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NANAIMO - Crews are currently building a sizable independent seniors housing complex to complement a recently built neighbouring building in central Nanaimo. Parkedge Manor will be a five-storey senio...

VANCOUVER - Plans are underway to establish a new policing district in the Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, after a temporary task force in the neighbourhood produced what police are calling "significan...

MAPLE RIDGE - Police say human remains that were found at a home in Maple Ridge, B.C., last month have been identified as those of missing woman Jessica Cunningham, who was last seen in July. More com...

VICTORIA - The provincial government has ordered some farmers and other users in southern B.C. to turn off their water taps, because "severe low flows" are threatening endangered chinook salmon. Rande...

NANAIMO - Say hello to Squirt, a 12-year-old Domestic Short Hair cat looking for his forever retirement home.Squirt loves nothing more than lounging in the sun and getting some good quality sleep in b...

VANCOUVER - The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver's Chinatown in September 2023 has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault. Blair Donnelly, who attended...

NANAIMO - While final numbers for July and August aren't in yet, mid-Island tourism groups are calling it a "pretty strong" summer season.Brian Cant, vice president with Nanaimo non-profit 4VI, said h...

PRINCE GEORGE - A British Columbia man has been arrested for allegedly driving a pink toy Barbie truck down a city street while impaired. RCMP in Prince George, B.C., say officers encountered the man ...

VANCOUVER - A fund that raised $2 million for victims and families after the Lapu Lapu Festival attack that killed 11 people in Vancouver will be converted into a long-term endowment for the Filipino ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released on Monday a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, which he has denied. Trump...