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Police watchdog wants review of B.C.’s officer’s punishment for ‘predatory’ actions
VICTORIA – B.C.’s police complaint commissioner has ordered a review of the discipline handed out…
West Fraser Timber permanently closing Fraser Lake, B.C., sawmill
VANCOUVER – West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it’s permanently closing its sawmill in Fraser…
Winters Hotel fire: B.C. inquest told of chained door, ‘no way out’ from deadly blaze
BURNABY, B.C. – A coroner’s inquest has been told that a Vancouver rooming house where…
Union warns SkyTrain could shut down too as deadline for Vancouver bus strike looms
VANCOUVER – The union representing SkyTrain employees in Metro Vancouver says it’s prepared to shut…
Metro Vancouver issues air quality bulletin after noxious smell triggers complaints
VANCOUVER – Officials in Metro Vancouver fielded about 100 complaints about a putrid smell permeating…
Ottawa’s Rideau Canal Skateway reopens after last year’s historic closure
OTTAWA – After almost two years, and a few extra hours of waiting, Ottawa’s iconic…
All eyes on the BoC this week for any hints on when it plans to cut interest rates
OTTAWA – As the Bank of Canada gears up to announce its next interest rate…
Vancouver’s Bar Haifa is a ‘love letter’ to co-owners’ Jewish and Palestinian roots
VANCOUVER – The collaborators behind restaurants in Vancouver and Toronto have Palestinian, Jewish and Israeli…
That tune coming from an old mine in B. C.? It’s probably a bat, singing a love song
VANCOUVER – The high-pitched tweets, trills and chirps sound like the chorus of birds in…
B.C. trawlers dump thousands of salmon, depleting orcas’ food source: wildlife group
VICTORIA – A British Columbia wildlife protection group says chinook salmon that form the key…
Talks resume Saturday to avoid potential B.C. bus strike
VANCOUVER – Negotiations to reach a pay deal for transit supervisors and avert a potential…
Human remains found after Osoyoos, B.C., mobile home fire, RCMP say
OSOYOOS, B.C. – Mounties in Osoyoos say first responders have found human remains at the…
Toronto Public Library gradually recovering from hack, more services back in Feb
TORONTO – Canada’s largest public library system is gradually restoring more of its services after…
Winter weather shuts schools in B.C. again after Vancouver’s snowiest day since 1996
VANCOUVER – Another blast of winter weather hit southern British Columbia Thursday, a day after…
Vancouver bus union warns of shutdown, employer calls expectations ‘unreasonable’
VANCOUVER – The union representing transit supervisors in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland says it will…
B.C. Coroners Service reports 36 outdoor deaths to start year, 5 on cold Jan. 12
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s recent cold snap has been life-threatening for people facing homelessness and…
Four children with strep A have died in B.C. in the past month, disease centre says
VANCOUVER – Four children under the age of 10 who had streptococcal infections have died…
Driver killed after car plunged from second floor of UBC parkade building
VANCOUVER – Police have confirmed the driver of a car that plunged off the second…
Genealogy test led to Ibrahim Ali’s murder arrest, but methods face ethical debate
VANCOUVER – Forensic genealogy is still in the research and development phase, and while its…
Canadian-built underwater observatory transmitting data from around Antarctica
VICTORIA – A cache of scientific equipment that could fit in the back of an…
Storm brings snow day for some in B.C., a brutal blast of winter reality for others
VANCOUVER – The winter storm that blanketed southern British Columbia with snow Wednesday meant a…
Driver hurt after car plunges from multi-storey parking lot at University of B.C.
VANCOUVER – A driver was extracted from the wreckage of their car in a complex…
B.C.’s $36-billion hydro plan opens clean power economic opportunities, says premier
VICTORIA – Expanding British Columbia’s electrical system is an economic and environmental opportunity the province…
Mayor of Delta, B.C., condemns lack of notification from FortisBC on odorous gas leak
DELTA, B.C. – The mayor of Delta, B.C., is calling the lack of communication from…