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Fourteen more people die from COVID-19 ahead of B.C. restrictions announcement
VICTORIA – British Columbia reported 274 new cases of COVID-19 a day ahead of the…
B.C. residents advised to discard sand ginger powder that may contain poison
SURREY, B.C. – B.C.’s poison information centre and the Fraser Health authority are warning the…
Panel calls for urgent action on safer drug supply in B.C. to prevent overdoses
VICTORIA – A report into an investigation of 6,007 overdose deaths in British Columbia calls…
Charges laid in 2018 gang shooting in Vancouver that killed innocent teen
VANCOUVER – Charges have been laid in a double homicide in 2018 that killed an…
Mountain goat population declining in British Columbia: study
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s central coast is losing an animal of significant cultural value to…
B.C. order for health workers’ COVID-19 vax status lifts mention of vaccine deadlines
VICTORIA – British Columbia has removed any mention of COVID-19 vaccination deadlines from its order…
Lululemon founder starting new venture to find cure for type of muscular dystrophy
VANCOUVER – Chip Wilson, the founder of athletic wear firm Lululemon Athletica, said he once…
Group hopes to make fourth attempt to have Russian pianist perform in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – The decision to cancel a Russian pianist’s concert in Vancouver over concerns of…
Arc’teryx parent company and CAE Inc. halt sales in Russia
VANCOUVER – Arc’teryx parent company Amer Sports and flight simulator and training provider CAE Inc.…
B.C.’s auditor general says more work needed to assess risk of fraud in public sector
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s auditor general says the government’s framework to manage fraud in the…
Every part of B.C. to have high-speed internet by 2027, government says
VICTORIA – The federal and British Columbia governments are spending $830 million to provide access…
B.C. adds conditions for Trans Mountain expansion, ministers say concerns remain
VANCOUVER – British Columbia has amended the conditions of its environmental assessment certificate for the…
Lytton fire recovery work gets $18.4 million from province; debris removal starts
VICTORIA – The first signs of a long-awaited start of rebuilding in fire-ravaged Lytton, B.C.,…
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 see slight drop in B.C.; 11 more deaths recorded
VICTORIA – British Columbia has recorded 11 new deaths related to COVID-19 over a three-day…
‘No simple solution’ to gas prices; B.C. has no tax reduction plans: Farnworth
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s minister of public safety says the province has no plans to…
Opposition to forced transfers of B.C. patients seeking medically assisted deaths
VANCOUVER – A national organization that supports those seeking a medically assisted death is campaigning…
Woman attacked at B.C. university campus remembered as kind, helpful
VANCOUVER – A 24-year-old woman who was killed at a university in British Columbia is…
Debris from cargo ship spill last fall spreading along B.C. coast: beach cleaners
TOFINO, B.C. – A volunteer organization that has been cleaning up debris from a cargo…
B.C. records 8 more deaths due to COVID-19; sees further drop in hospitalizations
VICTORIA – British Columbia has recorded eight more deaths due to COVID-19, bringing the total…
Premier not concerned about impacts to B.C. after Canada raises tariffs for Russia
B.C.'s premier says he supports the federal government's decision to impose a 35 per cent…
Fraud, breach of trust case against former B.C. legislature clerk rests with judge
VANCOUVER – Defence lawyers for British Columbia’s former clerk of the legislature say the Crown…
Premier not concerned about impacts to B.C. after Canada raises tariffs for Russia
VICTORIA – B.C.’s premier says he supports the federal government’s decision to impose a 35…
B.C. Review Board considers hospital discretion over Schoenborn community leave
COQUITLAM, B.C. – The British Columbia Review Board is consideringwhether a psychiatric hospital director should…
B.C. records 13 more deaths due to COVID-19; sees slight dip in hospitalizations
VICTORIA – British Columbia health officials have declared a COVID-19 outbreak at another health-care facility,…