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Canfor buying lumber mill in Arkansas from Domtar affiliate for US$73 million
VANCOUVER – Canfor Corp. says it has signed a deal with an affiliate of Domtar…
Iran files charges over BBC report on teen girl allegedly killed by security forces in 2022 protests
JERUSALEM (AP) — Iranian prosecutors filed criminal charges on Wednesday targeting activists and journalists following…
Man charged with aggravated assault in one of two White Rock, B.C., stabbings: RCMP
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia homicide investigators say a man from Surrey has been charged…
B.C. judge refuses to seal documents alleging RCMP bullying against Surrey police
VANCOUVER – B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kevin Loo says court documents detailing alleged bullying and…
B.C. Conservatives’ ‘biological sex’ sports bill is quickly quashed in legislature
VICTORIA – A proposal by British Columbia Conservative Leader John Rustad to use “biological sex”…
With portable toilets and barricades, Gaza protesters at UBC dig in for long haul
VANCOUVER – Pro-Palestinian protesters camped out at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus are…
Gate Gourmet employees to head back to work after ratifying tentative deal
TORONTO – Employees at airline caterer Gate Gourmet have voted in favour of a tentative…
B.C. police make arrest in deadly White Rock stabbing
WHITE ROCK, B.C. – British Columbia homicide investigators say they have arrested a 28-year-old man…
Gaza protest camp rises at UBC, as Eby deplores ‘most hateful’ speech praising Hamas
VANCOUVER – The Gaza protest encampment movement that has roiled academic campuses in the United…
Lawyer says RCMP bullying claims in Surrey policing case could cause ‘undue’ concern
VANCOUVER – A B.C. government lawyer says court documents in a policing dispute with the…
Retailer London Drugs closes stores in Western Canada due to ‘cybersecurity incident’
VANCOUVER – Confused shoppers milled around the front of a London Drugs store in downtown…
Federal addictions minister says B.C. public decriminalization reversal under review
OTTAWA – It is too early to draw conclusions about drug decriminalization, the federal addictions…
B.C. secures eight new sites for middle-income rental housing scheme
LANGLEY, B.C. – British Columbia has secured eight new sites for its BC Builds program,…
Drug user advocates concerned about B.C.’s decriminalization exception request
VANCOUVER – Advocates for drug users are raising concerns about British Columbia’s request for Health…
Man arrested in death of 71-year-old Richmond, B.C., woman
RICHMOND, B.C. – British Columbia’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says it is investigating after a…
IHIT, Mounties investigating sudden death of Surrey, B.C., woman
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia’s homicide team has been called in to help Mounties investigate…
Orca’s escape from B.C. lagoon will be talked about for ‘generations,’ say nations
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – An orphan killer whale calf escaped from a remote Vancouver Island tidal…
B.C. premier says public use rules should have been in place before decriminalization
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is preparing to ban most public drug use, a change to…
B.C. sex offender pleads guilty to breaching supervision order following manhunt
VANCOUVER – A high-risk sex offender who went on the run for 10 days in…
Evacuation alert lifted as wildfire in northeastern B.C. now ‘held’
CHETWYND, B.C. – An evacuation alert for residents in areas around Chetwynd, B.C., has been…
Fatal B.C. stabbing victim may have chased suspect, investigators say
WHITE ROCK, B.C. – Police say the man killed in a fatal stabbing attack in…
Bin there, dumped that: Trash cans to be reinstalled along Montreal’s Lachine Canal
MONTREAL – Parks Canada will reinstall around 30 garbage bins along Montreal’s Lachine Canal after…
Inquest into B.C. police shooting deaths recommends emergency events be recorded
BURNABY, B.C. – An inquest jury looking into the police shooting deaths of a man…
‘Extreme drought’ in area of early-season wildfire near Chetwynd, B.C.
CHETWYND, B.C. – British Columbia’s first wildfire evacuation order of this year was rescinded within…