it’s planning a union drive for Amazon workers in…
Tackling B.C.’s largest ever wildfire means letting some of it burn, province says
Mark Healey, an incident commander with the BC Wildfire Service, says he took a 2…
Surrey councillor breached conflict rules in police vote: ethics report
SURREY, B.C. – An ethics report has found that a Surrey, B.C., councillor with two…
Two dead, two injured in crash of small plane on Vancouver Island
TOFINO, B.C. – A float plane with four people aboard crashed and burned on Vancouver…
B.C. launches $20M flood mitigation fund for the Fraser Valley
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – The British Columbia government says a new $20-million flood mitigation program for…