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Lululemon beats expectations as Q3 profits increase 14 per cent to US$143.6 million
VANCOUVER – Lululemon Athletica Inc. beat expectations as its net profit increased 14 per cent…
Health workers report burnout amid second wave, ask public to obey health rules
VANCOUVER – Sophia Gabiniewicz is well accustomed to dealing with stress as a registered nurse…
Woman says she’d clean toilets to work at B.C. care home and see husband
VANCOUVER – Lynne Smith’s daily visits to a long-term care home ended abruptly after a…
Minks test positive for COVID-19 on B.C. farm where workers sick
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A COVID-19 outbreak at a British Columbia mink farm likely spread from…
Long-term care workers to get priority vaccination in B.C. to protect elderly: doctor
VICTORIA – Health-care workers in long-term care facilities and intensive care units will be the…
CBSA manager told not to take notes after Meng arrest in case of access request
VANCOUVER – A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency says she was instructed…
Permanent fishway to be built at Fraser River landslide: Fisheries and Oceans
VANCOUVER – Fisheries and Oceans Canada has awarded a contract that would see a permanent…
B.C. premier says nearly 4,000 high-risk people to be vaccinated next week
VICTORIA – British Columbia has recorded 566 new cases of COVID-19, which the provincial health…
FBI wanted Meng’s border exam report, travel history: CBSA airport manager
VANCOUVER – A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency at Vancouver’s airport says…
Two Vancouver police officers charged with assault in arrest of a Black man
VANCOUVER – Assault charges have been laid against two Vancouver police officers after the arrest…
B.C. ministers pay tribute to Joseph Arvay, lawyer and civil rights champion
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s attorney general paid tribute Tuesday to a lawyer he credited with…
Finance minister says B.C. recovery benefits program accepting applications Dec. 18
VICTORIA – People in British Columbia can start applying online for the government’s pandemic recovery…
Increase in claims of elder abuse fuels further study by B.C.’s advocate for seniors
VICTORIA – B.C.’s seniors advocate says calls related to the abuse of elders have jumped,…
COVID-19 restrictions in B.C. extended one month as case numbers climb
VICTORIA – COVID-19 restrictions in British Columbia have been extended to Jan. 8 as the…
Mountie says he updated FBI on Meng arrest, but he was working for the RCMP
VANCOUVER – An RCMP officer who was tasked as a point person for U.S. investigators…
B.C. throne speech says NDP will focus on immediate action in COVID-19 battle
VICTORIA – The B.C. government is promising to immediately fight the spread of COVID-19 while…
Eight people test positive for COVID-19 at B.C. mink farm, outbreak declared
BURNABY, B.C. – A health authority has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a mink farm…
Specialist who treated rare disease among homeless wants doctors to be aware of signs
VANCOUVER – As an infectious diseases specialist, Dr. Carl Boodman has had a longtime interest…
B.C. police watchdog launches probe into RCMP’s role in Chilcotin-region crash
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia’s police watchdog has announced it’s investigating RCMP actions surrounding a…
Watchdog called to look into death outside Merritt, B.C., police detachment
MERRITT, B.C. – British Columbia’s police watchdog has been called in to investigate the death…
Horgan says COVID-19 relief promise top priority of short B.C. legislature session
VICTORIA – Premier John Horgan says his newly re-elected government will focus on ensuring families…
Fraser Health changes school notifications for students, staff over COVID-19
SURREY, B.C. – The Fraser Health authority is changing the way it notifies people in…
Stabbing death of Burnaby, B.C., man was targeted, Vancouver police say
Vancouver police say they’re investigating the recent death of a 19-year-old man as a homicide.…
Settlement brings derelict hotels into City of Vancouver ownership
VANCOUVER – The City of Vancouver says it has reached a settlement with the owners…