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Plan for associate physicians in British Columbia is stalled by pandemic
VANCOUVER – B.C.’s remedy for bringing more foreign-trained doctors into the medical profession has been…
Regulator fines engineers 8 years after Mount Polley disaster in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Three engineers have been disciplined nearly eight years after one of Canada’s worst…
B.C. announces new regulations to curb catalytic converter thefts
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has moved to prevent thefts of catalytic converters, a…
Canadian professor in Ukraine longs for peace as sirens blare
VANCOUVER – The wail of an air-raid siren has become part of the soundtrack of…
Ottawa urged to pause proposed B.C. port expansion, consider alternative plan
VANCOUVER – A plan to build a new shipping container terminal the size of nearly…
Victim in fatal North Vancouver shooting linked to gangs, police say
VANCOUVER – Homicide investigators say a man with gang links was the victim of a…
Much of Canada moves their clocks forward for daylight time on Sunday
VANCOUVER – Most Canadians will move their clocks forward by an hour before going to…
Permanent daylight time shift remains on hold as clocks set to move ahead Sunday
VICTORIA – There is public support for a switch to permanent daylight time in British…
RCMP say one dead after shooting in North Vancouver grocery store parking lot
VANCOUVER – RCMP in North Vancouver say one man has died after a shooting in…
B.C. reports three new COVID-19 deaths as mask mandate is lifted
VICTORIA – British Columbia has recorded three more deaths related to COVID-19 for a total…
Hospital director granted discretion in potential overnight leave for Schoenborn
COQUITLAM, B.C. – The British Columbia Review Board has granted the director of a psychiatric…
‘Get a hobby,’ B.C. premier tells those considering protesting COVID-19 mandates
VICTORIA – A protest planned for around the British Columbia legislature over COVID-19 mandates has…
B.C. ski hills, churches, campuses and homes preparing for Ukrainian refugees: Horgan
VICTORIA – British Columbia is making room to accommodate potentially thousands of Ukrainians fleeing as…
B.C. man knocked unconscious after he was hit by an egg thrown from vehicle: RCMP
NANAIMO, B.C. – Police say a man who was hit in the head by an…
B.C. coroner says January was third-deadliest month for toxic illicit drug deaths
VICTORIA – The British Columbia Coroners Service says at least 207 people died because of…
Mountie in Kelowna, B.C., facing obstruction of justice charges
VICTORIA – An RCMP officer is facing charges of obstructing justice in connection with an…
B.C. to ease COVID-19 restrictions on masks, long-term care visits, vaccine cards
VICTORIA – British Columbia will lift its mask mandate and capacity limits for faith gatherings…
Surrey, B.C., officer released from hospital with stab wounds after altercation
SURREY, B.C. – A woman is in custody after an altercation resulting in a Surrey…
RCMP say Vancouver Island seniors lose hundreds of thousands in lottery scam
NANAIMO, B.C. – RCMP say a couple in Nanaimo, B.C., who thought they had won…
Fourteen more people die from COVID-19 ahead of B.C. restrictions announcement
VICTORIA – British Columbia reported 274 new cases of COVID-19 a day ahead of the…
B.C. residents advised to discard sand ginger powder that may contain poison
SURREY, B.C. – B.C.’s poison information centre and the Fraser Health authority are warning the…
Panel calls for urgent action on safer drug supply in B.C. to prevent overdoses
VICTORIA – A report into an investigation of 6,007 overdose deaths in British Columbia calls…
Charges laid in 2018 gang shooting in Vancouver that killed innocent teen
VANCOUVER – Charges have been laid in a double homicide in 2018 that killed an…
Mountain goat population declining in British Columbia: study
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s central coast is losing an animal of significant cultural value to…