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B.C. municipal employee dies on the job after being hit by vehicle
OAK BAY, B.C. – A municipal worker on Vancouver Island has died on the job…
Vancouver police say woman assaulted on busy beach by man claiming to be masseuse
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Police Department says a woman was sexually assaulted on a busy…
Flood warning for part of northwest B.C., other rivers rising as heat grips province
VANCOUVER – A flood watch covered the Skeena region of northwestern British Columbia Tuesday as…
Hundreds of B.C. firefighters dig in for Fort St. John battle amid weather reprieve
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Hundreds of firefighters are taking advantage of a weather break…
B.C. teen sustained head injuries before death, pathologist tells murder trial
VANCOUVER – A forensic pathologist testifying in the trial of a man accused of murdering…
B.C. casinos will require all to show government ID under self-exclusion program
VANCOUVER – Everyone who enters a British Columbia casino will soon be required to present…
Fort St. John, B.C., tells all 21,000 residents to prepare to evacuate as fire nears
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – The City of Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia…
B.C. to refer some cancer patients to Washington to cut radiation therapy wait
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s health minister says some cancer patients will be referred to two…
Eby says resignation of Atira housing CEO is step toward restoring public confidence
RICHMOND, B.C. – The resignation of the CEO at one of British Columbia’s largest public…
Autopsy showed 13-year-old B.C. teen was strangled, pathologist tells murder trial
VANCOUVER – A forensic pathologist testifying in the trial of a man accused of murdering…
Man arrested after ‘unprovoked’ stabbing inside Surrey, B.C., hospital: Mounties
SURREY, B.C. – Mounties in Surrey, B.C., have arrested a 24-year-old man after a stabbing…
Man and woman facing murder charges in March homicide in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. – A man and a woman from Maple Ridge, B.C., are both…
Social housing provider Atira gives back $1.9 million to government, launches review
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia housing operator named in a scathing audit says it has…
B.C. police watchdog deployed to Vancouver Island after shooting in RCMP parking lot
DUNCAN, B.C. – British Columbia’s police watchdog has been deployed to Vancouver Island after an…
Two northern spotted owls found dead in B.C. forest, in blow to release program
SPUZZUM, B.C. – Two northern spotted owls that had been released into a British Columbia…
Vancouver Chinatown may be lit in neon again, with $2.2-million revitalization grant
Vancouver Chinatown’s once-iconic array of storefront neon lights may soon return, after B.C.’s government announced…
Another stop-work order issued for Coastal GasLink pipeline over erosion concerns
HOUSTON, B.C. – British Columbia environment enforcement officers have issued another stop-work order for the…
First Nation did not prove Aboriginal title for entire claim area: B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge ruling on a First Nations land title…
Former B.C. little league treasurer charged with fraud and theft
COQUITLAM, B.C. – A former treasurer of a little league baseball organization in Coquitlam, B.C.,…
NDP leaves spring sitting at legislature facing turmoil in public housing management
VICTORIA – The New Democrat government in British Columbia started the spring legislative session promising…
Hectares burned in B.C. wildfires four times higher as high heat moves in
Two major wildfires in British Columbia’s Peace River region continue to burn out of control,…
B.C. sets record, delivers 350,000 surgeries last fiscal year, health minister says
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government says the province set a record for the most…
Overnight temperatures to bring relief in upcoming B.C. and Alberta heat wave
Alberta and British Columbia are bracing for an unseasonable heat wave with daytime highs soaring…
Coyote killed after attack on two-year-old child in Port Coquitlam, B.C., park
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. – A coyote has attacked a two-year-old child in the Metro Vancouver…