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Legal group fights B.C. government’s COVID-19 rules on protests and places of worship
VANCOUVER – A legal advocacy group is challenging the British Columbia government’s COVID-19 restrictions on…
Layoffs at B.C. hospice that refused to offer medical assistance in dying
DELTA, B.C. – A British Columbia hospice that refused to offer medical assistance in dying…
B.C. health officials urge residents to follow COVID-19 guidelines
VICTORIA – British Columbia health officials say they understand the frustration directed at people who…
Impaired driving suspected in truck crash that set off gridlock in North Vancouver
VANCOUVER – A man has been arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after a transport…
Fall from cliff kills snowboarder at B.C.’s Whistler Blackcomb ski resort
WHISTLER, B.C. – A snowboarder has died in an accident at the Whistler Blackcomb resort.…
Man succumbs to injuries after shooting in Richmond, B.C., park, say RCMP
RICHMOND, B.C. – A man has died in a suspected targeted shooting in Richmond, B.C.…
COVID-19 restrictions extended to Feb. 5 in B.C. to ‘hold the line’
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s top doctor says COVID-19 restrictions that were set to expire Friday…
Cowichan First Nation issues stay-at-home order as COVID-19 spreads on its reserve
DUNCAN, B.C. – The Cowichan First Nation on Vancouver Island has issued a shelter-in-place order…
Man’s body found hours after man, woman fatally stabbed in southeastern B.C.: RCMP
CRESTON, B.C. – Mounties say the alleged suspect in a double homicide in southeastern British…
Family demands better oversight of B.C. care homes after outbreak kills 41 residents
VANCOUVER – The last time Bernadette Cheung saw her grandmother, she looked smaller somehow. It…
Woman walking in Nanaimo, B.C., is showered with cash: RCMP
NANAIMO, B.C. – The Mounties say a woman out for a walk in Nanaimo, B.C.,…
Energy minister calls independent Site C dam report ‘helpful,’ will consult cabinet
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s energy minister says he has received a report on the status…
Head of B.C. university public health school apologizes for holiday travel
VANCOUVER – The head of the University of British Columbia’s school of population and public…
Plane that went into B.C.’s Fraser River hit power lines before crash: TSB
RICHMOND, B.C. – A Transportation Safety Board report says a small plane that vanished in…
Health-care professionals ready to help but some say vaccine rollout too slow
VANCOUVER – Marcia Carr returned to nursing during the first wave of the pandemic after…
Man with gang ties is victim of targeted shooting in Surrey, B.C., say police
SURREY, B.C. – Investigators are appealing for witnesses, dashcam video or other surveillance tape as…
B.C. aims to reduce backlog of surgeries within 22 months
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s health minister says 90 per cent of patients who had their…
B.C. reports 625 new COVID-19 cases, eight additional deaths
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s health minister and provincial health officer urged people to look after…
Victoria mayor says council member’s Africa trip during pandemic ‘irresponsible’
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps delivered a rebuke to a city council member who travelled to…
Vancouver blast that tore three-metre crater in sidewalk blamed on failed cables
VANCOUVER – Electrical faults in underground utility cables set off a fire and a subsequent…
Police say there may be more victims of unprovoked machete attacks in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – Police believe there are more witnesses and at least one more victim linked…
Conditions easing, ferry travel resumes after wind, rain batter B.C. coast
VANCOUVER – Wind and rain warnings have been lifted from coastal British Columbia following a…
B.C. state of emergency extended again as pandemic wears on
VICTORIA – British Columbia has again extended its state of emergency in response to the…
B.C. mink farmer decides to destroy 1,000 animals after positive COVID-19 tests
VICTORIA – The operator of a second British Columbia mink farm with animals that tested…