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Meng makes ‘unusual’ request for admission of HSBC evidence in extradition case
VANCOUVER – Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou made what they said was an “unusual”…
Private donation helps protect threatened British Columbia island
VANCOUVER – The BC Parks Foundation says a private donation has allowed the purchase of…
Royal B.C. Museum chairman apologizes after report finds racism, offensive exhibits
VICTORIA – The chairman of Royal British Columbia Museum is apologizing to an Indigenous whistleblower…
Record set for illicit drug deaths for first five months of 2021 in British Columbia
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s coroners service says more people have died from suspected illicit drug…
Cardero: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) _ Cardero Resource Corp. (CDYCF) on Tuesday reported a loss of…
Heat wave has unusual characteristic, high nighttime temperatures, expert says
VANCOUVER – A stifling heat wave throughout much of Western Canada is unusual because of…
High vaccination rate, low COVID-19 cases point to further reopening in B.C.
VICTORIA – High COVID-19 vaccination rates and a dramatic drop in cases that hasn’t been…
Heat wave dubbed ‘dangerous,’ ‘historic’ bakes much of Western Canada
VANCOUVER – Environment Canada warns the torrid heat wave that has settled over much of…
BC Wildfire Service battling out-of-control blaze; Highway 97 partially closed
PEACHLAND, B.C. – The BC Wildfire Service was fighting an out-of-control blaze in the province’s…
B.C. provides $12 million to First Nations investigating former residential schools
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government says it’s providing $12 million to support First Nations…
Temperature in Lytton, B.C., breaks all-time Canadian high set in 1937
VANCOUVER – The temperature in a village in British Columbia’s southern Interior reached a scorching…
Some vaccine recipients to be sent elsewhere due to extreme heat in B.C.
SURREY, B.C. – Fraser Health is diverting clients away from some COVID-19 vaccine and testing…
International students navigate numerous barriers as they look to begin fall classes
VANCOUVER – A prospective student from Pakistan who will be enrolling in Vancouver’s Simon Fraser…
Wildfire that started in structure now under control in B.C.’s southern Interior
PEACHLAND, B.C. – Residents evacuated from their homes in the town of Peachland in B.C.’s…
Two more Catholic churches burn in B.C.’s southern Interior, chief says
CAWSTON, B.C. – Mounties are investigating after they say two more Catholic churches in British…
Air quality advisory in effect for parts of Vancouver, Fraser Valley amid heatwave
VANCOUVER – An air quality advisory is in effect for eastern parts of Metro Vancouver…
RCMP say no risk to the public after fatal double shooting in Richmond, B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. – Police say they’re investigating a double homicide in a residential area of…
RCMP make 18 arrests at old-growth logging blockades on Vancouver Island
PORT RENFREW, B.C. – Police arrested 18 people Friday as they continued to enforce an…
UBC faculty of medicine apologizes for harms to Indigenous Peoples
VANCOUVER – The University of British Columbia’s faculty of medicine formally apologized Friday for its…
Public concerns about COVID-19 services, policies highlight B.C. ombudsperson report
VICTORIA – Public concerns about government policies and services on COVID-19 are highlighted in the…
News hound, animal lover, former CP bureau chief Jill St. Louis dies at 66
VANCOUVER – Jill St. Louis, a former Vancouver bureau chief at The Canadian Press who…
B.C. reports 72 new COVID-19 cases, as pop-up clinics move indoors due to heat
VICTORIA – British Columbia health officials are urging residents to prepare for high temperatures if…
Man who killed B.C. teen not at ‘immediate risk’ to violently reoffend: lawyer
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – The man who killed a 13-year-old girl and injured her friend…
Record heat now due from B.C., to Alberta, parts of Yukon and Northwest Territories
VANCOUVER – Environment Canada has extended heat warnings to cover all but the western edge…