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B.C. officials push back against safe supply critics and their ‘polarizing rhetoric’
VICTORIA – British Columbia officials have sought to rebut claims that drugs prescribed through the…
June means trouble for B.C. wildfires with hot, dry forecast set to compound drought
Underlying drought, unseasonably warm temperatures last month and hot, dry conditions in the June forecast…
Activists in Canada aim to carry torch for Hong Kong’s silenced Tiananmen vigil
VANCOUVER – Some members of Canada’s Chinese diaspora are feeling the pressure to carry the…
Transportation Safety Board deployed in B.C. after plane crashes, catches fire
SURREY, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is deploying a team…
‘Chaotic scene’: Vancouver police say two injured in Downtown Eastside shooting
VANCOUVER – Police in Vancouver say at least two people were sent to hospital after…
B.C. giving $4.5 million to upgrade children’s hospice facility
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government has announced $4.5 million in new funding for Canuck…
B.C. extends deferral of old-growth logging in Vancouver Island’s Fairy Creek
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has extended an order deferring old-growth logging in the…
Vancouver Coastal Health reverts to new overdose text alert system for bad drugs
Vancouver Coastal Health is joining other health authorities in the province in a move to…
Vancouver home sales rise in May, nearing 10-year average: real estate board
VANCOUVER – The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says May home sales rose 15.7…
Federal government provides $5.9M for Indigenous clean energy projects in B.C.
VANCOUVER – The minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada has announced…
B.C. man who worked at drug rehab centre faces three sexual-assault charges
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Police in New Westminster, B.C., say a 50-year-old man who worked…
Officer in Langley, B.C., faces charge from incidents dating back five years
VICTORIA – A Mountie who works in the Langley, B.C., detachment has been charged with…
Lululemon sees revenue, income rise in first quarter with strong international growth
VANCOUVER – Lululemon Athletica Inc. reported net income of US$290.4 million for the first quarter…
B.C. to invest $17 million on science, Indigenous knowledge to restore Pacific salmon
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – The British Columbia government is adding $17.25 million for ongoing efforts to…
British Columbia and Edmonton men face charges in Whitehorse drug raid
WHITEHORSE – Two men, one from Metro Vancouver and another from Alberta, face several charges…
B.C. pharmacists set to treat minor ailments, prescribe contraception starting June 1
VANCOUVER – Pharmacists in British Columbia will have more responsibilities starting June 1 in an…
Schools warn families in Saanich, B.C., of youth gang crime as summer break nears
VICTORIA – High schools on southern Vancouver Island are warning parents to be on alert…
Doctors at Surrey, B.C., hospital raise alarm over staffing and patient-care crisis
VANCOUVER – A series of letters from doctors raising the alarm about the management of…
B.C. names 10 cities for faster development to help address housing crisis
VANCOUVER – British Columbia will set housing targets for 10 municipalities in an effort to…
Vancouver council announces Komagata Maru street name to address historic wrongs
Vancouver councillors have approved the honorary street name of Komagata Maru Place for an iconic…
B.C. housing non-profit at heart of controversy names interim CEO
VANCOUVER – The Atira Women’s Resource Society says it has named a new interim CEO…
B.C. government to provide additional $25 million for marine restoration projects
PARKSVILLE, B.C. – British Columbia’s Environment Ministry has announced another $25 million in funding for…
AG largely praises B.C. COVID-19 tourism supports, cites ‘minor’ shortfalls
VICTORIA – B.C’s auditor general says the province’s COVID-19 support program for the devastated tourism…
Fate of Vancouver Chinatown condo project pushed to June 12 as city hearing adjourns
VANCOUVER – It will be at least two more weeks before any decision can be…