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No vaccine passport means B.C. school events capped at 50% for spectators: minister
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s education minister says capacity at school-based events will be capped at…
Pacific Salmon Treaty failing to address harvest of struggling B.C. stocks: advocates
VANCOUVER – Significant numbers of salmon returning to spawn in British Columbia are being caught…
Proposed class-action lawsuit in B.C. seeks permanent deletion of sex-work records
VANCOUVER – A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in British Columbia wants the court to order…
Volunteers who supported seniors a lasting legacy of pandemic: B.C. seniors advocate
VICTORIA – The advocate for seniors in British Columbia says a rise in volunteer services…
B.C. to lift most COVID restrictions, but mask and vaccine card rules remain
VICTORIA – British Columbia will drop capacity limits for indoor and outdoor gatherings including at…
West Fraser caps year of record profits with higher Q4 profits on Norbord acquisition
VANCOUVER – West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. capped a year of strong growth and record…
Man sentenced to life for 2017 murder in Vancouver’s Stanley Park: police
VANCOUVER – Police say a man convicted in the random killing of an amateur photographer…
Vancouver police use DNA to identify child victims in ‘Babes in the Woods’ cold case
VANCOUVER – The child victims in Vancouver’s oldest unsolved murder case have been identified as…
Arrests as RCMP clear protest near Pacific Highway border crossing in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Traffic was moving again Tuesday through the main commercial truck crossing between British…
Former Speaker of B.C. legislature didn’t consider conflict of interest: trial hears
VANCOUVER – A former Speaker of the B.C. legislature says he doesn’t recall being worried…
B.C. introduces skills trade certification for apprentices, journeymen in 10 trades
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has introduced legislation to modernize the Crown agency responsible…
17 more deaths recorded in B.C. over weekend, hospitalizations declining
VICTORIA – B.C.’s Health Ministry is reporting another 17 deaths linked to COVID-19 in the…
Truck drivers face delays after Pacific border highway closed due to protests
VANCOUVER – Protests against COVID-19 mandates in British Columbia have been loud, but mostly lawful,…
Statue of Vancouver’s Gastown founder torn down during women’s memorial march
VANCOUVER – Police say they are investigating after a statue commemorating the founder of a…
Lost in the B.C. woods for 74 days, Bear Henry thankful to forestry workers’ rescue
VICTORIA – Bear Henry says they survived more than 70 days stuck in a camper…
British Columbia introduces online auto insurance renewals
VICTORIA – Motorists in British Columbia will soon have the option to renew their auto…
Protesters broke through RCMP barricades, causing highway closure near Pacific Border
SURREY, B.C. – The main route to the Pacific Highway border crossing in Surrey was…
RCMP investigate suspected homicide of Nanaimo man found dead Saturday
NANAIMO, B.C. – Police say they are investigating after a man was found dead at…
Flower supply chain issues prompt some B.C. buyers to look local
VANCOUVER – It was stubbornness that led a family farm on Vancouver Island to keep…
Another 17 COVID-19 deaths in B.C., booster dose vaccination reaches 51.5 per cent
VICTORIA – Nine COVID-19 outbreaks at seniors’ care homes in British Columbia have been declared…
B.C. provides millions for Chinese Canadian museum in Vancouver’s Chinatown
VANCOUVER – The oldest building in Vancouver’s Chinatown will soon become a Chinese Canadian Museum.…
Final evacuation orders lifted in Old Fort, B.C., years after landslides
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Final evacuation orders have been lifted for an area of…
B.C. lawyer for Crown says stay application in old-growth logging case is flawed
NANAIMO, B.C. – A lawyer for the Crown says a court application asking for a…
B.C. reports 867 people hospitalized due to COVID; will no longer record active cases
VICTORIA – British Columbia health officials are reporting five new deaths due to COVID-19 bringing…