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iN VIDEO: Social smarts help BC humpbacks adapt as oceans change
Humpbacks’ social bonds allow them to share and adopt bubble-net feeding tactics which may boost the whales’ recovery in changing oceans, a new study suggests.
Three men arrested in Surrey, B.C., after alleged extortion-related shooting
SURREY — Police in Surrey, B.C., arrested three men on Sunday after early morning gunfire…
Dawson Creek RCMP announce charges against three people in 2023 homicide
DAWSON CREEK — Police in Dawson Creek, B.C., say three people have been charged with…
Owner of B.C. ghost town taking another swing at energy exports
CALGARY — Krishnan Suthanthiran is trying to make Kitsault, B.C., happen — again. The Indian-born,…
Vancouver Island rescuers helped people, sheep, dogs and cat after heavy rains
COURTENAY — Heavy rains on Vancouver Island on Friday kept a search and rescue team…
‘Creeping snow drought’: Canadian research shows less snowpack a concern
New research shows less snowpack in certain regions of Canada can have wide-ranging effects on…
CFIA official tells of threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation
As Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers prepared for a cull of hundreds of ostriches at…
B.C.-based Pattison says Virginia warehouse sale to ICE won’t proceed
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments announced Friday it will no longer be selling a…
Evacuation order as Vancouver Island district declares flood emergency
A state of local emergency has been declared in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island,…
B.C. says AI and data centre projects must compete for power in new selection process
British Columbia’s government is launching a competitive selection process for artificial intelligence and data centre…
Former MP Findlay joins B.C. Conservative race amid donation row
VICTORIA — Former federal MP and minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay has joined the race to lead…
Wagon-dragging B.C. islanders face weeks without vehicle bridge, knocked askew by tug
DELTA — When Abby Collier heard that the only bridge connecting Westham Island to Delta…
Months after B.C. ostrich cull, why does protest movement persist?
Melody Leinweber’s latest tattoo is a stylized portrait of an ostrich with a colourful beak,…
‘Disturbing’ scenes, record overdoses, as powerful sedative hits B.C. drug supply
VANCOUVER — Last weekend, frontline health workers in Trail, B.C., reported “disturbing” scenes to Dr.…
Watchdog investigating after missing youth found dead in Smithers, B.C.
SURREY — British Columbia’s civilian police watchdog agency is investigating after a girl was found…
Police say hit man and fellow murderer caught trying to flee B.C. prison
SURREY — Two murderers including gangland hit man Dean Wiwchar have been charged with attempting…
Heavy rain returns to B.C.’s south coast, including parts of Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER — Heavy rain has returned to British Columbia’s south coast, triggering streamflow advisories and…
Pedestrian struck and killed by train in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY — A train has struck and killed a pedestrian in Metro Vancouver, and police…
Sobeys parent company Empire shutters Voilà grocery delivery in Alberta
STELLARTON — Sobeys parent company Empire Co. Ltd. is closing its Voilà grocery delivery facilities…
B.C.-based Pattison says it didn’t know Virginia warehouse was to become ICE facility
ASHLAND, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES — A gigantic warehouse across the street from an outdoor equipment…
B.C. mayor says 20 more RCMP officers on the way to boost anti-extortion battle
The mayor of Surrey, B.C., says she’s been told Ottawa will send 20 more RCMP…
Annette, the harbour seal, rescued from netting around her neck in West Vancouver
VANCOUVER — A young harbour seal is recovering after being rescued from a life-threatening gillnet…
‘Very little value’: Judge frustrated by Health Canada at DULF trial
Health Canada’s witness in the Drug User Liberation Front’s judicial review trial frustrated the judge and highlighted how opaque and frustrating Canadian drug policy can be.
‘Borderline friendly’: Premiers of Alberta and B.C. meet with Carney, talk pipeline
OTTAWA — The potential pipeline to the West Coast was one of multiple topics discussed…