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Judge bars B.C. man from courthouses for poor behaviour
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has barred a man from the province’s courthouses — including communicating with courthouse staff except with an...
'Exercise caution in the area': Police investigating mid-morning attack on woman in Stanley Park
Police are searching for a suspect after a woman reported being attacked on a Stanley Park path. The incident happened around 10:45 a.m. on Monday, March 18,...
B.C. hair removal tech pleads guilty to sex assault, voyeurism
A Vancouver laser hair removal worker pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault and one count of voyeurism in Vancouver Provincial Court on March 18. Ali...
BCWS warns of expected early start to fire season as drought, dry conditions persist
UPDATE: 3:35 p.m. BC Wildfire Service says it's expecting an early start to the spring fire season given persistent drought conditions and a lower than...
Independent investigation launched after police-involved shooting in Surrey
B.C.’s police watchdog is investigating a police-involved shooting in Surrey that resulted in a man being seriously injured. On Sunday, police officers...
Former Prince Rupert pastor sentenced for possession of child pornography
A Prince Rupert man who was a pastor has been given a conditional sentence of two years less a day followed by three years of probation for possessing child...
Insurance Bureau urges B.C. residents to get their homes ready for wildfire season
Small wildfires that popped up over the weekend in the Okanagan are a reminder that fire season is coming. The Insurance Bureau of Canada is advising B.C....
Ex-lawyer facing US$52.9M fine from SEC 'in a pickle,' judge notes
Former Vancouver lawyer turned offshore company facilitator Fred Sharp is fighting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s efforts to freeze his...
B.C. to provide $80 million to help farmers cope with drought
Unprecedented drought in British Columbia last year has prompted the provincial government to invest $80 million to help manage, collect and store water for...
'Every second counts': BC Wildfire Service expands use of predictive tech
As warm weather records are set in the Thompson-Okanagan, the BC Wildfire Service is announcing the expansion of the use of wildfire predictive technologies....
Gold underfoot? B.C. could hold vast reserves of natural hydrogen
It has been suggested there can be no net-zero energy transition without hydrogen, and federal and provincial governments in Canada have been trying to position...
Split opposition gives BC NDP 'comfortable' lead in election year: poll
A split right-of-centre vote in B.C. is poised to benefit the NDP in a big way, according to a new poll from the Angus Reid Institute. With a provincial...
Highway 1 through Rogers Pass reopen after avalanche mitigation
UPDATE: 6:25 p.m. According to DriveBC the Trans-Canada Highway through Rogers Pass has reopened to traffic. ORIGINAL: 12:20 p.m. The Trans-Canada Highway...
RCMP seek witnesses after stabbing on Surrey city bus
Mounties in Surrey are investigating a weekend stabbing on a city bus that has sent a man to the hospital. They say it happened shortly before 2:40 p.m. on...
Man in Abbotsford charged with second-degree murder in wife's death
British Columbia's integrated homicide investigation team says a man in Abbotsford has been charged with murder in the death of his wife. IHIT says in a...
B.C. makes third attempt at law to involuntarily treat teens in crisis
For the third time in six years, British Columbia legislators are considering a bill that would allow parents or guardians of teens caught up in the sex trade...
Cancer patients won't need to leave B.C. for new immunotherapy treatment
A Victoria researcher leading an immunotherapy clinical trial that’s saving the lives of late-stage leukemia and lymphoma patients says the...
Plane crash survivor recounts moments before aircraft went down
Kelsy Wurzinger was taking a video as the twin-engine plane she was travelling in took off for Port Hardy when she heard everything go quiet. Less than a minute...
In B.C.'s forests, a debate over watershed science with lives and billions at stake
Ross Muirhead stood at the edge of a forestry cut block filled with stumps, rain pelting down as he watched water rushing over the barren ground. The...
B.C. 911 dispatch service 'functioning as normal' following unplanned outage
VANCOUVER - The dispatch service that handles most of British Columbia's 911 calls says its lines are again operating as normal after an "unplanned...