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Katzberg puts the hammer down with easy win in Canadian championships
OTTAWA — Ethan Katzberg, the reigning Olympic and world champion in men’s hammer throw, added…
Abbotsford, B.C., denies permit for MAGA singer Sean Feucht’s show, citing protests
ABBOTSFORD — The City of Abbotsford in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley says it will not…
Fire in Chilliwack, B.C., destroys businesses and apartments
CHILLIWACK — Every firehall in Chilliwack, B.C., was involved in fighting a destructive blaze in…
Canada’s Aphrodite Deng learns from Nelly Korda at junior golf event
Aphrodite Deng got to live out the dream of every competitive golfer, playing two rounds…
All criminal trials in four B.C. courts to be rescheduled during FIFA World Cup
VANCOUVER — The chief justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court says all criminal trials…
Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by Canadian city
OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in June. Statistics Canada also…
B.C.’s Interior health authority confirms additional measles cases
KAMLOOPS — British Columbia’s Interior health authority says it has confirmed additional cases of measles…
B.C.’s premier says measles spikes across Canada a result anti-vax ‘recklessness’
VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby says the growing spread of measles across Canada…
TSB report on fatal 2023 B.C. plane crash points to low speed as factor
Investigators with Canada’s Transportation Safety Board say it appears a small plane was not going…
B.C. health authorities confirm measles cases with local spread
British Columbia’s Fraser Health authority says measles infections have been confirmed in three Chilliwack residents…
Control zones set up in Fraser Valley, B.C., after Newcastle disease detected
CHILLIWACK — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has put up controls on the movements of…
Canadian Food Inspection Agency finds rare disease at B.C. commercial pigeon premises
CHILLIWACK — Canada’s food inspection agency says it has uncovered a case of Newcastle disease…
Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for May, by Canadian city
OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in May. Statistics Canada also…
New law forces B.C. legislator to quit her ‘part-time’ job as municipal councillor
VICTORIA — A B.C. Conservative legislator has lost what she called her “part-time” job as…
Enbridge sells stake in Westcoast pipeline to B.C. First Nations group for $715M
CALGARY — For more than 65 years, Enbridge Inc.’s Westcoast pipeline has been pumping natural…
Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for April, by Canadian city
OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in April. Statistics Canada also…
Fraser Health says visitor from Ontario is the latest case of measles in B.C.
SURREY — Health authorities in British Columbia have confirmed another new case of measles infection…
Electronic vote counters could bring B.C. election result an hour after polls close
British Columbians could find out who wins the provincial election on Oct. 19 in about…
Wasp in fatal encounter with David Eby on B.C. campaign trail
CHILLIWACK, B.C. — British Columbia NDP leader David Eby was upstaged by a wasp that…
Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback
British Columbia saw a rare unanimous vote in its legislature in October 2019, when members…
Where will B.C.’s election be won? Even identifying the battlegrounds is tough call
VANCOUVER — The calculus of predicting an election and identifying its key battlegrounds is complex…
Court finds man not justified in killing Bear the Chihuahua in Boston Bar, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A British Columbia provincial court judge has ruled that a Boston Bar…
No place for violence in B.C. politics as police investigate bomb threat, says Eby
LANGLEY, B.C. — Violence should have no place in British Columbia politics, said New Democrat…
Where will B.C.’s election be won or lost? Here are five bellwether ridings to watch
British Columbia voters are heading to the polls, and political podcast co-host Mike McDonald says…