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B.C. sex offender Randall Hopley stays in custody after skipping court date
VANCOUVER – A high-risk sex offender arrested by Vancouver police after a 10-day manhunt earlier…
Survey says 75% of B.C.’s jobs in next decade will need post-secondary education
BURNABY, B.C. – The latest labour market survey for British Columbia says 75 per cent…
Rogers Sugar asks for mediation to help bring end to refinery strike
VANCOUVER – Rogers Sugar Inc. says it has asked for mediation to help bring an…
B.C. minister’s memo on ‘big and shiny’ affordability plan lands in Opposition hands
VICTORIA – A British Columbia cabinet minister says she mistakenly dropped a memo to herself…
Richmond, B.C., man faces multiple charges in $10M cryptocurrency home invasion theft
RICHMOND, B.C. – Police in Richmond, B.C., say multiple charges have been laid against a…
City of Penticton lifts evacuation order for homes threatened by precarious rock
PENTICTON, B.C. – The City of Penticton, B.C., says it’s lifting an evacuation order for…
B.C. Director of Civil Forfeiture claims 10 properties owned by alleged drug dealer
VICTORIA – The B.C. government wants 10 properties in Prince George forfeited for their alleged…
Mayor says release of child sex offender Brian Abrosimo in Surrey is ‘outrageous’
SURREY, B.C. – Surrey’s mayor says it’s “outrageous” that a sex offender who abducted and…
Metro Vancouver mayors say they need billions of dollars from feds to grow transit
VANCOUVER – Metro Vancouver mayors say they need billions of dollars over the next few…
Automatic gunfire, armed soldiers in Vancouver this weekend for urban training
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver-based light infantry unit of the Canadian Army is asking residents to…
Efforts underway to stabilize slope threatening two dozen Penticton homes.
PENTICTON, B.C. – Residents of a mobile home park in Penticton, B.C., must wait another…
B.C’s speculation tax on homes expands by 13 new municipalities
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s New Democrat government is expanding one of its first measures to…
RCMP helicopter rescues man after truck stuck in snow west of Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. – A man whose truck got stuck in the snow west of Kelowna,…
B.C. opposition parties heat up climate debate with attacks on NDP’s plans
VICTORIA – Climate change is becoming a hot-button political issue in British Columbia with opposition…
Crane lowers three injured workers to safety after Vancouver scaffolding collapse
VANCOUVER – Ongoing work at a construction site in downtown Vancouver has been stopped and…
Canadian astronaut Kutryk bound for space station, colleague to back up moon flight
LONGUEUIL, Que. – Canada’s newest astronauts were given marching orders Wednesday, with one bound for…
Federal government’s new fiscal guardrails ‘helpful’ for monetary policy: Macklem
OTTAWA – Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says the federal government’s new fiscal guardrails…
Fear of avian flu descends on B.C. farms as millions of chickens are killed
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – It’s the first thing poultry farmers in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley think…
Halifax no longer advising homeless people tenting in Grand Parade to leave
Halifax Regional Municipality says it is no longer advising all homeless people living in tents…
Properties evacuated as precarious rock looms over Penticton, B.C., homes
PENTICTON, B.C. – The City of Penticton says it has declared a local state of…
Victoria police kill cougar after animal spotted roaming near downtown park
Victoria police say they had to kill a cougar Tuesday after the animal was spotted…
Eby says governments must step up on housing, can’t rely on private sector
VANCOUVER – It’s “hard to understand” why many politicians still believe they can rely on…
B.C. unfairly clawed back COVID-19 benefit to thousands during pandemic, says report
VICTORIA – Thousands of people in British Columbia saw their $1,000 tax-free COVID-19 benefit unfairly…
Ali’s lawyers call no evidence, say Crown didn’t prove he murdered B.C. girl
VANCOUVER – Almost nine months into the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali, his lawyer…