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Telus offering buyouts after investing in customer service tech, self-serve options
VANCOUVER – Telus says it’s offering buyouts to a large group of employees and anticipates…
Police say woman keyed 400 cars at B.C. dealership causing estimated $500,000 damage
COQUITLAM, B.C. – Mounties in Coquitlam, B.C., are asking for the public’s help identifying a…
Have you forgotten a fortune? B.C. team wants to return millions to rightful owners
VANCOUVER – In an era inundated with scams involving mysterious princes or easy fortunes —…
Shooting in Coquitlam sends one to hospital, RCMP believe it to be targeted incident
COQUITLAM, B.C. – Coquitlam RCMP say they believe a shooting in the city’s Burke Mountain…
Pathologist calls girl’s strangulation ‘certain’ after lawyer queries autopsy wording
VANCOUVER – A forensic pathologist said it was his “certain conclusion” that a 13-year-old girl…
Fort St. John, B.C., breathes easier as wildfire evacuation alert is lifted
Residents of Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia breathed a collective sigh of relief…
B.C. municipal employee dies on the job after being hit by vehicle
OAK BAY, B.C. – A municipal worker on Vancouver Island has died on the job…
Vancouver police say woman assaulted on busy beach by man claiming to be masseuse
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Police Department says a woman was sexually assaulted on a busy…
Flood warning for part of northwest B.C., other rivers rising as heat grips province
VANCOUVER – A flood watch covered the Skeena region of northwestern British Columbia Tuesday as…
Hundreds of B.C. firefighters dig in for Fort St. John battle amid weather reprieve
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Hundreds of firefighters are taking advantage of a weather break…
B.C. teen sustained head injuries before death, pathologist tells murder trial
VANCOUVER – A forensic pathologist testifying in the trial of a man accused of murdering…
B.C. casinos will require all to show government ID under self-exclusion program
VANCOUVER – Everyone who enters a British Columbia casino will soon be required to present…
Fort St. John, B.C., tells all 21,000 residents to prepare to evacuate as fire nears
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – The City of Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia…
B.C. to refer some cancer patients to Washington to cut radiation therapy wait
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s health minister says some cancer patients will be referred to two…
Eby says resignation of Atira housing CEO is step toward restoring public confidence
RICHMOND, B.C. – The resignation of the CEO at one of British Columbia’s largest public…
Autopsy showed 13-year-old B.C. teen was strangled, pathologist tells murder trial
VANCOUVER – A forensic pathologist testifying in the trial of a man accused of murdering…
Man arrested after ‘unprovoked’ stabbing inside Surrey, B.C., hospital: Mounties
SURREY, B.C. – Mounties in Surrey, B.C., have arrested a 24-year-old man after a stabbing…
Man and woman facing murder charges in March homicide in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. – A man and a woman from Maple Ridge, B.C., are both…
Social housing provider Atira gives back $1.9 million to government, launches review
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia housing operator named in a scathing audit says it has…
B.C. police watchdog deployed to Vancouver Island after shooting in RCMP parking lot
DUNCAN, B.C. – British Columbia’s police watchdog has been deployed to Vancouver Island after an…
Two northern spotted owls found dead in B.C. forest, in blow to release program
SPUZZUM, B.C. – Two northern spotted owls that had been released into a British Columbia…
Vancouver Chinatown may be lit in neon again, with $2.2-million revitalization grant
Vancouver Chinatown’s once-iconic array of storefront neon lights may soon return, after B.C.’s government announced…
Another stop-work order issued for Coastal GasLink pipeline over erosion concerns
HOUSTON, B.C. – British Columbia environment enforcement officers have issued another stop-work order for the…
First Nation did not prove Aboriginal title for entire claim area: B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge ruling on a First Nations land title…