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B.C. RCMP and coroner seek information about man one year after body found
VICTORIA – RCMP and the British Columbia Coroners Service are asking for help identifying an…
Better protections needed for health-care workers during COVID-19: advocates
VANCOUVER – Canada’s first death from the novel coronavirus has highlighted the urgent and often…
B.C. announces seven new COVID-19 cases, including two more care home workers
VANCOUVER – A small outbreak of COVID-19 continues at a long-term care facility in North…
Liquefied petroleum gas was aboard recently derailed train in northern B.C.: TSB
VANCOUVER – The Transportation Safety Board says seven rail cars that derailed in northern British…
Body found after mobile home fire in British Columbia: RCMP
BURTON, B.C. – The RCMP are investigating after a fatal mobile home fire on the…
New storm would dump snow on B.C. mountain passes; centre warns of flood risk
VANCOUVER – Travellers on many high mountain passes in British Columbia’s southern Interior are being…
Death in B.C. care home believed to be first COVID-19 fatality in Canada
Canada reported its first COVID-19 death on Monday after a man died at a long-term…
Two Surrey, B.C., schools ‘deep cleaned’ after contact with COVID-19
SURREY, B.C. – A school district in Metro Vancouver has suspended a community rental program…
Suspect dies, three RCMP officers hurt, during weekend arrest in Whistler, B.C.
WHISTLER, B.C. – The office that investigates all cases of police-involved death or serious injury…
Man dies after being pepper sprayed, shocked and batoned by police officers
WHISTLER, B.C. – British Columbia’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who…
Two Victoria men face second-degree murder charges in 2018 slaying
VICTORIA – Two Victoria men are due in court Monday to face second-degree murder charges…
Dr. Bonnie Henry, virus hunter, healer, resolves to ‘break’ COVID-19
VICTORIA – At the end of a stark news conference during which Dr. Bonnie Henry…
B.C. announces 6 new cases of COVID-19, declares outbreak at long-term care home
VANCOUVER – British Columbia declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a long-term care home in North…
Man in critical condition after being struck by train near Ashcroft, B.C.
ASHCROFT, B.C. – RCMP say a man is in critical condition after being hit by…
B.C. government authorized expanded police presence in Wet’suwet’en area: letter
VICTORIA – Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs say Premier John Horgan wasn’t truthful when he said the…
Man guilty of murder, aggravated assault in B.C. high school stabbings
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – A judge who found a man guilty of second-degree murder and…
B.C. activates pandemic plan, ready to escalate if needed for COVID-19
VANCOUVER – British Columbia has activated a pandemic co-ordination plan to respond to the COVID-19…
Indigenous justice strategy “to make difference for generations,” says Eby
NANAIMO, B.C. – British Columbia will work with First Nations to restore legal practices and…
No public hearing will be held into Vancouver police officer’s dismissal
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s police complaint commissioner has decided not to hold a public hearing…
CN Rail says petroleum coke spilled into creek after freight cars derail in B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Canadian National Railway says 27 cars of a freight train derailed…
Indigenous experts call for return of countless treasured belongings held in museums
VANCOUVER – Countless treasured Indigenous cultural objects and ancestral remains are held by museums in…
Recognition of title rights ‘still a struggle’ for First Nation after court win
VANCOUVER – As members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation mull a draft deal over rights and…
Eight new COVID-19 cases in B.C., but province says jump expected
VICTORIA – British Columbia has announced eight new cases of COVID-19, including the first apparent…
Vancouver university shuts doors after student tests presumptive positive for COVID-19
VANCOUVER – A private university in downtown Vancouver has closed its doors for three days…