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Eby says B.C. deserves heating bill relief, too, after federal tax on fuel oil paused
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby says it’s unfair that Atlantic Canada is being…
Health professionals, not police should care for intoxicated prisoners: B.C. watchdog
SURREY, B.C. – Intoxicated people are dying in jail cells in what the British Columbia…
B.C. coalition seeks ‘critical’ crackdown on violent retail crime
VANCOUVER – London Drugs president Clint Mahlman said he never thought he’d be telling a…
BC Hydro asks for 2.3% rate increase to start spring 2024
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government says the province’s Crown power utility is applying for…
B.C. raises pay $2 per hour for daycare workers at licensed facilities
VICTORIA – Daycare workers at British Columbia’s licensed child-care facilities will receive a $2-per-hour pay…
B.C. non-profits to receive $60 million from government to help with their work: Eby
VICTORIA – Certain non-profit organizations in British Columbia are getting $60 million from the government…
Teck Resources president and COO Harry Conger to retire Wednesday
VANCOUVER – Teck Resources Ltd. says Harry (Red) Conger will retire as president and chief…
Sikh independence vote in B.C.sees thousands turnout amid Canada-India tensions
SURREY, B.C. – More than 200,000 people turned out to vote in two unofficial referendums…
Disabled B.C. man forced to drag himself off flight says he’s pushing for changes
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – A disabled British Columbia man who can’t walk and uses a…
Police watchdog asks Crown to consider charges against officers in B.C. shooting
SURREY, B.C. – Investigators with British Columbia’s independent police watchdog probing the shooting death of…
Less boo for your buck: For the second Halloween in a row, US candy inflation hits double digits
Spooked by the high price of Halloween candy? There’s not much relief in sight. For…
Location, location, location: three former Hells Angels clubhouses heading for sale
VANCOUVER – The three-bedroom East Vancouver home that’s about to hit the market includes a…
Prison officer union against needle exchange after B.C. inmate overdose death
AGASSIZ, B.C. – The union representing prison officers says its members are concerned about the…
Parks Canada says whirling disease could ‘decimate’ fish, urges B.C. closure respect
VANCOUVER – Parks Canada officials said they’re closely watching lakes and rivers in Kootenay and…
Premier Eby condemns rise in hate crimes in B.C. stemming from Israeli-Hamas conflict
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby is condemning the rise in hate crimes in…
A list of facts about whirling disease found in some national park waterways in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Parks Canada officials have shut down waterbodies in British Columbia’s Yoho and Kootenay…
Hundreds arrested for shoplifting in latest Vancouver police blitz
VANCOUVER – Retailers across Canada are concerned about an uptick in violence as a “tsunami”…
Outdoor gear retailer MEC names Peter Hlynsky as its new CEO
Growing up on the North Shore near Vancouver, Peter Hlynsky recalls riding his 1990s mountain…
U.S. man lost at sea is rescued by Canadian crew west of Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER – Sharp-eyed mariners on a Canadian vessel have rescued a U.S. man, one day…
B.C.’s new fossil emblem an 80-million-year-old marine reptile called elasmosaur
VICTORIA – British Columbia has officially designated a large, fierce-looking marine reptile that swam in…
B.C. introduces crowd-sourcing mechanism to protect old-growth forests, more habitat
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is moving to protect more old-growth forests and critical…
Sikh activists in B.C. emboldened by Trudeau’s comments on India ahead of referendum
SURREY, B.C. – Canada’s allegations about India’s links to the killing of activist Hardeep Singh…
Vancouver police raid drug activists’ office over trafficking, two arrested
A Vancouver “compassion club” that had been funded by the British Columbia government has been…
B.C. man sentenced to 18 months in jail for drug death of 14-year-old Carson Crimeni
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – The behaviour of youth who filmed and shared videos of a…