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B.C. First Nation to start new radar search near former Kamloops residential school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The B.C. First Nation whose discovery of unmarked graves on the grounds…
B.C. to end fossil fuel subsidies under new oil and gas royalty system
VICTORIA – British Columbia is changing its decades-old royalty system, the fees it charges companies…
540 people in B.C. hospitalized with COVID-19, milder cases among vaccinated
VANCOUVER – The latest figures on COVID-19 show 540 people in British Columbia are currently…
Abbotsford commercial poultry flock latest to test positive for avian flu in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Avian flu has been found in a commercial flock in the Fraser…
B.C. clerk of the legislature Craig James guilty of breach of trust
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s former clerk of the legislature dishonestly claimed expenses for work attire…
Crews working to restore power to parts of B.C.’s south coast hammered by high winds
VANCOUVER – Crews were making headway restoring electricity to thousands of customers across British Columbia’s…
Police identify the two killed in a fire that razed Vancouver hotel built in 1907
Vancouver police have identified two people who died in a fire that destroyed a historic…
Unmarked graves finding triggered Canada’s year of reckoning over residential schools
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Percy Casper, 73, spent 10 years as a child at the former…
Wind knocks out power, weather warnings issued for southern B.C.
VANCOUVER – Strong winds from an unseasonable storm have knocked out power to thousands on…
A timeline of events since the finding of unmarked graves in Kamloops last May
VANCOUVER – The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc announced in May last year that the remains of…
B.C. council votes to return Queen Charlotte to original Indigenous village name
QUEEN CHARLOTTE, B.C. – The council of Queen Charlotte, B.C., has decided to change the…
A report on wildfire in Lytton, B.C., says more community fireproofing needed
VANCOUVER – A wildfire that destroyed the British Columbia village of Lytton couldn’t have been…
Trevali reports no survivors found in refuge chamber after Burkina Faso mine flood
VANCOUVER – Trevali Mining Corp. says none of the eight workers missing since the Perkoa…
Rain and strong wind expected to lash southwestern B.C.: Environment Canada
VANCOUVER – An unseasonably strong low-pressure system is heading toward southwestern British Columbia, bringing strong…
Telus bulking up reach in Western Canada with $34.5B investments in B.C., Alberta
VANCOUVER – Telus Corp. says it will invest $17.5 billion in British Columbia and $17…
B.C. Liberal Leader Falcon takes legislature seat; knocks museum ‘vanity project’
VICTORIA – British Columbia Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon said that if elected premier he would…
Vancouver police think speed was factor after car crosses into traffic, takes flight
Vancouver police say they believe speed was a factor in a four-car collision that killed…
B.C. to launch ‘circle of care’ for neurodiverse kids but parents have many questions
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is set to launch one-stop support centres for children with issues…
Emergency alert system in B.C. to be in place for extreme heat in June: minister
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s public safety minister says an automated alert system will be in…
$416 million in disaster funding comes through for homes lost in B.C. wildfires
VANCOUVER – The federal government said it’s preparing for what could be a challenging summer…
B.C. invests $789 million for new safe, accessible and culturally inclusive museum
VICTORIA – The Royal British Columbia Museum needs to be brought into the 21st century…
Chilly conditions break century-old temperature records in parts of southern B.C.
VANCOUVER – Highways through southern British Columbia’s mountain passes looked more like mid-winter than mid-May…
Researchers in B.C. to map landslides in Fraser River, help protect salmon
VANCOUVER – British Columbia geoscientists are returning to the scene of a massive landslide on…
Number of people in hospital with COVID-19 increases in B.C.
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is seeing an increase in the number of hospitalizations of patients…