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B.C. hospitality, tourism and liquor groups seek quick resolution to BCGEU job action
BURNABY, B.C. – Industry groups representing hospitality, tourism and liquor businesses in British Columbia are…
Concern for B.C. sockeye salmon as Fraser River return estimates drop by millions
VANCOUVER – Optimism over an expected bumper season for wild British Columbia sockeye salmon has…
40 residents of Vancouver street camp accept accommodation: BC Housing
VANCOUVER – Forty people who were living in a street encampment on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside…
B.C. public-sector union says negotiations with government are back on
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s largest public-sector union says it has accepted the government’s invitation to…
Single mothers group challenges B.C. government stance on legal aid system
VANCOUVER – A three-day hearing has begun in British Columbia Supreme Court, with a group…
Driver in hospital as police probe speed, medical issues in deadly B.C. wedding crash
VANCOUVER – Police say the driver of an SUV that struck a wedding celebration in…
B.C. union imposes overtime ban in latest job action to back wage demands
VANCOUVER – A union representing thousands of provincial government workers in British Columbia has escalated…
Four arrested after Vancouver police say guns found in encampment tent
Vancouver police say four men have been arrested after two guns were seized from a…
At least 40 people displaced by explosion and fire in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER – Dozens of people have been left without a home after an apparent explosion…
Emergency rooms close in B.C., paramedics union says ambulances unstaffed
VANCOUVER – Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt, B.C., is the latest emergency room in the…
B.C. First Nation arrives in Scotland, asks museum to return totem pole taken in 1929
VANCOUVER – Delegates from the Nisga’a First Nation are in Scotland this week to discuss…
Surrey South candidate nomination period closed ahead of Sept. 10 byelection
SURREY, B.C. – The candidate nomination period for the upcoming provincial byelection in Surrey South…
MLA John Rustad says he has “no animosity” toward BC Liberal Party after ouster
VICTORIA – A British Columbia MLA says he holds no animosity toward the BC Liberal…
BC Liquor Stores start rationing alcohol sales due to BCGEU strike
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s Finance Ministry has announced that government-run liquor stores are implementing limits…
Vancouver police investigate three violent stranger attacks in Fairview neighbourhood
Vancouver police are investigating what they call a series of violent stranger assaults in the…
Greater Vancouver Zoo’s missing wolf Tempest is found safe, returned to pack
ALDERGROVE, B.C. – A wolf missing from a British Columbia zoo has been found safe…
‘Weak spot’ in virus responsible for COVID-19 could mean new treatments: researchers
VANCOUVER – Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered what they are calling…
B.C. Liberals remove MLA John Rustad after ‘Celebrate CO2’ tweet
VICTORIA – The Opposition B.C. Liberals have removed MLA John Rustad from the party caucus…
B.C. police release description of suspect in possible attempted abduction
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Police in Abbotsford, B.C., have released a description of the suspect in…
Sheen dissipates but sunken U.S. fish boat still in orca habitat east of Victoria
VICTORIA – The Department of Ecology for the State of Washington says an oil sheen…
B.C. cannabis stores grapple with delivery stoppage as BCLDB workers go on strike
British Columbian cannabis stores are bracing for emptier shelves after a strike stopped the province’s…
All evacuation orders rescinded for Keremeos Creek wildfire near Penticton, B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. – Local authorities in British Columbia’s Okanagan region say all evacuation orders around…
Physicists and business figures gather in Vancouver to crack theory of everything
VANCOUVER – Some of the world’s brightest minds are gathering at a hotel conference centre…
Wolf enclosure was damaged to let animals escape at Greater Vancouver Zoo, RCMP say
LANGLEY, B.C. – Police say the wolf enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo was damaged…