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B.C. announces new measures to combat intimate partner violence
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s attorney general has announced further provincial measures aimed at combating intimate…
Members of Parliament vote down Conservative pipeline motion
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament voted Tuesday to defeat a Conservative motion aimed at pinning…
Woman found dead in Nanaimo, B.C., is being investigated as a homicide
NANAIMO — Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say they are investigating the disappearance of a 65-year-old…
Man charged with second-degree murder in fatal stranger attack in Vancouver
VANCOUVER — A man has been arrested and charged in a fatal stranger attack in…
B.C. rent decline leads Canadian jurisdictions in December
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is crediting its anti-speculation policies with a decline in…
Eby rejects a recall of the legislature, will amend, not repeal UN Indigenous Act
VICTORIA — Opposition politicians and a business group are urging the British Columbia government to…
Tests confirm no chronic wasting disease in case of deer in B.C.’s Okanagan
ENDERBY — The British Columbia government says testing has confirmed a sample from a deer…
B.C. police say they know who killed Bradley Kline in 2018, as family pleads for help
Police in British Columbia say they think they know who killed 26-year-old Bradley Kline seven…
Extortion task force says man charged over shooting in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY — The British Columbia Extortion Task Force says a charge has been laid against…
B.C. First Nation meets with Alberta minister to oppose changing tanker ban
Cameron Hill was six or seven years old in the 1970s when he and his…
B.C. announces coroner’s inquest into shooting death of autistic teen
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Public Safety Ministry has announced an inquest into the death of…
Warnings about strong winds, rain or snow as system slides over B.C.
VANCOUVER — A strong Pacific frontal system is moving in over parts of British Columbia,…
‘One Battle After Another’ dominates Toronto Film Critics Association Awards with 4 wins
TORONTO — “One Battle After Another” picked up one prize after another from the Toronto…
Three Surrey cases are related, but not clear yet if they involve extortion: police
VICTORIA — Police in Surrey, B.C., say shots fired at a residence and two vehicle…
RCMP say a woman died in single-vehicle collision near Golden Ears Bridge
VICTORIA — Police in British Columbia say they are investigating a fatal vehicle collision near…
Surrey Police Service say a nine-year-old has died after collision with large vehicle
VICTORIA — Police in Surrey, B.C. say that the nine-year-old child involved in a vehicle…
Interim leader Halford says Conservatives will “work co-operatively” to repeal DRIPA
VICTORIA — The interim leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. says Premier David Eby…
Document reveals approval to harvest remnant old-growth in B.C.’s northwest
British Columbia’s logging agency has changed a policy that conserved remnant old-growth forest in the…
Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection return to Canada
MONTREAL — First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders welcomed back dozens of Indigenous artifacts released…
Police in Surrey B.C. say early Saturday morning fight on party bus injures four
VICTORIA — Police in British Columbia say four people suffered injuries, when fighting erupted on…
Search for grizzly behind ‘extraordinary attack’ on B.C. school group is called off
Conservation officers in British Columbia are no longer actively trying to capture the grizzly bear…
Nine-year-old in life-threatening condition after being hit by vehicle in B.C.
SURREY — A nine-year-old child was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition after being hit…
B.C. releases guidance for doctors on youth mental health and substance-use care
VANCOUVER — Brock Eurchuk said he felt “completely cut adrift” by British Columbia’s health care…
Eby says DRIPA law could be amended after First Nations win appeal in mining case
SURREY — First Nations are celebrating a British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling which found…