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Romania OKs holding Easter celebrations despite virus surge
BUCHAREST, Romania – Romanian authorities announced Thursday that Easter celebrations in the deeply Christian country…
Crown says burden is on Meng’s lawyers to prove device information was wrongly shared
VANCOUVER – A lawyer for Canada’s attorney general says there’s no evidence that the RCMP…
Long-term care residents allowed more than one visitor in B.C. as of April 1
VICTORIA – Long-term care residents in British Columbia will soon be allowed more than one…
Child suffers life-threatening injuries at hotel pool in Victoria: police
VICTORIA – Police say a child is in hospital after suffering life-threatening injuries at a…
B.C. forest communities getting help to cope with COVID-19 pandemic: province
VICTORIA – Forests Minister Katrine Conroy says communities that depend on forestry and have been…
Romanian police protest cutbacks, poor conditions
BUCHAREST, Romania – Hundreds of police protested Thursday in the Romanian capital of Bucharest over…
People infected with COVID-19 may need just one dose of vaccine, studies say
VANCOUVER – Scientists at the National Advisory Committee on Immunization are reviewing research that suggests…
21-year-old and 15-year-old charged with first-degree murder in death of B.C. woman
BURNABY, B.C. – Homicide investigators say a 15-year-old and a 21-year-old have been charged with…
B.C. records deadliest February yet for illicit drug overdose deaths
VICTORIA – Another record death toll for overdoses in British Columbia shows this isn’t just…
Crown says it was reasonable for border screening before Meng’s arrest
VANCOUVER – A lawyer for Canada’s attorney general says it was entirely reasonable for border…
More than 1,400 tourism workers to provide non-clinical help with B.C. vaccinations
VICTORIA – More than 1,400 tourism and hospitality workers who have been laid off or…
Dunahee family keeps hope alive for son Michael, who disappeared 30 years ago
VICTORIA – Bruce and Crystal Dunahee say they can’t and will never give up hope…
New affordable housing projects announced for southern Vancouver Island
VICTORIA – More than 90 new, affordable homes are coming to southern Vancouver Island, after…
Homeless shelter future fuels simmering dispute between province, Penticton council
PENTICTON, B.C. – A homeless shelter at the centre of a dispute between the British…
Meng’s lawyers haven’t established ‘necessary prejudice’ to justify stay: Crown
VANCOUVER – There was “nothing nefarious” about the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s request that Canadian…
B.C. accelerates vaccine timeline for extremely clinically vulnerable, seniors
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government says it is accelerating the timeline for the COVID-19…
B.C. pilot study to allow electric kick scooters to operate legally in six cities
VANCOUVER – A newly approved pilot project will allow electric kick scooters to legally cruise…
Drivers in southern B.C. warned of police impersonator after fake vehicle stop
KELOWNA, B.C. – RCMP are warning drivers in southern British Columbia to be wary after…
Top doctor says COVID-19 infections among younger people rising in B.C.
VICTORIA – An increasing number of younger people in British Columbia are becoming infected with…
Meng’s lawyer urges judge to turf Mountie’s claim that he didn’t share info with FBI
VANCOUVER – A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou says a retired Mountie’s refusal to…
B.C. signs deal with City of Victoria to end homeless camps, bring people inside
VICTORIA – An agreement that commits two levels of government to end current and future…
B.C. Cowichan Tribes lift shelter-in-place order after more than two months
DUNCAN, B.C. – British Columbia’s largest First Nation, the Cowichan Tribes, has lifted a shelter-in-place…
Three taken to hospital after new driver hits bus stop in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. – Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say three people have been taken to hospital…
RCMP seek answers to deadly single-vehicle crash south of Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. – A single-car crash in a rural area near Nanaimo, B.C., has killed…