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Vancouver police promise upgrades to psychological testing following inquest
Vancouver’s police Chief Adam Palmer said he believes the department will get the funding required…
‘Our data has never been stored in China,’ TikTok CEO tells Ted Talks
VANCOUVER – The CEO of TikTok dropped into a Ted Talks in Vancouver Thursday to…
Officers told not to make handwritten notes after death of Myles Gray, inquest hears
BURNABY, B.C. – Two Vancouver police officers testified at a British Columbia coroner’s inquest that…
B.C. stores broke privacy laws on facial ID technology, privacy commissioner says
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s privacy commissioner is recommending the province amend its information protection laws…
B.C. First Nation says 40 unmarked graves found around former residential school
SECHELT, B.C. – The shishalh Nation on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast says ground-penetrating radar has…
Key shareholder Sumitomo to vote in favour of Teck plan to split business
VANCOUVER – Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd., a key shareholder at Teck Resources Ltd., will…
Criminal probe begins after campfire-sparked blaze threatened homes in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Electricity has been restored to nearly 4,000 homes and businesses in Kamloops,…
Vancouver police officer tells inquest he punched Myles Gray as hard as he could
BURNABY, B.C. – A Vancouver police officer told a British Columbia coroner’s jury Wednesday that…
B.C. First Nation sues port firm, others for disrupting ancestral remains
VANCOUVER – A First Nation is suing the British Columbia and federal governments and the…
Glencore open to improving Teck offer, but shareholders must reject plan to split
VANCOUVER – Glencore says it is willing to consider improving its offer to acquire Teck…
B.C. limits supply of Ozempic for its diabetes patients, not weight loss in U.S.
VICTORIA – British Columbia wants to work with the federal government to ensure prescription drugs…
Glencore open to improving Teck offer, but shareholders must reject plan to split
VANCOUVER – Glencore says it is willing to consider improving its offer to acquire Teck…
Officer testifies at B.C. inquest into man’s death after police beating
BURNABY, B.C. – The first Vancouver police officer to interact with Myles Gray in an…
B.C. old-growth protesters celebrate as contempt prosecution has ‘collapsed’
NANAIMO, B.C. – The B.C. Prosecution Service has withdrawn contempt charges against 11 old-growth logging…
B.C. mom whose son was killed urges people to call police, not film violence
VANCOUVER – The mother of a teenager stabbed to death on a transit bus in…
B.C. inquest hears initial 911 calls related to man who died after police beating
BURNABY, B.C. – A coroner’s inquest has heard from two people whose 911 calls set…
BC Coroners Service says nearly 600 toxic drug deaths in first three months of 2023
VICTORIA – Numbers released by the BC Coroners Service show deaths from toxic, unregulated drugs…
Uber Eats launches cannabis delivery service in Vancouver, Victoria
VANCOUVER – A partnership between Uber Eats and cannabis resource company Leafly means British Columbia…
Twenty-year-old charged with murder following stabbing death of teen on B.C. bus
SURREY, B.C. – A 20-year-old man from Burnaby, B.C., has been charged with second-degree murder…
Vancouver officers involved in beating death should be fired, victim’s sister says
BURNABY, B.C. – The family of a man beaten to death during a confrontation with…
Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, Langley in line for four of six new proposed B.C. ridings
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s electoral map is poised to expand by six ridings, increasing the…
Two men charged in 2021 Naramata, B.C., murder linked to gang violence: police
SURREY, B.C. – Two men have been charged with first-degree murder of a British Columbia…
The sale of Teck to a foreign buyer would be a loss for Canada, critics say
CALGARY – The hostile takeover of Canada’s largest diversified mining company by a foreign entity…
Vancouver airport promising improvements following Christmas season travel mess
VANCOUVER – Officials with Vancouver International Airport are promising new real-time weather monitoring equipment, gate…