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Working alarm in just 45% of B.C. home fires, as deaths triple since 2019: report
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s fire commissioner has highlighted the importance of functioning smoke alarms, saying…
B.C. government taps veteran mediator to resolve Fraser Valley bus strike
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has appointed veteran mediator Vince Ready to help resolve…
Loblaw-owned T&T Supermarkets to open U.S. flagship store in Bellevue, Washington
RICHMOND, B.C. – T&T Supermarkets, the largest chain of Asian grocery stores in Canada, is…
RCMP rescues swimmers in Creston’s Goat River who were swept away into rapids
CRESTON, B.C. – Two people are recovering after being swept away while swimming in Goat…
Vancouver Island road closed, campfire bans, as drought raises wildfire risks in B.C.
VANCOUVER – A 96-square kilometre wildfire in the Prince George fire centre has prompted an…
Vancouver’s Chinatown provides a shifting backdrop for divisive condo proposal
VANCOUVER – The nondescript parking lot at the centre of debate about the future of…
B.C. First Nation buys back 140-year-old robe, paying almost $40,000 to bring it home
ATLIN, B.C. – A man who helped return a 140-year-old Tlingit robe to the British…
Patients, staff struggle over ‘chronic issues’ at Surrey, B.C., hospital: minister
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia’s health minister acknowledged that chronic issues of overcrowding and staffing…
BC Ferries drops all-you-can-eat buffets from voyages; launches customer survey
VICTORIA – Buffet meals on BC Ferries, put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, will…
Logging truck failure set off crash that killed 3 in Cranbrook, B.C.: RCMP
CRANBROOK, B.C. – Mounties in Cranbrook, B.C., say a mechanical failure of a loaded logging…
Font gives fresh look to B.C. Indigenous languages while working on reconciliation
VANCOUVER – A new font to typeset Salish Indigenous languages means so much more than…
Industry, conservationists welcome Ottawa’s delay on B.C. salmon farm transition plan
VICTORIA – Both sides of British Columbia’s contentious fish farm debate are welcoming Ottawa’s move…
Analyst worried as union for 7,000-plus B.C. port workers to hold strike vote
VANCOUVER – A global trade analyst says a potential strike for more than 7,000 terminal…
Vancouver Island scuba divers spot sixgill shark in rare shallow-water sighting
NANAIMO, B.C. – Connor McTavish and three companions had just planned to explore the site…
Teck Resources receives indications of interest for steelmaking coal business
VANCOUVER – Teck Resources Ltd. says it has received an unspecified number of “indications of…
Job action at Capilano U in B.C., as contracts inked with staff at five other schools
VANCOUVER – Job action has halted all classes at Capilano University in North Vancouver. A…
Northeast wildfire now the second largest in B.C.’s history: Wildfire Service
The BC Wildfire Service says the Donnie Creek wildfire has grown into one of the…
B.C. officials push back against safe supply critics and their ‘polarizing rhetoric’
VICTORIA – British Columbia officials have sought to rebut claims that drugs prescribed through the…
June means trouble for B.C. wildfires with hot, dry forecast set to compound drought
Underlying drought, unseasonably warm temperatures last month and hot, dry conditions in the June forecast…
Activists in Canada aim to carry torch for Hong Kong’s silenced Tiananmen vigil
VANCOUVER – Some members of Canada’s Chinese diaspora are feeling the pressure to carry the…
Transportation Safety Board deployed in B.C. after plane crashes, catches fire
SURREY, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is deploying a team…
‘Chaotic scene’: Vancouver police say two injured in Downtown Eastside shooting
VANCOUVER – Police in Vancouver say at least two people were sent to hospital after…
B.C. giving $4.5 million to upgrade children’s hospice facility
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government has announced $4.5 million in new funding for Canuck…
B.C. extends deferral of old-growth logging in Vancouver Island’s Fairy Creek
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has extended an order deferring old-growth logging in the…