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Mayor of Surrey, B.C., rejects ‘extraordinarily excessive’ police budget
SURREY — The mayor of Surrey, B.C., says she won’t support a provisional budget request…
Civil forfeiture lawsuit seeks seizure of three alleged B.C. Hells Angels clubhouses
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Director of Civil Forfeiture wants to seize three clubhouses from the…
NDP legislator Joan Phillip facing unspecified health issue, says party caucus
VICTORIA — The British Columbia NDP caucus says legislator Joan Phillip is dealing with an…
Vancouver Island mill latest to close in B.C., 350 jobs lost
A pulp mill on Vancouver Island is permanently ending operations, the latest mill to close…
Confidence bill on Mental Health Act passes through B.C. legislature
VICTORIA — The B.C. New Democrat government has survived a confidence vote over its changes…
B.C. requires witness for those using supply drugs to stop diversion to streets
VICTORIA — Rules are being tightened for British Columbia’s overdose-prevention safer supply program to require…
Carney vows to meet Coastal First Nations after chiefs vote against pipeline to B.C.
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to meet with Coastal First Nations after chiefs…
Police in Kelowna, Abbotsford, B.C., warn of fake speeding tickets issued by text
KELOWNA — Police in two B.C. cities are warning area residents after a number of…
Miller says government needs to start Indigenous consultation on B.C. pipeline
OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Marc Miller says his government needs to “sit down and start…
Class-action lawsuit certified against CN and CP railways over Lytton, B.C., fire
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit against Canadian Pacific…
AFN vote against northern pipeline shows there are better ideas to move oil, Dix says
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s energy minister says a vote from chiefs at the Assembly of…
Long-term care, assisted living workers reach transition agreement with B.C.
VICTORIA — British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says a new agreement will make thousands…
B.C. community holds vigil to mourn deaths, losses in deadly Hong Kong fire
VANCOUVER — Family members of more than 150 people who died when seven highrises burned…
‘Fool’s errand’: Why the Exxon Valdez looms large over northern pipeline debate
VICTORIA — The Exxon Valdez disaster happened more than 36 years ago off Alaska’s coast,…
Police release victim’s identity in fatal shooting in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY — Police have identified the man killed in a late-night shooting in Surrey, B.C.,…
Woman charged in alleged breach of Surrey, B.C., hospital’s neonatal care unit
SURREY — A 35-year-old woman has been arrested and charged in connection to a breach…
Generations of Indigenous leaders brace for a new battle over another pipeline
OTTAWA — For some First Nations leaders, the prospect of conflict with provincial and federal…
Snowfall, freezing rain warnings issued for B.C.’s central Interior
WILLIAMS LAKE — Parts of the British Columbia Interior are in for a blast of…
Police increase presence after threat made against three Nanaimo, B.C., schools
NANAIMO — Police in Nanaimo, B.C., are stepping up their presence at three local high…
Cleanup work is underway, line reopens, after train derailed near Cranbrook, B.C.
CRANBROOK, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Cleanup work is underway after 12 rail cars of a Canadian…
Charity celebrates milestone as Vancouver Island marmots rebound to 427 in wild
VANCOUVER — A foundation trying to save a critically endangered species is celebrating a marmot…
Canadian watched childhood home burn as Hong Kong blaze killed more than 100 people
Toronto resident Paul Chow was devastated when the apartment where he grew up made international…
Investigators deployed to scene following a train derailment near Cranbrook, B.C.
CRANBROOK — An investigation is underway after multiple cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City…
Man dead following late-night shooting in Surrey, police say
SURREY — Surrey police say a man is dead after a late-night shooting in the…