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Crosspoint signs deal to buy Absolute Software for US$657 million
VANCOUVER – Absolute Software Corp. has signed a deal to be acquired by Crosspoint Capital…
Township of Langley, B.C., votes to stop sharing RCMP services with City of Langley
LANGLEY, B.C. – The council for the Metro Vancouver Township of Langley, B.C., has voted…
Hundreds ordered out of riverside mobile homes in flood-hit Cache Creek, B.C.
CACHE CREEK, B.C. – Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta says flooding in the B.C. Interior…
B.C.’s Elephant Hill wildfire results in losses of $1B per year: Indigenous report
VANCOUVER – An Indigenous-led report into a massive wildfire nearly six years ago that destroyed…
Rare May heat wave brings worries for further floods and wildfires
VICTORIA – A spell of unseasonably warm weather in the forecast for many parts of…
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2019 drug death of teen in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY, B.C. – A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the high-profile death of…
Opposition says B.C. NDP ‘blame shifting’ on housing; non-profit sees no wrongdoing
VICTORIA – A British Columbia housing provider that featured in a report citing risks to…
B.C. air quality advisories in place for North Peace region, Fort Nelson
Environment Canada says wildfire smoke from northern Alberta is causing poor air quality and reduced…
Report finds mismanagement, risk to public funds at BC Housing under former CEO
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is restricting new funding to a major non-profit housing…
B.C. flood risk enters period of stabilization, but more snowmelt anticipated
GRAND FORKS, B.C. – The flooding situation in British Columbia has entered a “period of…
Eby says he met CSIS regional boss over foreign election meddling in B.C.
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby says he had a meeting with the regional…
Waters recede in parts of flood-ravaged B.C. as half of province remains under threat
CACHE CREEK, B.C. – Much of British Columbia’s Interior continued to be under the threat…
Out-of-control wildfires in northeastern B.C. expected to worsen due to strong winds
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Officials are urging residents and others to evacuate the areas…
Employee turnover causes ripple effect, leads to more departures, UBC research finds
VANCOUVER – Employers vastly underestimate the impact of workers leaving an organization on staff left…
Parts of Grand Forks, B.C. under evacuation order as floodwaters rise across Interior
GRAND FORKS, B.C. – The threat of flooding throughout British Columbia’s Interior continued to spread…
Three uncontrolled wildfires near B.C.-Alberta boundary force evacuations
MCBRIDE, B.C. – Three separate out-of-control wildfires burning near the boundary between British Columbia and…
B.C. reports high level of COVID-19 immunity as WHO ends global health emergency
VICTORIA – British Columbia health officials say the World Health Organization’s declaration of the end…
Large group attacks vehicles at home in Abbotsford, B.C.: police
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Police in Abbotsford, B.C., are asking for the public’s help after a…
New Westminster, B.C., police charge two suspects with kidnapping
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Police in New Westminster, B.C., say two suspects have been charged…
Attorney general alerts online companies to B.C.’s new image-sharing law
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s attorney general has sent a letter to technology companies warning they…
Man arrested for trafficking in mobile dispensary in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Vancouver police have arrested a 51-year-old man for trafficking in connection to a mobile illegal…
B.C. flooding, mudslides prompt evacuation orders, highway closures in the Interior
A “rapid transition” into spring with a week of record-setting temperatures has accelerated mountain snowmelt,…
Rain in May and June will be key to bring down late-summer wildfire risk: official
VICTORIA – A British Columbia wildfire expert says a persistent winter drought in some parts…
Telus reports Q1 profit down from a year ago, raises quarterly dividend
Telus Corp. raised its dividend Thursday as it reported its first-quarter profit fell compared with…