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BC raising disability rate

BC raising disability rate

Victoria Feb 17, 2017 / 4:22 pm

The British Columbia government says it's raising disability assistance rates this spring by $50 per month. The provincial government says it is investing...

Confident on softwood

Confident on softwood

Victoria Feb 17, 2017 / 6:41 am

When it comes to negotiating a softwood lumber agreement, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark says she prefers an unpredictable American administration,...

Cutest cop on the force

Cutest cop on the force

Victoria Feb 16, 2017 / 12:37 pm

He's the cutest member of the Victoria Police Department. And he needs a name. Victoria police have turned to Grade 4 students for the adorable task of...

Softwood strategizing

Softwood strategizing

Victoria Feb 16, 2017 / 11:17 am

Premier Christy Clark called a special cabinet meeting today to help map British Columbia's approach to reaching a new softwood lumber trade agreement with...

First Nations deal on LNG

First Nations deal on LNG

Victoria Feb 15, 2017 / 4:13 pm

Premier Christy Clark is touting two agreements reached with First Nations on a liquefied natural gas export plant as important milestones for the project's...

Shatner helps with KD hunt

Shatner helps with KD hunt

Nanaimo Feb 15, 2017 / 2:45 pm

UPDATE: 2:45 p.m. Feb. 15 After a huge response from the public, and even some celebrity endorsement, Everett has enough Star Wars Kraft Dinner to “last...

Cash for children's ministry

Cash for children's ministry

Victoria Feb 15, 2017 / 11:48 am

British Columbia's finance minister says the Children and Family Development Ministry will receive a financial boost in next week's budget. Mike de Jong...

Pot shop by daycare raided

Pot shop by daycare raided

Nanaimo Feb 14, 2017 / 6:49 pm

Police have shut down a marijuana dispensary that set up up shop next door to a daycare centre in Nanaimo. RCMP say they received no co-operation from the...

Man with a softwood touch

Man with a softwood touch

Victoria Feb 14, 2017 / 4:14 pm

A former federal cabinet minister has been appointed the B.C. government's trade envoy to try and reach a new softwood lumber deal with the United States....

Election backdrop to session

Election backdrop to session

Victoria Feb 14, 2017 / 6:54 am

British Columbia politicians are back in Victoria today to kick off the final sitting of the provincial legislature before residents head to the polls. Lt.-Gov...

No romance at legislature

No romance at legislature

Victoria Feb 13, 2017 / 8:38 am

Romance is not in the cards for British Columbia's politicians who return to the legislature Valentine's Day for a throne speech that sets the stage for...

Power line knocked down

Power line knocked down

Vancouver Island Feb 12, 2017 / 7:41 pm

A power line was knocked out after several trees toppled over in Cowichan Valley Regional District on Vancouver Island. Residents were without power since...

Mom passed out, kid saved

Mom passed out, kid saved

Victoria Feb 10, 2017 / 12:00 pm

Victoria police smashed the window of a car to rescue a young child while her mother was passed out behind the wheel. The mother and child were spotted in a...

Left for daycare, right for pot

Left for daycare, right for pot

Nanaimo Feb 10, 2017 / 10:08 am

A marijuana dispensary and a daycare centre are proving to be unlikely neighbours in Nanaimo. Parents dropping off children at Kidz Kompany were shocked to see...

Clark was 'a little emotional'

Clark was 'a little emotional'

Victoria Feb 9, 2017 / 12:11 pm

It's not the apology B.C. New Democrat Leader John Horgan has demanded, but British Columbia Premier Christy Clark now admits she jumped to conclusions when...

Body found at work site

Body found at work site

Nanaimo Feb 8, 2017 / 5:16 pm

A man was found dead at a Nanaimo construction site, Wednesday. A worker made the discovery this morning at an apartment building under construction, and RCMP...

Carfentanil found in drugs

Carfentanil found in drugs

Nanaimo Feb 8, 2017 / 4:28 pm

Police say the deadly synthetic opioid carfentanil has been found in Nanaimo, B.C. RCMP say a white powder was recently seized when officers executed a search...

Huge Saanich drug bust

Huge Saanich drug bust

Vancouver Island Feb 7, 2017 / 7:00 pm

A university student is among four people charged after police confiscated gallons of the date rape drug GHB on Vancouver Island. Police in North Saanich say...

Abandoned, he took his life

Abandoned, he took his life

Victoria Feb 6, 2017 / 10:42 am

British Columbia's incoming children's watchdog says an 18-year-old Metis teen in government care was abandoned by the system and took his own life as...

Worker electrocuted

Worker electrocuted

Parksville Feb 3, 2017 / 6:09 am

A Vancouver Island man died Thursday while cleaning gutters when his ladder came into contact with live power lines. The 31-year-old Nanoose Bay man was...