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COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to drop, no new deaths recorded in B.C.
VICTORIA – The Health Ministry says there have been no more deaths related to COVID-19…
B.C. allocates more than $8 million to boost legal-aid services
VICTORIA – The provincial government is investing another $8.19 million in legal aid in British…
Sister shares grief as man sentenced to 10 years in death of woman in B.C.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for…
Groups criticize Pacific salmon treaty, urge Alaska to protect B.C.-bound salmon
VANCOUVER – A coalition of Canadian groups is calling on Alaska’s governor to stop the…
One man dead in Abbotsford, B.C., shooting, IHIT investigating
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Members of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team are leading the probe into…
B.C. First Nation’s land rights claim is about reconciliation, lawyer tells court
VANCOUVER – The lead lawyer in an Indigenous rights and title lawsuit used the words…
B.C. expands eligibility for rapid COVID-19 tests to people over 30
VICTORIA – People in their 30s and older can now pick up packs of free…
Safety board says flaw in rail found, but not fixed before 38 cars derailed in B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board says a defect in a railway track was…
Police arrest suspect in alleged stair shoving incident, say Vancouver police
Vancouver Police say they have arrested a suspect one day after releasing a video that…
B.C. surf town cuts out plastic forks, knives in growing pollution prevention efforts
VICTORIA – A coastal British Columbia community known for seemingly endless beaches and rolling waves…
Victoria police establishes ‘access points’ ahead of planned COVID protests
Victoria police say they are limiting vehicle access to the neighbourhood near the British Columbia…
Vancouver Coastal Health issues raw oyster alert after dozens sickened by norovirus
Vancouver Coastal Health has issued a warning after dozens of people fell sick from eating…
199 new COVID-19 cases in B.C. as hospitalizations drop
VICTORIA – The provincial Health Ministry says there have been six more deaths related to…
B.C. wildfire service to increase prevention work from backyards to forests: official
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The director of provincial operations for British Columbia’s wildfire service says the…
No end to 48-day transit strike in B.C.’s Sea-to-Sky region as talks break off
WHISTLER, B.C. – Talks have collapsed between striking transit workers and their employer in the…
Hospitalizations down in British Columbia, but seven more deaths from COVID-19
VICTORIA – Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 continued to drop in B.C. on Thursday, but seven…
B.C. targets homelessness with funds for youth in care, complex-care housing
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is expanding supports for former youth in care and…
B.C. premier raises concerns to Trudeau about jobs if fish farms close
VICTORIA – Any federal government plans to move away from open-net pen salmon farms in…
B.C. to review how its COVID-19 pandemic response decisions were made
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government will conduct an independent review of its operational response…
B.C. provincial data show 23,000 people experienced homelessness in 2019
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s housing minister says a new method for collecting data on homelessness…
Eight more COVID-19 deaths reported, one more health facility outbreak in B.C.
VICTORIA – British Columbia is reporting another eight deaths due to COVID-19, bringing the death…
B.C. privacy law applies to federal political parties, commissioner’s office finds
VANCOUVER – The office of British Columbia’s privacy commissioner has found that federal political parties…
Nooksack River, source of B.C. and Washington flooding fears, to get new plan
VICTORIA – Leaders from Washington state and British Columbia say they have reached an agreement…
No new deaths recorded due to COVID-19 in B.C.; slight drop in hospitalizations
VICTORIA – British Columbia recorded a slight drop in hospitalizations from COVID-19 and no deaths…