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Indigo reports lower sales, net loss in second quarter as customers cut back
TORONTO – Indigo Books & Music Inc. reported a net loss of $22.4 million in…
Victim’s mother says drunk driving charge was wrongly dropped in fatal UBC crash case
RICHMOND, B.C. – The mother of a young man killed by a speeding driver on…
Judge tells Ibrahim Ali jury to disregard testimony of Crown witness who died
VANCOUVER – The judge in the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali, who is accused…
Father of boy abducted in 2011 wasn’t told about Hopley’s escape from halfway house
VANCOUVER – The father of a boy abducted in 2011 by Randall Hopley, a high-risk…
Ballard Power Systems reports Q3 loss, revenue up nearly 30% from year ago
VANCOUVER – Ballard Power Systems Inc. reported a larger loss in its latest quarter compared…
Woman missing from B.C. First Nation along Highway of Tears found dead
VANDERHOOF, B.C. – A woman who disappeared from a First Nations community in central British…
Crown and defence say driver should serve 3 years after killing two UBC students
RICHMOND, B.C. – The man who killed two University of British Columbia students in a…
Sex offender Randall Hopley removed his ankle bracelet to avoid court date: police
British Columbia’s attorney general says it’s “unacceptable”that a high-risk sex offender was able to walk…
Israel, Hamas conflict causes surge of discrimination, B.C. rights commissioner says
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s human rights commissioner says the devastating events in and around the…
Two properties in southern B.C. evacuated as rock slide severs part of Highway 3
KEREMEOS, B.C. – A rock slide has closed a major southern British Columbia highway in…
Rogers to lock out former Shaw technicians Monday after contract talks break down
A breakdown in contract negotiations has prompted plans by Rogers Communication Inc. to lock out…
GOP Rep. Ken Buck plans to challenge his party’s direction under Trump as he leaves the House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ken Buck has had enough. When the Colorado Republican announced this…
Clocks set to ‘fall back’ Sunday as daylight time ends for most Canadians
TORONTO – Most Canadians will be turning their clocks back by an hour early Sunday…
B.C. conditions are magic for mushrooms in bumper season for fungi, tasty and toxic
VANCOUVER – Mushrooms large and small, tasty and toxic, are popping up across British Columbia…
Air Canada admits it violated disability regulations in case of B.C. man
VANCOUVER – Air Canada has acknowledged it violated Canadian disability regulations and apologized to a…
Safe supply supporters march after arrests of Vancouver drug activists
VANCOUVER – Activist and podcaster Garth Mullins has been advocating for safe supply of illegal…
Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030
Canada’s greatest ally in the fight against climate change is nature itself, federal Environment Minister…
Telus profit plunges 74% in the third quarter as restructuring costs bite
VANCOUVER – The cost savings from recent layoffs at Telus Corp. will have a bigger…
First Quantum shares stage partial rebound after Panama’s congress backtracks
VANCOUVER – Shares of Vancouver-based mining company First Quantum bounced back 11 per cent Friday…
State of local emergency lifts in Harrison Hot Springs as pumps at water plant fixed
HARRISON HOT SPRINGS, B.C. – A state of local emergency has lifted in the Village…
B.C. Indigenous leaders tell Premier Eby at summit that more doors must open
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government must do more to open the doors of power…
‘I would die for Taylor Swift’: Swifties rejoice over upcoming Vancouver tour dates
VANCOUVER – Lyndsey Evans freely admits she would pack her bags and follow Taylor Swift…
Vancouver magic mushroom stores raided by police are reopening
VANCOUVER – One of three magic mushroom stores that were raided by Vancouver police this…
NDP to back Tory motion calling for carbon price off all heat sources
OTTAWA – The New Democrats intend to back the Conservatives on a motion to pull…