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Car-sharing firm leaves Canada with valuable data in changing market: expert
VANCOUVER – The car-sharing company formerly known as Car2Go is closing up shop in North…
Meeting back on with federal, B.C. governments: Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief
A meeting between the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, the federal government and the British Columbia government…
Indigenous youth in B.C. pledge to continue fight against pipeline
VICTORIA – Traffic was moving Wednesday night on a major highway in the Victoria area…
B.C. man asks to withdraw surprise guilty plea to second-degree murder
KELOWNA, B.C. – A man accused of killing a woman in a hotel room in…
B.C. hospice looking at legal and other options after funding cut by province
VANCOUVER – A hospice society in British Columbia says it is outraged by the province’s…
Canada must expose hidden company owners to end ‘snow washing,’ inquiry hears
VANCOUVER – Canada must urgently create public registries that reveal the true owners of corporations…
A cash cap is the only way to stop money laundering in B.C., inquiry hears
VANCOUVER – A lawyer for a gaming expert says limiting the amount of cash flowing…
Vancouver police looking for man accused of trying to steal seaplane
VANCOUVER – Police are looking for help in finding a man they accuse of breaking…
Alberta tourist dies after plunge from 70 metre cliff in Vancouver park
VANCOUVER – A man from Alberta has fallen to his death while visiting Stanley Park…
B.C. making preparations to tackle coronavirus now present in 39 countries
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s provincial health officer says plans are in the works to expand…
Private clinics would harm ‘ordinary’ people using public system in B.C.: lawyer
VANCOUVER – A legal challenge by the owner of a private clinic providing scheduled surgery…
B.C. hospice loses funding after refusing to provide assistance in dying
VICTORIA – A hospice society in British Columbia is having its funding stopped because it…
RCMP falsely reports child’s death in vehicle crash in British Columbia
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The RCMP say they have mistakenly reported the death of a child…
Arrests made, tires slashed on patrol cars in northern B.C.: RCMP
VANCOUVER – First Nation leaders were among dozens of people arrested as police enforced injunctions…
Chanting Wet’suwet’en supporters defy injunction; return to B.C. legislature
VICTORIA – Supporters of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and their bid to stop a pipeline across…
Teck CEO says Frontier withdrawal result of tensions over climate, reconciliation
Tensions over Indigenous rights, climate change and resource development that have escalated recently with the…
B.C. tells inquiry money laundering has warped economy, fuelled opioid crisis
VANCOUVER – Money laundering has distorted British Columbia’s economy, fuelled the opioid crisis and overheated…
New blockades pop up in B.C. as Wet’suwet’en chiefs return from Ontario
VANCOUVER – Protests and blockades in British Columbia intensified again Monday as an anticipated meeting…
OD deaths decrease in B.C. but officials say safer drug supply needed
VICTORIA – Overdose deaths linked to illicit drugs dropped by 36 per cent last year…
Search teams find two missing adults from scout program near Sooke, B.C.
SOOKE, B.C. – A search and rescue organization on Vancouver Island says two adults involved…
A man and two children from Alberta have died in B.C. highway crash: RCMP
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The RCMP say a man and two children from southern Alberta died…
7th case of COVID-19 diagnosed in B.C., bringing number of cases to 11 in Canada
VICTORIA – A seventh case of the novel coronavirus has been diagnosed in British Columbia,…
B.C. money laundering inquiry to begin amid hopes for answers, accountability
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s attorney general hopes an inquiry into money laundering will answer lingering…
Teck withdraws application for Frontier mine, citing discourse over climate change
VANCOUVER – Teck Resources Ltd. has withdrawn its application for a massive oilsands mining project…