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Surrey Police Service to keep hiring despite council vote to go with RCMP
SURREY, B.C. – The Surrey Police Service says it will continue hiring and deploying officers…
Bird flu fighters in B.C. face unprecedented challenge, as H5N1 spread across Canada
VANCOUVER – By some measures, the ongoing outbreaks of avian flu in British Columbia pale…
Two men who escaped Vancouver Island prison plead not guilty to murder
VANCOUVER – Two men accused of killing a man the day after escaping a minimum-security…
Vancouver police identify suspects who poured maple syrup on Emily Carr painting
Vancouver police say they’ve identified the suspects who threw maple syrup on an Emily Carr…
Surrey council considers report that could end transition to municipal police service
SURREY, B.C. – Councillors in Surrey are set to consider a staff report that contains…
B.C. flood recovery tempered by fears of new climate disasters looming on horizon
VICTORIA – When a dike was breached and floodwaters started to flow across British Columbia’s…
Independent investigation launched after B.C. woman dies in police shooting incident
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia’s independent police watchdog has launched an investigation after the death…
Policing in flux across B.C., as political pledges prove complex to implement
SURREY, B.C. – When Novi Jette left her job with the Vancouver Police Department to…
Activists throw maple syrup at Emily Carr painting at Vancouver art gallery protest
VANCOUVER – Climate activists calling for an end to a gas pipeline project in northern…
B.C. Remembrance Day ceremony draws those with families touched by war
VANCOUVER – The legacy of war has touched Andrew White’s family in ways that give…
Ex-nurse donates $3.8M for health unit in Downtown Eastside where she worked in 1950s
VANCOUVER – Lily Lee’s first contribution to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and Chinatown neighbourhoods was as…
94% of municipal police in Surrey, B.C., sign vow not to join ‘toxic’ RCMP: union
SURREY, B.C. – The union representing members of the fledgling Surrey Police Service says its…
Repair of Abbotsford dike breached in 2021 B.C. flood to finish this month: minister
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – B.C. Emergency Preparedness Minister Mike Farnworth says permanent repairs to a dike…
Mayor says VPD report on social spending isn’t useful, minister calls it ‘misleading’
VANCOUVER – A report commissioned by the Vancouver Police Department that concludes $5 billion a…
Crown says former B.C. mayor intentionally misled police with false allegations
SURREY, B.C. – A decision in the trial of former Surrey, B.C., mayor Doug McCallum…
Highway swept away in 2021 floods reopens between Merritt and Spences Bridge, B.C.
VICTORIA – A highway that washed out in more than two dozen places has reopened…
Jury makes seven recommendations after man who stabbed officer shot 9 times by police
BURNABY, B.C. – Better training for staff selling firearms and a better process for booking…
Homicide team probes two suspicious deaths after bodies found in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Homicide detectives are investigating the discovery of two bodies in a home…
Mountie pleads guilty to assault on student in Kelowna, B.C., during wellness check
KELOWNA, B.C. – A British Columbia woman who was assaulted by an RCMP officer during…
Health funding talks end with no agreement as feds walk away, blaming premiers
VANCOUVER – Ministers who gathered for meetings to address the national health crisis left Tuesday…
David Eby to be sworn in as B.C. premier at Vancouver Musqueam centre
VICTORIA – David Eby will be sworn in as British Columbia’s new premier by Lt.-Gov.…
Health Minister Duclos says kids’ painkiller supplies increasing, but not fast enough
VANCOUVER – Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says supplies of children’s painkillers are increasing rapidly,…
B.C. agriculture minister says sector is recovering well on flooding anniversary
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Many British Columbia farmers had “an emotional year” as they worked to…
Safety knowledge, maintenance partly to blame for deadly sinking in B.C.: report
RICHMOND, B.C. – An investigation by the Transportation Safety Board into the sinking of a…