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Federal disaster aid program for 2021 B.C. floods now tops $1 billion
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Federal disaster assistance to help British Columbia rebuild after devastating flooding in…
Nurse practitioners in B.C. can now assess crisis patients for involuntary admissions
VICTORIA – Nurse practitioners in British Columbia now have expanded authority to assess people in…
Federal protection proposed for critically at-risk spotted owls in B.C., groups say
VANCOUVER – Two environmental groups and a British Columbia First Nation say the federal government…
Former B.C. NDP cabinet minister Melanie Mark to resign Vancouver seat, cites health
VICTORIA – A former New Democrat cabinet minister who gave what was likely her last…
Canada aims to build new Arctic surveillance systems to counter potential threats
VANCOUVER – National Defence Minister Anita Anand says Canada is significantly building up its Arctic…
Icy winds, snow, hit much of B.C., weekend snow possible for south coast: forecasters
VANCOUVER – Bitterly cold weather is gripping much of British Columbia and forecasters don’t expect…
Taseko Mines to increase its stake in the Gibraltar copper mine in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Taseko Mines Ltd. says it has signed a deal to increase its stake…
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers reports Q4 profit and revenue up from year ago
VANCOUVER – Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. reported its fourth-quarter profit and sales were up compared…
‘You’re not the only one’: Vancouver’s Black population rising fast, census shows
VANCOUVER – Lenya Wilks says she felt like the “only Black person in Surrey” when…
B.C. diver finds horseshoe crab: ‘I knew immediately it wasn’t supposed to be here’
VANCOUVER – A scuba diver cleaning part of the sea floor in a Vancouver inlet…
Suspected grave sites, children’s deaths found in probe of B.C. residential school
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – A Vancouver Island First Nation has announced the detection of 17…
B.C. adds $180 million to help communities prepare for natural disasters
VICTORIA – Premier David Eby says he’s introducing more supports to better prepare British Columbia…
A timeline of events since the detection of possible unmarked graves in Kamloops
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc announced in May 2021 that ground-penetrating radar…
B.C. government will provide Surrey with police service answer by spring: Farnworth
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government will hand down its decision on which force will…
Woman and 14-year-old girl found dead in Richmond, B.C., home: RCMP
RICHMOND, B.C. – Police in Metro Vancouver say homicide investigators have been deployed after the…
Man charged with attempted murder after downtown Vancouver shooting
VANCOUVER – A man has been charged after a shooting in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside that…
Teck Resources to split company and spin off steelmaking coal business
CALGARY – Teck Resources Ltd. has announced a plan to split the company in two,…
Surrey police chief wants audit of city’s ‘inflated and mischaracterized’ costings
SURREY, B.C. – The chief of the municipal police service in Surrey, B.C., is calling…
‘Wonderful awakening’ as totem pole is returned to Nuxalk Nation after a century
BELLA COOLA, B.C. – A totem pole that was taken from a First Nation more…
Probe begins after pedestrian killed by truck in New Westminster, B.C.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Police in New Westminster, B.C., confirm a pedestrian has been hit…
One person slightly hurt, several pets killed in house fire in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Several pets have died in an early morning house fire in Chilliwack,…
Vancouver police arrest suspect after man shot several times in Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER – Police in Vancouver say they are investigating a shooting in the Downtown Eastside…
Mounties in Richmond, B.C., seek witnesses to random Valentine’s Day attacks
RICHMOND, B.C. – Mounties in Richmond, B.C., are looking for witnesses and video evidence of…
RCMP seek dashcam footage after van strikes pedestrian in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. – Mounties in Surrey, B.C., are asking for the public’s help after a…