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Four arrested after Vancouver police say guns found in encampment tent
Vancouver police say four men have been arrested after two guns were seized from a…
At least 40 people displaced by explosion and fire in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER – Dozens of people have been left without a home after an apparent explosion…
Emergency rooms close in B.C., paramedics union says ambulances unstaffed
VANCOUVER – Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt, B.C., is the latest emergency room in the…
B.C. First Nation arrives in Scotland, asks museum to return totem pole taken in 1929
VANCOUVER – Delegates from the Nisga’a First Nation are in Scotland this week to discuss…
Surrey South candidate nomination period closed ahead of Sept. 10 byelection
SURREY, B.C. – The candidate nomination period for the upcoming provincial byelection in Surrey South…
MLA John Rustad says he has “no animosity” toward BC Liberal Party after ouster
VICTORIA – A British Columbia MLA says he holds no animosity toward the BC Liberal…
BC Liquor Stores start rationing alcohol sales due to BCGEU strike
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s Finance Ministry has announced that government-run liquor stores are implementing limits…
Vancouver police investigate three violent stranger attacks in Fairview neighbourhood
Vancouver police are investigating what they call a series of violent stranger assaults in the…
Greater Vancouver Zoo’s missing wolf Tempest is found safe, returned to pack
ALDERGROVE, B.C. – A wolf missing from a British Columbia zoo has been found safe…
‘Weak spot’ in virus responsible for COVID-19 could mean new treatments: researchers
VANCOUVER – Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered what they are calling…
B.C. Liberals remove MLA John Rustad after ‘Celebrate CO2’ tweet
VICTORIA – The Opposition B.C. Liberals have removed MLA John Rustad from the party caucus…
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All evacuation orders rescinded for Keremeos Creek wildfire near Penticton, B.C.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…