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B.C. announces consumer protection policy for homebuyers in competitive market
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s incoming three-day cooling-off period aimed at protecting potential homebuyers will not…
Environment Ministry to help Vancouver Island golf course get rid of pesky pigs
VICTORIA – Conservation officers are preparing to round up feral pigs on a golf course…
More doctors across Canada should prescribe safer drugs to reduce overdoses: minister
VANCOUVER – Canada’s minister of mental health and addictions says more doctors across the country…
Hot, dry weather approaches and B.C. residents urged to prepare: ministry
VANCOUVER – The Public Safety Ministry says another hot spell is moving into British Columbia…
Safety board probes float plane crash that injured 6 in rugged area of southern B.C.
VANCOUVER – The Transportation Safety Board says it has sent a team of investigators to…
B.C. Attorney General David Eby announces bid to become premier
VANCOUVER – British Columbia Attorney General David Eby has announced his bid to become the…
Sprinklers installed to protect heritage park from wildfire near Lytton, B.C.
LYTTON, B.C. – The British Columbia Wildfire Service says crews have made “great progress” in…
Trudeau launches expanded oceans protection plan, with aim to reach more regions
BOWEN ISLAND, B.C. – Boosted coast guard facilities and increased safeguards for Canada’s coastal environments…
West Fraser Timber shuts down takeover report; shares spike
VANCOUVER – West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it has not received any takeover offer…
Trudeau tours B.C. cherry farm, where weather events have affected crop
KELOWNA, B.C. – The prime minister got a first-hand look at how heat and wildfires…
Trudeau tours B.C. cherry farm, where weather events have affected crop
KELOWNA, B.C. – The prime minister got a first-hand look at how heat and wildfires…
Warmer, drier weather expected to fuel flames near Lytton: wildfire service
LYTTON, B.C. – British Columbia’s wildfire service has warned that warmer and drier weather expected…
Ottawa to provide $870 million to support B.C. flood, landslide recovery efforts
VANCOUVER – The federal government is providing $870 million to support recovery efforts after destructive…
B.C. Finance Minister Selina Robinson says she’ll ‘pass’ on NDP leadership run
VANCOUVER – British Columbia Finance Minister Selina Robinson says timing is everything, and after looking…
Wildfire near Lytton, B.C., grows to 1,706 hectares, remains “out of control”
LYTTON, B.C. – British Columbia’s Wildfire Service says the wildfire nearly two kilometres northwest of…
One person is in custody following an hours-long armed standoff in Victoria
VICTORIA – Police in Victoria say an hours-long armed standoff ended Saturday night with the…
Wildfire near Lytton remains out of control at 1,500 hectares in size: BCWS
LYTTON, B.C. – British Columbia’s Wildfire Service says it is bringing in another 21-person unit…
B.C. NDP to begin leadership campaign period, new leader to be elected Dec. 3
VANCOUVER – The New Democrat Party in British Columbia says it will elect a new…
Body of man found after rooftop parking lot gave way in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – Crews working at the scene of a partial building collapse in Vancouver have…
Vehicle waited for Ripudaman Singh Malik hours before shooting in B.C.: police
SURREY, B.C. – A vehicle was waiting for Ripudaman Singh Malik hours before he was…
B.C. Court of Appeal rejects private health care, says Charter breach OK
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld a lower court’s dismissal…
Six homes destroyed, no injuries reported in ‘daunting’ wildfire west of Lytton, B.C.
LYTTON, B.C. – A wildfire just west of Lytton, B.C., has burned at least half…
BC Wildfire Service responds to blaze near fire-ravaged Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. – An aggressive fire was spreading Thursday just west of Lytton, B.C., the…
Rooftop parking lot collapses into office space below in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – Emergency crews are on scene in Vancouver where a rooftop parking lot has…