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B.C. police release description of suspect in possible attempted abduction
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Police in Abbotsford, B.C., have released a description of the suspect in…
Sheen dissipates but sunken U.S. fish boat still in orca habitat east of Victoria
VICTORIA – The Department of Ecology for the State of Washington says an oil sheen…
B.C. cannabis stores grapple with delivery stoppage as BCLDB workers go on strike
British Columbian cannabis stores are bracing for emptier shelves after a strike stopped the province’s…
All evacuation orders rescinded for Keremeos Creek wildfire near Penticton, B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. – Local authorities in British Columbia’s Okanagan region say all evacuation orders around…
Physicists and business figures gather in Vancouver to crack theory of everything
VANCOUVER – Some of the world’s brightest minds are gathering at a hotel conference centre…
Wolf enclosure was damaged to let animals escape at Greater Vancouver Zoo, RCMP say
LANGLEY, B.C. – Police say the wolf enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo was damaged…
‘Malicious intent’ suspected in wolf escape, Greater Vancouver Zoo says
LANGLEY, B.C. – The Greater Vancouver Zoo said Tuesday afternoon that a number of its…
B.C. drug death toll passes 10,000 since declaration of emergency in 2016: coroner
VICTORIA – British Columbia has lost more than 10,000 lives to illicit drugs since the…
Sunken fish boat off B.C. shifts into deeper water, leaks fuel in key orca habitat
VICTORIA – Crews are working to drain fuel from a sunken fish boat in U.S.…
Threatening flyers distributed throughout Vancouver tent encampment: police
VANCOUVER – Police are urging people living in a tent encampment in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside…
BCGEU announces targeted job action, picket lines, as strike notice expires in B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. – The British Columbia General Employees’ Union has set up picket lines at…
Supporters of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs rally against B.C. natural gas pipeline
VANCOUVER – A Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief says he and counterparts from other clans have never…
Man shot dead after woman tries to flee vehicle on highway near Kamloops, B.C.: RCMP
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The RCMP say a man has been shot dead after officers responded…
Fear for B.C.’s endangered orcas after U.S. boat sinks with 10,000 litres of fuel
VICTORIA – A fishing boat that sank with nearly 10,000 litres of fuel on board…
BCWS predicts stable forecast following persistent lightning strikes across province
VANCOUVER – A spokesperson for the BC Wildfire Service says 80 per cent of the…
High risk sex offender found, rearrested in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – A high risk sex offender who disappeared from his halfway house has been…
Winds expected to cause wildfire to spread in southeastern B.C.: BC Wildfire Service
VANCOUVER – The BC Wildfire Service is warning that gusty winds will likely cause a…
BC General Employees’ Union issues strike notice on behalf of 33,000 public servants
BURNABY, B.C. – The union representing about 33,000 staff in the B.C. Public Service Agency…
B.C. Premier John Horgan calls byelection in Surrey South on Sept. 10
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia Premier John Horgan has called a byelection for the Surrey…
Evacuation orders rescinded as wildfire burns along B.C. Highway 3
An evacuation alert has been rescinded for about two dozen properties near a stretch of…
B.C. ‘clear’ there’s not enough housing as Vancouver encampment ordered dismantled
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s acting attorney general says the province was “clear” with Vancouver officials…
Excitement in B.C. Indigenous communities as salmon get past Fraser slide zone
VANCOUVER – Thousands of migrating sockeye and chinook salmon are making their way over a…
MP warns of repeating AIDS stigma with monkeypox, as Feds announce funding
Vancouver Centre member of Parliament Hedy Fry has warned about stigmatization in the battle against…
Charges in machete attack that seriously injured two in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER – An appeal for information about a suspect in a machete attack on two…