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Vancouver election chief challenges use of Chinese and Persian names on ballots
Vancouver’s chief election officer has filed a court application seeking to declare that 15 candidates…
New $84.4M water system in Abbotsford, B.C., aims for climate resilience
WHISTLER, B.C. – The City of Abbotsford is getting funding help from the B.C. government…
Don’t blame schools for high COVID rates among B.C. youth: provincial health officer
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s provincial health officer says the findings of a study she co-authored…
Reward increased to $500,000 for conviction in B.C. gondola vandalism
SURREY, B.C. – The company that has been the target of two multimillion-dollar attacks on…
Trevali manager, contractor convicted after mine flood that killed eight workers
Trevali Mining Corp. has confirmed reports that two executives have been convicted of involuntary manslaughter…
Homicide investigators probe fatal shooting, torched vehicle, in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. – A man has been shot and killed in Burnaby, B.C. A statement…
Crews work to better map perimeter of wildfire raging in northeastern B.C.
VANCOUVER – An infrared scan has been completed of a large wildfire in northeastern B.C.,…
B.C. to close schools, give public workers day off to mourn Queen on Sept. 19
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government says it will follow the federal government’s lead and…
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says system in crisis since 2020 must be transformed
WHISTLER, B.C. – British Columbia has been in a health-care crisis since at least the…
B.C. police watchdog called to investigate fatal shooting during arrest
KEREMEOS, B.C. – British Columbia’s police watchdog has been called to investigate after a man…
Study co-authored by B.C.’s top doctor says 80% of kids, youth have had COVID-19
VANCOUVER – A study co-authored by British Columbia’s top doctor says at least 70 to…
Wildfire smoke from B.C. and U.S. spreads east as several blazes still uncontained
VANCOUVER – Smoke from wildfires in British Columbia, Washington and Idaho has wafted east, prompting…
37 B.C. mayors win by acclamation after standing unopposed
VANCOUVER – Municipal elections are still more than a month away, but mayors for dozens…
Out-of-control wildfire just kilometres away from B.C. community: wildfire service
An aggressive and out-out-control wildfire is burning just eight kilometres outside the community of Hudson’s…
B.C. financial outlook improving for now, surplus forecast, says minister
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s financial bottom line is showing signs of improvement, with a surplus…
Female pedestrian injured in Surrey hit-and-run
SURREY, B.C. – Surrey RCMP are looking for a driver involved in a hit-and-run with…
B.C. man convicted in young girl’s murder in 1978 loses appeal
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia man found guilty in the death of a young girl…
Wildfire in B.C.’s Peace region doubles, no rain expected for relief
HUDSON’S HOPE, B.C. – The BC Wildfire Service says a fire in British Columbia’s Peace…
Smoky skies persist in Vancouver and surrounding areas due to wildfires
VANCOUVER – Regional officials say air quality is expected to worsen in parts of the…
River mystery: what is killing the giant sturgeon of B.C.’s Nechako River?
VANCOUVER – Fisheries scientists in British Columbia have recovered the bodies, but have few other…
B.C. Liberals hold on to Surrey South riding in byelection
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia’s Liberal Party has retained a seat in the riding of…
Police announce charges in death of young B.C. mom killed five years ago
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Charges have been laid in the death of a 22-year-old woman whose…
Air quality advisory issued due to B.C., U.S. wildfires and blaze in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – An air quality advisory has been issued for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser…
Low spirits over high tea in Victoria, B.C., as Empress patrons mourn the Queen
VICTORIA – Afternoon sunshine streams into the Fairmont Empress Hotel’s iconic high tea room in…