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22-year-old woman dies in slack-line fall north of Vancouver
SQUAMISH — A 22-year-old woman is dead after a fatal slack-line incident at a recreation…
Three-year deal reached in labour dispute between LifeLabs and 1,200 striking workers
BURNABY — British Columbia’s main outpatient lab services provider and the union representing about 1,200…
B.C. Mounties find body of missing man while executing search warrant
VICTORIA — Mounties on Vancouver Island say officers found the body of a missing person…
Metro Vancouver area councillors urge more B.C. oversight of municipal spending
VICTORIA — Four Metro Vancouver area councillors have launched a petition asking the British Columbia…
City cut polling places and staff for Vancouver vote defined by long waits: report
VANCOUVER — When the City of Vancouver halved polling places and slashed election-day staffing levels…
Nanaimo, B.C., RCMP officer charged with breach of trust in July 2024 incident
NANAIMO — The BC Prosecution Service says a Nanaimo RCMP officer has been charged with…
Float plane crash near Powell River, B.C., injures three
POWELL RIVER — Three people have been injured in a float plane crash along the…
B.C. regulator temporarily restricts Vancouver crypto firm from securities activity
VANCOUVER — The BC Securities Commission says a Vancouver cryptocurrency firm has been temporarily banned…
Woman found in Stanley Park bathroom after violent sex assault, man arrested nearby
VANCOUVER — Vancouver police have arrested a man after officers discovered a woman who had…
Kilo of fentanyl, loaded gun and cash seized at Victoria supportive housing facility
VICTORIA — Victoria police say a man has been arrested after a search at a…
Environment Canada issues weather alerts for B.C. Interior highways
VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has issued special weather statements for three major highways in the…
Manito Ahbee: Manitoba powwow, one of North America’s largest, celebrates 20 years
WINNIPEG — For many familiar with Canada’s powwow scene, Maggie White is known as the…
Search underway for B.C. woman missing after empty boat washes ashore
NANAIMO — Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say a search is underway both at sea and…
Vancouver officer charged a year after pedestrian strike in Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER — The BC Prosecution Service says a Vancouver police officer has been charged under…
B.C. man gets hunting ban, $13,000 penalty after illegally killing bighorn ram
NORTH VANCOUVER — A British Columbia man has been banned from hunting sheep in the…
Overnight Surrey house fire spreads to neighbouring homes, police investigating cause
SURREY — Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating an early morning house fire in the…
‘Deeply disappointed’ First Nations in B.C. want Eby to kill fast-track bills
VICTORIA — First Nations leaders are calling on B.C. Premier David Eby to immediately “kill”…
B.C. appoints council to improve forest sector, and the forestry ecosystem
VICTORIA — A council made of forestry professionals, educators, union and former industry officials has…
Vancouver Island police officers charged with separate driving offences
VICTORIA — The BC Prosecution Service says two police officers on Vancouver Island have been…
Police in B.C. say three face charges over stolen beer, food and toilet paper
BURNABY — Mounties in Burnaby, B.C., have recovered pallets of beer, food and enough toilet…
Eby to visit Japan, South Korea and Malaysia on trade trip to reduce U.S. reliance
VICTORIA — B.C. Premier David Eby said a trade mission to Asia next month will…
Coroner says 275 died of toxic drugs in B.C. in February and March in downward trend
VICTORIA — The BC Coroners Service says overdose deaths have been trending downward in the…
Man, woman found dead as crews battle wildfire in Manitoba, police say
WINNIPEG — The bodies of two people were found in an area northeast of Winnipeg…
Alberta’s personal information protection law ruled partly unconstitutional
EDMONTON — Parts of Alberta’s personal information protection legislation have been ruled unconstitutional. But the…