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Settlement services offered to Ukrainians arriving at three airports in Canada
VANCOUVER – Settlement agencies across the country have joined forces to support Ukrainians arriving through…
Vancouver mayor aims to increase empty homes tax to fund affordable housing
Vancouver’s mayor has announced a plan to boost the empty homes tax rate to five…
Canada Post deliveries paused in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside over safety concerns
VANCOUVER – Canada Post says it has temporarily suspended mail delivery along two blocks in…
Local governments need to upgrade to improve housing process: finance minister
VANCOUVER – Canada’s finance minister says it’s not the federal government’s job to build all…
More than $2.6M lost to cryptocurrency frauds in less than four months: RCMP
RICHMOND, B.C. – RCMP in Richmond, B.C., say they have received 22 reports of alleged…
LNG Canada joint-venture names Jason Klein as new chief executive
VANCOUVER – The joint-venture building a major liquefied natural gas terminal at Kitimat, B.C. has…
Person dies after tree falls across Vancouver road, crushing one vehicle
VANCOUVER – One person has died after a large tree fell across a busy road…
B.C. government worker union says contract talks with province at impasse over wages
VICTORIA – The union representing more than 33,000 British Columbia government employees says contract talks…
Crews search waters for man who fell off a sailboat near Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. – The RCMP say a search was underway in the waters off Nanaimo,…
Officials working to find housing for 144 people displaced by fire in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – A building that was reduced to a shell by a fire in Vancouver’s…
B.C. coroner wants ‘urgent action’ on safer drug supply six years into OD crisis
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s chief coroner says 9,400 people in the province have died of…
Five people in hospital after fire in residential building in Vancouver: chief
VANCOUVER – Five people were taken to hospital and officials were trying to account for…
B.C. mayors dealing with flooding and wildfire damage call on feds to deliver funds
VANCOUVER – British Columbia mayors whose communities were devastated by last year’s flooding and wildfires…
Trudeau wants more electric vehicles across Canada; does not rule out nuclear power
VICTORIA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he wants to make it easier for more…
Association of friendship centres to steer $5M fund for Indigenous safety planning
VANCOUVER – The B.C. government’s decision to put a fund for Indigenous safety planning in…
Teck Resources says Q1 steelmaking coal sales fell slightly below guidance
VANCOUVER – Teck Resources Ltd. says its steelmaking coal sales in the first quarter came…
B.C. court denies interim request by mink farmers ahead of their COVID-19 challenge
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has denied a request by mink farmers…
Victoria welcomes the first cruise ship to dock in Canada in more than 2 years
VICTORIA – The first international cruise ship to dock in Canada in more than two…
Indigenous leaders, protesters gather in Vancouver to oppose Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER – Protesters against the federally-owned Trans Mountain pipeline gathered outside the Vancouver Art Gallery…
B.C. police watchdog files report, saying charges against officer possible
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia’s police watchdog has filed a report with the prosecution service…
B.C. police watchdog called to investigate man’s death after ‘well-being’ check: RCMP
SURREY, B.C. – The RCMP say British Columbia’s police watchdog has been called to investigate…
$1.2 million in funding announced for four mass-timber projects in B.C.
VICTORIA – British Columbia is helping to build four housing and infrastructure projects using mass…
A correction to a story on a mass timber program in B.C.
VICTORIA – In a story that moved April 7, The Canadian Press erroneously said three…
Avalanche within boundaries of B.C.’s Whistler Blackcomb resort kills one skier: RCMP
WHISTLER, B.C. – RCMP and Whistler Blackcomb confirm a man died earlier this week when…