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B.C. Premier Eby uses surplus budget cash for one-time billion-dollar growth fund
SURREY, B.C. – Every community in British Columbia will be eligible for infrastructure grants coming…
Police release photo of female suspect in Vancouver’s first homicide of 2023
VANCOUVER – Police in Vancouver say they have gathered important evidence related to the city’s…
North Vancouver mayor says former councillor and his daughter killed in house fire
VANCOUVER – Flags in the City of North Vancouver are at half-mast to mark a…
Police watchdog called in to investigate fatal shooting on Granville Street Bridge
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s police watchdog has been called in following a fatal police-involved shooting…
Officers initially called for weapons complaint
BURNABY, B.C. – Five people have been arrested following an hours-long police standoff in Burnaby.…
B.C. First Nation declares emergency over drug and alcohol crisis
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – A First Nation on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island has declared…
Turkish Consulate says deadline for Canadian rescue teams in quake zone has passed
VANCOUVER – Turkey’s consulate in Vancouver says a private group of volunteers from British Columbia…
Former B.C. premier John Horgan to leave early as member of legislature
VICTORIA – Former British Columbia premier John Horgan says he’s speeding up his retirement plans,…
Gap in services for Indigenous people in B.C. correctional centres: audit
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s Provincial Health Services Authority must “do better,” the auditor general said,…
B.C’s pink sea urchins are on the move to shallower waters thanks to climate change
VANCOUVER – Pink sea urchins off the coast of Vancouver Island are expanding into shallower…
RCMP’s shorter version of injunction prompts court’s acquittal of B.C. protester
NANAIMO, B.C. – An old-growth logging protester accused of criminal contempt of court for blockading…
RCMP say man and woman killed as fire sweeps through North Vancouver home
VANCOUVER – Two people have died in a house fire in North Vancouver. A statement…
Telus sees earnings, revenue gains ahead as it pulls back on spending
VANCOUVER – Telus Corp. expects a big bump in free cash flow as well as…
Urban search and rescue team from Burnaby, B.C., deploys to quake zone in Turkey
VANCOUVER – A team of urban search and rescue specialists from British Columbia has deployed…
B.C. forecasts more than one million jobs over next decade, health, tech key areas
VICTORIA – Health care and technology will be among the top five job-generating fields in…
Canadian assessment team deployed to Turkey as earthquake rescue efforts close
Canada deployed a disaster assessment team to Turkey on Wednesday in the wake of a…
Tug company, senior official charged in fatal 2021 sinking off northwest B.C. coast
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – Charges have now been laid against a tug and barge company…
B.C. minister says her cancer has returned, but she’s ‘confident’ in treatment
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s minister of post-secondary education says she is undergoing chemotherapy after a…
Turpel-Lafond returns second honorary degree after being told of identity review
VICTORIA – Royal Roads University says it has accepted the return of an honorary doctorate…
U.S. actor in Nevada sex case also charged in B.C., as Alberta police seek warrant
KEREMEOS, B.C. – A former actor in the movie “Dances With Wolves” who is facing…
National reconciliation day to become September statutory holiday in B.C.
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government introduced legislation Tuesday to make Sept. 30 a statutory…
West Fraser Timber Co. to temporarily curtail operations at Quesnel, B.C., mill
VANCOUVER – West Fraser Timber Co. says it’s curtailing operations at Cariboo Pulp & Paper…
How Truth and Reconciliation Day is marked across Canada
VICTORIA – British Columbia has introduced legislation to make the National Day for Truth and…
Vancouver group Skinny Puppy announce final tour dates in North America
VANCOUVER – Canadian industrial rockers Skinny Puppy are embarking on what they are calling their…