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Delta variant prompts B.C.to make vaccinations mandatory for seniors’ care staff
VICTORIA – A surge in COVID-19 cases spurred by the Delta variant is prompting British…
Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s extradition judge suggests case is ‘unusual’
VANCOUVER – The B.C. Supreme Court judge presiding over the high-profile extradition hearing for the…
Dogs trained to detect COVID-19 in Vancouver health-care facilities
VANCOUVER – Researchers in Vancouver are working to unleash a new weapon they hope will…
Conservation officers search for coyote after boy bitten in Vancouver’s Stanley Park
VANCOUVER – Conservation officers are scouring Stanley Park in Vancouver for a coyote that bit…
Meng’s extradition case enters final leg with AG lawyer labelling her ‘dishonest’
VANCOUVER – The United States has laid out a case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou…
B.C. officials urge caution as third summer heat wave blankets parts of the province
VANCOUVER – British Columbia officials are reassuring residents that health and emergency services are ready…
Three-month high for COVID-19 case count in British Columbia
VICTORIA – The COVID-19 infection rate in British Columbia has leaped to 536, a figure…
B.C. RCMP say activists used garbage, vehicles and trenches to prevent access
LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. – Nearly two dozen protesters have been arrested in the Granite Mainline…
B.C. Prosecution Service says no further charges in legislature spending scandal
VICTORIA – The British Columbia Prosecution Service says two special prosecutors have declined further charges…
B.C. records 395 COVID-19 cases, no new deaths as infections continue upward march
VICTORIA – British Columbia health officials reported 395 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday with infections…
First Nations search for children who didn’t return from North Vancouver school
VANCOUVER – Three British Columbia First Nations have launched an investigation to find answers about…
No person had ‘fairer hearing,’ government lawyer tells Meng Wanzhou extradition case
VANCOUVER – There has been no misconduct in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng…
Group finishes six-week walk to honour children, survivors of residential schools
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – A six-week, 2,000-kilometre walk to honour children and survivors of residential schools…
B.C. shortens the time between COVID-19 vaccine doses to 28 days
VICTORIA – COVID-19 outbreaks in pockets around British Columbia have prompted health officials to shorten…
Meng’s legal team argues for stay in proceedings as remedy to ‘abuse’ in case
VANCOUVER – The only way for the Canadian justice system to protect its integrity after…
Weather stalls significant growth at White Rock Lake fire: BC Wildfire Service
VERNON, B.C. – Showers brought some relief and stalled significant growth this weekend at a…
Hear ye, hear ye: Town crier silenced as Duncan, B.C., looks for new envoy
DUNCAN, B.C. – A Vancouver Island city is putting out a call for a new…
White Rock Lake wildfire pushes toward Okanagan Lake in B.C. Interior: Fire service
VERNON, B.C. – An aggressive fire that’s forced thousands out of their homes around a…
Man dead after what appears to be targeted shooting, say RCMP in Richmond, B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. – Police in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland say a man is dead after…
Male southern resident killer whale possibly dead from cancer, says expert
VANCOUVER – The endangered southern resident killer whale population may have suffered more loss with…
Man runs from British Columbia to Ontario to raise funds for young cancer patients
Rick Fall spent every day of the last three and a half months running roughly…
More properties ordered evacuated in B.C. interior due to aggressive wildfires
MONTE LAKE, B.C. – An aggressive wildfire burning in the Central Okanagan region is forcing…
More restrictions as COVID-19 cases spike in B.C.’s Okanagan: top doctor
VANCOUVER – British Columbia health officials announced circuit-breaker restrictions in the central Okanagan region amid…
Meng’s lawyers fire back at attorney general claims that U.S. acted honourably
VANCOUVER – A lawyer for Meng Wanzhou told a British Columbia Supreme Court that the…