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Black bear killed, cubs captured after repeated conflicts in B.C. provincial park
MAPLE RIDGE — Conservation officers have killed a female black bear and captured two cubs…
B.C. RCMP warn of service issues at some detachments for non-emergency calls
SURREY — Mounties in British Columbia are warning the public of service issues for non-emergency…
Victoria transit workers give a 97% strike mandate in labour dispute
VICTORIA — The union representing 790 transit operators and mechanics in Victoria says its members…
Elections BC says no deliberate violations in 2024 Surrey-Guildford vote
VICTORIA — Elections BC says it has found no evidence of deliberate violations in a…
Highway 1 reopens in B.C. Interior after overnight landslide closure
REVELSTOKE — A landslide shut down Highway 1 in the British Columbia Interior for hours…
Heat records set, matched in five B.C. communities across province’s Interior
KELOWNA — Five British Columbia communities reached record temperature highs on Thursday as warm weather…
Why the B.C. Conservative leadership contest is hinge moment for the NDP too
VICTORIA — The B.C. Conservatives are expected to announce their new leader on Saturday, nearly…
‘Shattered’: Daughters of murdered B.C. couple tell of anguish at sentencing hearing
ABBOTSFORD — Family and friends of Arnold and Joanne De Jong filled a courtroom in…
A First Nation treaty decades in making faces further delays, says B.C. minister
VICTORIA — B.C.’s minister responsible for Indigenous affairs says legislation to move a First Nation…
Ruling against Aboriginal title on private land is allowed to stand by high court
A New Brunswick ruling that Aboriginal title cannot be declared over private land has been…
Wildfire forecast anticipates high risk for new wildfires in B.C., Prairies, N.W.T.
OTTAWA — This year’s wildfire season has been slow compared with 2025, but the overall…
Penticton, B.C., declares emergency and orders evacuations after fire guts care site
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The City of Penticton has declared a local state of emergency after a massive fire…
‘Someone was seriously hurt’: B.C. Mountie testifies finding blood-stained Audi
A Mountie has told a B.C. murder trial about approaching an abandoned vehicle owned by…
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VICTORIA — The B-C Conservatives will announce their new leader on Saturday in Vancouver six…
B.C. woman returns home after 2 months in induced coma in China
VANCOUVER — The daughter of a British Columbia woman who slipped into a coma in…
Four arrested for allegedly defrauding $200,000 from Vancouver casino
SURREY — Police have arrested four people in Vancouver in connection with an alleged cheating…
B.C. Indigenous relations face ‘fraught context’ but treaty commissioner undeterred
VICTORIA — Relations between the British Columbia government and First Nations plunged this year as…
Province pauses plan for overdose prevention site in downtown Vancouver amid concerns
VANCOUVER — The B.C. government says it will not open an overdose prevention site in…
B.C. alcohol use hits 20-year low but remains above national and recommended levels
Alcohol use in British Columbia has reached a 20-year low after spiking during the COVID-19…
Transportation Safety Board report details lead-up to fatal B.C. helicopter accident
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VANCOUVER — The Transportation Safety Board has found that a pilot missed important steps on…
Alberta premier wins standoff with party over position on provincial separation vote
EDMONTON — A standoff between Premier Danielle Smith and her own United Conservative Party on…
‘Going to be alone’: Daughter tells of B.C. murder suspect’s message as mom vanished
KAMLOOPS — The daughter of murder suspect Vitali Stefanski has testified that he left her…
Man killed in B.C.’s Kootenay region when motorcycle hit elk on highway
TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — A motorcycle rider has been killed in British Columbia’s Kootenay…
German utility to buy one million tonnes of LNG per year from Ksi Lisims project
A German utility has signed a long-term agreement to buy one million tonnes of liquefied…