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RCMP seek motive after shooting in Surrey, B.C., seriously injures one man
SURREY, B.C. – A man has been seriously injured in a shooting in Surrey, B.C.…
B.C. drivers warned to stay off roads amid dire warnings about snow and freezing rain
VANCOUVER – Drivers across much of southern B.C. are being asked to avoid non-essential trips…
Brief evacuation lifted in northeastern B.C. after crash south of Pouce Coupe
POUCE COUPE, B.C. – Officials in northeastern British Columbia have rescinded an evacuation order issued…
No charges for officers who showed ‘remarkable courage’ in wild B.C. shootout: review
SAANICH, B.C. – An independent review of a wild and deadly police shootout in the…
Extreme cold warnings blanket Western Canada as winter officially arrives
VANCOUVER – Weather warnings or special weather statements are posted in every province and territory…
Wintry woes put Canadian holiday travel on ice, as airports brace for another blast
VANCOUVER – The woes for travellers stranded by heavy snow at Vancouver’s airport have spread…
B.C. pauses electricity connections for crypto mining, citing ‘massive’ consumption
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is temporarily suspending requests for electricity connections from cryptocurrency…
Southern B.C. snowstorm halts flights at Vancouver airport, creates travel chaos
Vancouver International Airport was crowded Tuesday with stranded travellers, many sitting or sleeping on floors,…
B.C. snowfall no winter wonderland for Vancouver’s poor and homeless, says advocate
VANCOUVER – One of the heaviest one-day snowfalls to hit British Columbia’s south coast in…
Dreams of Chinese fame persist at Vancouver pageant, where stars are born
VANCOUVER – The eight women lining up to take questions included a pediatrician, a legal…
RCMP saw potential wolf-human ‘conflict’ as zoo said no risk: B.C. escape documents
VANCOUVER – Internal RCMP documents show police sawpotential for human-wolf “conflict” after the animals escaped…
Report shows B.C. has honoured pledge to deliver pandemic-postponed surgeries: Dix
VICTORIA – Almost every surgery postponed by multiple waves of COVID-19 in British Columbia has…
Teck to sell closed Quintette mine to Conuma Resources for $120M, plus royalties
VANCOUVER – Teck Resources Limited says it has reached a deal to sell its closed…
B.C. universities to receive $4.3 million for innovation research funding: minister
VANCOUVER – Four British Columbia universities will receive $4.3 million from a government research and…
Yukon wind chill below -50 C, more snow for southern B.C., as frigid system hits
VANCOUVER – Weather alerts blanket most of British Columbia, Yukon and a large portion of…
‘Glaciers can’t get a break’: How climate change is affecting Canada’s icy landscape
VANCOUVER – On a mountain high above the residents of Metro Vancouver, tucked inside a…
Heavy snow on Lower Mainland, bitter cold in northwest, central B.C.: weather alert
VANCOUVER – An arctic outflow is bringing another snowy storm to the Lower Mainland, while…
B.C. government continues the pandemic wage top-up for care home workers
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is extending its COVID-19 wage top-ups for staff at…
Three men charged with first-degree murder of Abbotsford, B.C., couple: police
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – RCMP say three men have been arrested and charged with two counts…
Drivers warned as temperatures set to plummet from Vancouver to Yukon
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia is warning drivers to prepare winter survival kits as a…
B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway reopens to four lanes as repairs continue after 2021 floods
HOPE, B.C. – A stretch along a key highway that sustained severe damage from landslides…
Record amount of opium found in Vancouver marine containers: border services
DELTA, B.C. – What started as a probe into some oddities with shipping pallets in…
Ontario and British Columbia headed for a buyer’s market, RBC says
TORONTO – High interest rates will continue to hold back homebuyers into the new year,…
Contraband tobacco inhales 30 to 50 per cent of B.C. market, retailers, industry fear
VICTORIA – At first, Cory Holland thought government anti-smoking measures were working when he noticed…