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Police issue warning after woman dies in Vancouver e-scooter crash
VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver have issued a warning to electric scooter riders after the…
B.C. helicopter pilot helping to fight Colorado wildfire killed in weekend crash
Police in southwestern Colorado say a man from British Columbia died after the helicopter he…
B.C. nurses to halt picketing as mediation talks begin
RICHMOND — The BC Nurses’ Union entered mediation in its dispute with employers on Monday,…
B.C. Mountie loses court appeal after coercive sexual relationship with jail guard
A British Columbia RCMP officer ordered to resign or be fired from the force in…
Call to review Tatyanna Harrison death investigation after cause ruled undetermined
VANCOUVER — The family of Tatyanna Harrison and advocacy groups including the Union of British…
Fire on Anarchist Mountain east of Osoyoos, B.C., triggers evacuation alert
OSOYOOS — The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has issued an evacuation alert for dozens of…
Two men presumed to have drowned in B.C. Interior lakes
WEST KELOWNA — Two men are missing and presumed drowned in British Columbia’s Okanagan and…
Carney shuffles PMO as aide leaves to run in B.C. byelection
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is shifting around some of the senior advisers in…
Comox, B.C, warns of cougar sightings near suburban park
COMOX — The Town of Comox, B.C, is posting warning signs after a cougar was…
Metro Vancouver to lift Stage 3 water restrictions after Stanley Park line reopens
VANCOUVER — Residents in Metro Vancouver will soon be able to start topping up their…
Metro Vancouver workers threaten full-scale strike with little progress in talks
VANCOUVER — Striking Metro Vancouver outside workers say they will begin a “full-scale indefinite strike”…
Weather reprieve ending for crews battling B.C. wildfires as hotter temperatures loom
The BC Wildfire Service says hotter temperatures are on the way, ending a brief weather…
Sand sculptures damaged by vandals at Vancouver Island beach festival, organizers say
PARKSVILLE — Organizers of a Vancouver Island beach festival say multiple artists were left devastated…
150 residents displaced after fire hits apartment building in New Westminster, B.C.
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NEW WESTMINSTER — Around 150 residents are without homes after a fire gutted an apartment…
Highway 1 reopens in Fraser Canyon as crews battle B.C. wildfires
Highway 1 has reopened in British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon as crews continue to battle twin…
NWT cancels Amber Alert for boy believed taken from Alberta, but remains missing
An Amber Alert for a missing six-year-old boy has now been cancelled in the Northwest…
Man charged with 2nd degree murder after vehicle incident in Vanderhoof, B.C.
VANDERHOOF — Mounties in Vanderhoof, B.C., say a man is facing a murder charge after…
Amber Alert cancelled in Alberta, B.C. for boy who remains missing
GRANDE PRAIRIE — RCMP in Alberta and British Columbia have cancelled Amber Alerts in those…
Police investigate after woman’s body found in vehicle in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA — Mounties say the body of a woman has been found in the back…
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VICTORIA — Special mediators have been appointed to help settle the British Columbia nurses’ dispute…
Veteran mediator Vince Ready to step in to try to end B.C. nurses’ dispute
PRINCE GEORGE — Two mediators have been appointed to help settle the British Columbia nurses’…
West Vancouver man wanted for U.S. crimes has been arrested in France
VANCOUVER — A West Vancouver man named in an American indictment as part of a…
Visitor fought B.C. wildfire with frying pan. But it became an inferno
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BOSTON BAR — Fernando Balanta says he was on a trip to the landfill in…
B.C. to create another 132 involuntary care beds for severe mental health disorders
PRINCE GEORGE — British Columbia government is adding 132 more involuntary care beds for those…