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‘Our data has never been stored in China,’ TikTok CEO tells Ted Talks
VANCOUVER – The CEO of TikTok dropped into a Ted Talks in Vancouver Thursday to…
Officers told not to make handwritten notes after death of Myles Gray, inquest hears
BURNABY, B.C. – Two Vancouver police officers testified at a British Columbia coroner’s inquest that…
B.C. stores broke privacy laws on facial ID technology, privacy commissioner says
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s privacy commissioner is recommending the province amend its information protection laws…
B.C. First Nation says 40 unmarked graves found around former residential school
SECHELT, B.C. – The shishalh Nation on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast says ground-penetrating radar has…
Key shareholder Sumitomo to vote in favour of Teck plan to split business
VANCOUVER – Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd., a key shareholder at Teck Resources Ltd., will…
Criminal probe begins after campfire-sparked blaze threatened homes in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Electricity has been restored to nearly 4,000 homes and businesses in Kamloops,…
Vancouver police officer tells inquest he punched Myles Gray as hard as he could
BURNABY, B.C. – A Vancouver police officer told a British Columbia coroner’s jury Wednesday that…
B.C. First Nation sues port firm, others for disrupting ancestral remains
VANCOUVER – A First Nation is suing the British Columbia and federal governments and the…
Glencore open to improving Teck offer, but shareholders must reject plan to split
VANCOUVER – Glencore says it is willing to consider improving its offer to acquire Teck…
B.C. limits supply of Ozempic for its diabetes patients, not weight loss in U.S.
VICTORIA – British Columbia wants to work with the federal government to ensure prescription drugs…
Glencore open to improving Teck offer, but shareholders must reject plan to split
VANCOUVER – Glencore says it is willing to consider improving its offer to acquire Teck…
Officer testifies at B.C. inquest into man’s death after police beating
BURNABY, B.C. – The first Vancouver police officer to interact with Myles Gray in an…
B.C. old-growth protesters celebrate as contempt prosecution has ‘collapsed’
NANAIMO, B.C. – The B.C. Prosecution Service has withdrawn contempt charges against 11 old-growth logging…
B.C. mom whose son was killed urges people to call police, not film violence
VANCOUVER – The mother of a teenager stabbed to death on a transit bus in…
B.C. inquest hears initial 911 calls related to man who died after police beating
BURNABY, B.C. – A coroner’s inquest has heard from two people whose 911 calls set…
BC Coroners Service says nearly 600 toxic drug deaths in first three months of 2023
VICTORIA – Numbers released by the BC Coroners Service show deaths from toxic, unregulated drugs…
Uber Eats launches cannabis delivery service in Vancouver, Victoria
VANCOUVER – A partnership between Uber Eats and cannabis resource company Leafly means British Columbia…
Twenty-year-old charged with murder following stabbing death of teen on B.C. bus
SURREY, B.C. – A 20-year-old man from Burnaby, B.C., has been charged with second-degree murder…
Vancouver officers involved in beating death should be fired, victim’s sister says
BURNABY, B.C. – The family of a man beaten to death during a confrontation with…
Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, Langley in line for four of six new proposed B.C. ridings
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s electoral map is poised to expand by six ridings, increasing the…
Two men charged in 2021 Naramata, B.C., murder linked to gang violence: police
SURREY, B.C. – Two men have been charged with first-degree murder of a British Columbia…
The sale of Teck to a foreign buyer would be a loss for Canada, critics say
CALGARY – The hostile takeover of Canada’s largest diversified mining company by a foreign entity…
Vancouver airport promising improvements following Christmas season travel mess
VANCOUVER – Officials with Vancouver International Airport are promising new real-time weather monitoring equipment, gate…
Teck controlling shareholder calls Glencore bid the wrong one at the wrong time
VANCOUVER – The controlling shareholder of Teck Resources Ltd. rejected Glencore’s offer to buy the…