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Top stories of 2024: 'The Last of Us' takes over downtown Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Downtown was transformed into a post-apocalyptic wasteland, as the popular HBO show 'The Last of Us' this year.Announced in early spring, six weeks worth of filming of their second season to...
Dec 24, 2024
24-year-old woman in Burnaby, B.C., dies after being hit by vehicle
A 24-year-old pedestrian struck by a vehicle last week in Burnaby, B.C., has died. Police say the woman was hit the night of Dec. 17 and taken to hospital in critical condition where she later died. A...
Dec 24, 2024
Union blasts comments by Quebec minister mulling law to intervene to end strikes
MONTREAL - Canada's largest union is denouncing a statement by Quebec's labour minister, who suggested he might try to bring in legislation to give the province more power to end labour disputes. The ...
Dec 24, 2024
IHIT names homicide victim whose body was found in B.C. bush fire
LANGLEY, B.C. - Police have released the name of a homicide victim whose remains were found during a bush fire in Langley, B.C., last year, as they appeal for witnesses in the case. The Integrated Hom...
Dec 24, 2024
B.C. 'ammonia' leak spurs evacuations, road closure, turns out to be carbon dioxide
PORT MOODY, B.C. - Police in Port Moody, B.C., say a gas leak from a truck that shut down a major road and triggered evacuations is believed to involve carbon dioxide, and not toxic ammonia as first s...
Dec 24, 2024
Ripe avalanche conditions for parts of B.C. expected to persist this week: forecaster
A forecaster says ripe avalanche conditions are expected to persist across much of British Columbia for the rest of the week. Large swaths of the province, stretching from the coast to the Alberta bou...
Dec 24, 2024
Police warn of fake banker scam after B.C. senior defrauded of $9K
BURNABY, B.C. - Mounties in Burnaby are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect believed to have defrauded a senior of thousands of dollars by posing as a bank employee. Police say they rec...
Dec 24, 2024
Premiers urge Trudeau to extend deadline for charitable donations after postal strike
TORONTO - Canada's premiers are calling on the federal government to extend the deadline for claiming charitable donations on tax returns through to the end of February. Ontario Premier Doug Ford made...
Dec 24, 2024
Snowfall means a white Christmas, but also traffic woes across southern Quebec roads
MONTREAL - A heavy snowfall that began Monday night has guaranteed much of Quebec a white Christmas, but has also sent cars skidding off the province's roads during the busy holiday travel period. Pro...
Dec 24, 2024
Ontario First Nation challenging selection of underground nuclear waste site in court
A First Nation in northern Ontario is challenging the selection of a nearby region as the site of a deep geological repository that will hold Canada's nuclear waste, arguing in a court filing that it ...
Dec 24, 2024