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B.C. homicide team probes three murders within 24 hours
VANCOUVER – Police in southern B.C. are investigating three separate homicides over a 24-hour period.…
B.C., Vancouver partner to build modular housing in strategy to disperse street camps
VANCOUVER – British Columbia and the City of Vancouver are building 90 modular housing units…
Ottawa aims to reduce size of salmon fishing industry by buying licences
VANCOUVER – The federal government is offering to buy Pacific salmon commercial fishing licences from…
Cameras at babies’ bedsides in B.C. neonatal intensive care unit comfort parents
VANCOUVER – When Preethi Krishnan would return home from the hospital after visiting her premature…
Police say fatal shooting appears targeted, no threat to public
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – A shooting at a home in Chilliwack, B.C. has left one person…
Sticking with RCMP would save Surrey, B.C., $235 million: report
SURREY, B.C. – City council in Surrey, B.C., has voted to send a plan to…
Defence lawyer in murder trial of escaped B.C. inmate points to lack of blood spatter
VANCOUVER – The defence lawyer in the B.C. Supreme Court murder trial of an escaped…
Rescue group captures wrong-way warbler that should be wintering far south
BURNABY, B.C. – A tiny warbler spotted flying in a Vancouver parking garage is not…
Crown says killer of B.C. man was either a ‘master ninja’ or there were two attackers
VANCOUVER – An escaped inmate accused of the first-degree murder of a Vancouver Island man…
BC Children’s prepared to double-bunk patients during busy respiratory illness season
VANCOUVER – BC Children’s Hospital has approved double-bunking patients in single-occupancy rooms as it tries…
Bank of Canada governor says rate hikes are working but it needs to stay the course
The Bank of Canada expects to see a clear pullback in inflation by the spring,…
ICBC applies to regulator for two-year rate freeze on basic auto insurance
VANCOUVER – Premier David Eby says the provincial auto insurer is applying for a two-year…
Business group offers $100,000 reward over attack on Coastal GasLink site
SURREY, B.C. – The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. is offering a $100,000…
Activist investor seeking to replace four trustees on First Capital REIT board
VANCOUVER – Activist investor Sandpiper Group is seeking to replace four of the nine trustees…
Climate change affecting Christmas tree farms across Canada, expert say
VANCOUVER – The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms…
CDC says B.C. flu surge is stabilizing after six kids die, but surgeon is alarmed
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia pediatric cardiac surgeon is calling for more transparency and urgency…
Speed up shift to family care, says B.C. coroner’s jury in death of Cree teen
BURNABY, B.C. – British Columbia’s representative for children and youth says one of the messages…
At least five B.C. children died from influenza last month, as mortalities spike
VICTORIA – At least five children died last month in British Columbia from influenza as…
Advocates seek funding for free contraception in next B.C. budget
VICTORIA – A B.C. advocacy group says it’s going to push the government to fulfil…
Conroy brings rural perspective to B.C.’s bottom line, may expand speculation tax
VICTORIA – Katrine Conroy says she asked to keep her old job as British Columbia’s…
Safety board says maintenance problems, blade failure led to fatal crash in B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board says a fatal helicopter crash near Campbell River,…
One dead, one in custody following stabbing in Surrey
SURREY, B.C. – A stabbing at a home in Surrey has left one person dead,…
Finance minister replaced in B.C. cabinet shuffle that blends old, new
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby unveiled a new-look cabinet Wednesday that elevates several…
Katrina Chen exits B.C. cabinet, citing ‘long-standing trauma,’ gender-based violence
VICTORIA – Former British Columbia cabinet member Katrina Chen says she took herself out of…