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OpenAI did not respect Canadian privacy laws in developing ChatGPT, probe finds
OTTAWA — OpenAI failed to respect Canadian privacy laws when training its artificial intelligence-powered ChatGPT…
Flood watch issued in northwest B.C. due to snowmelt induced by high temperatures
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s River Forecast Centre has upgraded a high streamflow advisory to a…
B.C. man’s killing spurred housing law reform. Relatives wonder why it’s unsolved
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It’s been just over a year since Keith Scott was found dead in a Victoria…
Surgery to repair skull a success for Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Maya Gebala
VANCOUVER — The father of 12-year-old Maya Gebala, who was gravely injured in the Tumbler…
Lawyer says client didn’t try to kill Vancouver café patron. Crown calls accused liar
VANCOUVER — The judge in the murder trial of a man who stabbed a Vancouver…
Electricity demand and temperatures hit record levels in B.C.
VANCOUVER — Warm weather across British Columbia has driven electricity demand to the highest level…
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim vows to use ‘all tools’ to block overdose prevention site
VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has vowed to block the opening of a planned…
Eby hits back at claim B.C. minister is under investigation for helping China
VICTORIA — Premier David Eby says neither the RCMP nor Canada’s spy agency have ever…
Police investigate overnight homicide in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS — Police say one person has been killed in a shooting in the British…
Man dead in ‘targeted’ daylight shooting at Surrey, B.C., business
SURREY — Homicide investigators say a deadly daylight shooting at a business in Surrey, B.C.,…
B.C. bats ‘do not know the border’ — and Trump funding cuts may put them in peril
Scientists battling a deadly infection that has killed millions of bats in North America say…
David Eby says he doesn’t get why Ottawa is focused on pipeline, not B.C. softwood
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby said he doesn’t understand why the federal government…
Court tosses defamation suit by mayor’s wife against Union of BC Indian Chiefs
QUESNEL — The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit launched by the wife…
Alberta man charged with murder after two bodies found in home in Langley, B.C.
SURREY — An Alberta man has been charged with second-degree murder after an 18-year-old woman…
Heat records fall across B.C. as wildfire risks climb, streamflow advisory issued
VICTORIA — Much of southern British Columbia spent the last few days basking in the…
Surrey police release photo of extortion suspect in rare step to aid investigation
SURREY — Police in Surrey, B.C., are taking the rare step of releasing an image…
One arrested at Vancouver airport after climbing fence and accessing aircraft
RICHMOND — The Vancouver Airport Authority says a person has been taken into custody after…
Boy and girl, 11 and 9, seriously injured in crash with vehicle in Burnaby, B.C.
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BURNABY — Police in Burnaby, B.C., say two children have been hospitalized with serious injuries…
One driver dead, passengers injured in two-vehicle crash in Delta, B.C.
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DELTA — Police in Delta, B.C., say one person is dead after a crash involving…
Hearing into Myles Gray’s death delayed again until fall, 11 years after death
VANCOUVER — The long-anticipated public hearing into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015…
Owner says Gary the African serval will suffer under B.C. exotic cat ban
LANGLEY — As he curls up on a couch beside his owner, it’s easy to…
Eby says Burnaby, B.C., hospital expansion will go ahead, despite cancelled contract
BURNABY — Plans for a hospital expansion in Burnaby, B.C., are not dead, despite the…
B.C.’s legislature looks into changes as MLA avoids censure after using Nazi slogan
VICTORIA — Politicians in B.C.’s legislature say they are looking into whether they can close…
Indigenous leader Angela Wesley reappointed to BC Treaty Commission
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has reappointed Indigenous leader Angela Wesley to be the…