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B.C. expands Foundry mental health, substance use services to 8 communities
VICTORIA – The B.C. government is expanding its mental health and substance use services for…
Trans Mountain pipeline restarts after light crude spills in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Trans Mountain says oil is flowing again through its pipeline after as…
Trans Mountain says pipeline has restarted after spill in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Trans Mountain estimates as much as 1,195 barrels, or 190,000 litres, of…
Homicide team probes suspicious fire where three bodies found in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY, B.C. – Homicide investigators say three bodies have been found in the wreckage of…
Court tells hospice society that refuses to allow assisted death to stop meeting
DELTA, B.C. – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has cancelled a pivotal meeting on…
Politics as normal suspended in B.C., but will that change when house returns?
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s Opposition leader says fighting the pandemic produced a unified health front…
Trans Mountain pipeline shuts as crews clean spill in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A crude oil spill from the Trans Mountain pipeline in Abbotsford, B.C.,…
Escapees out of B.C. prison for two days are charged with murder
LANGFORD, B.C. – Two inmates who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison have been charged…
Lawsuit filed by family of a B.C. man who died in a police confrontation
KAMLOOPS,, B.C. – A civil lawsuit has been filed in B.C. Supreme Court over the…
COVID forces changes as B.C. provincial courts reopen for trials
VANCOUVER – Provincial court trials in British Columbia will resume July 6 with numerous changes…
B.C. police watchdog clears RCMP in death of a man who used the river to escape
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia’s police watchdog has determined that officers weren’t at fault for…
Canadian research network examining pregnancy and COVID-19
VANCOUVER – Clinicians and epidemiologists don’t yet know much about COVID-19 and pregnancy, says the…
Surrey man dead after head-on collision between cube van and pickup in Delta
DELTA, B.C. – Police in Delta, British Columbia, say one person is dead after a…
Premier says defunding police ‘simplistic’ but B.C. will review Police Act
SOOKE, B.C. – British Columbia’s premier says calls for defunding police are a simplistic approach…
CSIS knowledge of multi-hour delay in Meng’s arrest ‘troubling’: lawyers
VANCOUVER – Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou allege Canada’s national spy agency was in on a…
B.C. reports 16 new cases and first death due to COVID-19 in a week
VICTORIA – British Columbia health officials say one more person has died due to COVID-19…
Businessman David Sidoo loses Order of B.C. following wire fraud guilty plea
VICTORIA – A former Canadian Football League player has lost his membership in the Order…
Toys “R” Us wins case against B.C. cannabis dispensary with similar branding
VANCOUVER – A Vancouver cannabis dispensary is going to need a new name and logo…
Sleeping in, showering less. BC Hydro says power use changes since pandemic
VANCOUVER – The latest report on electricity usage in British Columbia reveals the COVID-19 pandemic…
Coroner to feds: Take action on B.C. overdose epidemic like with pandemic
VANCOUVER – British Columbia has recorded the highest number of illicit drug overdose deaths in…
B.C. marks sixth consecutive day with no new COVID-19 deaths
VICTORIA – British Columbia has marked six days in a row with no additional deaths…
Supreme Court rules against B.C. in Hells Angels clubhouse forfeiture
VANCOUVER – The B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office has lost a long-running court case to seize…
Vancouver mayor calls on B.C. premier to review policing across province
Vancouver’s mayor wants the B.C. government to conduct a review of policing across the province,…
Government trying to escape game of ‘catch up’ on dirty money: inquiry hears
VANCOUVER – British Columbia officials say it’s a challenge for government to keep up with…