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B.C. posts $1.3B budget surplus for 2021-22, in contrast with big deficit forecast
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s public accounts have registered a surplus of $1.3 billion, in sharp…
Cruise ship sails for Alaska after overnight delay in Vancouver due to tugboat strike
VANCOUVER – An Alaska-bound cruise ship set sail from Vancouver Monday after an almost daylong…
B.C. mayor seeks change after report of infant’s death while waiting for ambulance
BARRIÈRE, B.C. – The mayor of a small community in British Columbia’s southern Interior is…
B.C. sets up $60-million back-to-school affordability fund for families
BURNABY, B.C. – The British Columbia government says it wants to ease the burden of…
Man dies hours after shooting outside Surrey, B.C. home
SURREY, B.C. – One man has died the day after a late night shooting in…
Former B.C. cabinet minister Rich Coleman announces run for mayor of Langley
LANGLEY, B.C. – Former provincial politician Rich Coleman has announced his bid to become the…
Multiple ferry delays after man arrested aboard vessel in Nanaimo, B.C.
DELTA, B.C. – BC Ferries has cancelled multiple sailings and delayed several others following a…
Bonnie Henry backs B.C.’s COVID-19 school plan, rejects mask mandate as ‘blunt tool’
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, is defending the province’s back-to-school…
Baby B.C. boy gets naloxone and survives overdose on first birthday, police say
KELOWNA, B.C. – Police say a baby boy in Kelowna, B.C., has survived a suspected…
B.C. cannabis stores close, lay off staff as job action prevents pot deliveries
Some of British Columbia’s cannabis stores say they’re shutting their doors and laying off staff…
Activists face arrest but push on with ‘Hong Kong parliament’ plan, hatched in Canada
VANCOUVER – Activists who launched a plan in Canada to elect an unofficial “Hong Kong…
Vancouver police say man who died after beanbag shooting had been asking for help
Vancouver police say a man who died after officers used a beanbag shotgun on Monday…
BCGEU resumes talks with government as other unions line up for deals
VANCOUVER – Contract talks have resumed between the B.C. government and the province’s largest public-sector…
Two B.C. blazes set to lose ‘wildfire of note’ status, but three remain
VANCOUVER – The BC Wildfire Service says two of the five blazes classified as “wildfires…
Man charged over four attacks in two Vancouver neighbourhoods
VANCOUVER – Police say a man has been charged over a series of attacks in…
Housing for drug users with mental health issues to be offered in Nanaimo
NANAIMO, B.C. – Substance users with serious mental health issues in Nanaimo are expected to…
$118M to support B.C. family doctors, keep clinics open until new pay model: Dix
VANCOUVER – Family doctors in British Columbia will be eligible for an average $25,000 each…
B.C. hospitality, tourism and liquor groups seek quick resolution to BCGEU job action
BURNABY, B.C. – Industry groups representing hospitality, tourism and liquor businesses in British Columbia are…
Concern for B.C. sockeye salmon as Fraser River return estimates drop by millions
VANCOUVER – Optimism over an expected bumper season for wild British Columbia sockeye salmon has…
40 residents of Vancouver street camp accept accommodation: BC Housing
VANCOUVER – Forty people who were living in a street encampment on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside…
B.C. public-sector union says negotiations with government are back on
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s largest public-sector union says it has accepted the government’s invitation to…
Single mothers group challenges B.C. government stance on legal aid system
VANCOUVER – A three-day hearing has begun in British Columbia Supreme Court, with a group…
Driver in hospital as police probe speed, medical issues in deadly B.C. wedding crash
VANCOUVER – Police say the driver of an SUV that struck a wedding celebration in…
B.C. union imposes overtime ban in latest job action to back wage demands
VANCOUVER – A union representing thousands of provincial government workers in British Columbia has escalated…