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First COVID, now drought, B.C. brewery takes water-use restrictions in stride
SECHELT, B.C. – Staff at Batch 44 Brewery and Kitchen in Sechelt, B.C., know how…
Health care tops list of complaints to B.C.’s ombudsperson: report
VICTORIA – Complaints about British Columbia’s health-care system to the provincial ombudsperson have reached a…
Drought, lack of rain, high temperatures and wildfires by the numbers in B.C.
VANCOUVER – British Columbia should be well into its rainy season, but instead, persistent hot…
B.C.’s Sunshine Coast declares state of emergency over drought
SECHELT, B.C. – A British Columbia community has declared a state of local emergency as…
Wage protection against inflation part of BCGEU’s three-year collective agreement
VICTORIA – The biggest union representing public service workers in British Columbia has ratified a…
McCallum not conceding in Surrey, B.C., considering judicial recount of vote: party
SURREY, B.C. – Mayor Doug McCallum’s political party says he’s not conceding the election in…
Man shot dead in parking lot of University of B.C. golf course
VANCOUVER – Homicide investigators say they believe a man shot dead in the parking lot…
Vancouver mayor-elect Ken Sim says transition plan has begun for rollout of pledges
Vancouver’s next mayor says he expects the first of 100 additional police officers promised in…
NDP leadership hopeful Appadurai shakes up race in B.C., but faces disqualification
VICTORIA – Anjali Appadurai says she knows she’s upset the New Democratic Party establishment, but…
B.C. changes opioid lawsuit to help recover more money from drug makers
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has moved to expand its proposed class-action lawsuit against…
B.C.’s extended summer breaks more records, but weather office says rain approaches
VANCOUVER – Several British Columbia cities boasted the warmest temperatures in Canada on the weekend…
Police transition from Mounties to municipal force continues despite pro-RCMP mayor
VICTORIA – A battle over police services in one of British Columbia’s largest cities is…
Vancouver, Surrey voters elect new mayors; bring promises of more police, RCMP stays
VANCOUVER – Voters in British Columbia ushered in a wave of sweeping political change throughout…
B.C. judge sentences ‘sextortionist’ to 13 years in case involving Amanda Todd
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – A British Columbia judge who imposed an unprecedented 13-year sentence on…
Firefighters respond to wildfire in West Vancouver near Cypress Falls Park
VANCOUVER – Smoke from a wildfire could be seen across Vancouver as firefighters in West…
Rainfall, drought and wildfires by the numbers in British Columbia
VANCOUVER – British Columbia should be well into its rainy season, but instead persistent hot…
B.C. drought benefits some farmers, extending harvest and reducing rot
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is enduring a record-breaking dry spell, but farmer Amir Mann says…
Mother in Amanda Todd ‘sextortion’ case says two-year sentence request is ‘laughable’
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Amanda Todd’s mother says it’s “laughable” that a defence lawyer has…
Drought prompts request for Metro Vancouver residents to take shorter showers
VANCOUVER – Water use in Metro Vancouver is much higher, while reservoir levels are lower…
B.C. care aides, lab assistants, health facility cleaners reach new labour deal
VICTORIA – Unions representing care aides, lab assistants and cleaning staff have reached a new…
Sand bags, tiger dams on standby for possible flooding after drought: B.C. government
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government says it’s ready to deploy sand bags and tiger…
B.C. woman charged after men drugged, robbed, while using escort service
SURREY, B.C. – Twenty-one charges, including one of manslaughter, have been laid against a Vancouver…
Drought conditions challenging on B.C.’s south coast, but fish protected: BC Hydro
VANCOUVER – A new report from BC Hydro says its power generating system is meeting…
Drought and moths push the trees of Vancouver’s Stanley Park to the brink
VANCOUVER – First came the moths. Then came the drought. The trees of Stanley Park,…