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VANCOUVER - A government-commissioned review of forestry in British Columbia is calling for the system to be razed and rebuilt with a focus on trust and transparency about the state of the province's ...
The Canadian Press Feb 02, 2026
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., arrested three men on Sunday after early morning gunfire at a home, believed to be yet another example of extortion-related shootings that have plagued the city in rec...
The Canadian Press Feb 01, 2026
DAWSON CREEK - Police in Dawson Creek, B.C., say three people have been charged with first-degree murder more than two years after a 37-year-old man was found dead in a vehicle on New Year's Eve in 20...
The Canadian Press Feb 01, 2026
CALGARY - Krishnan Suthanthiran is trying to make Kitsault, B.C., happen - again. The Indian-born, U.S.-based medical technology entrepreneur says he spent about US$7 million two decades ago to purcha...
The Canadian Press Feb 01, 2026
COURTENAY - Heavy rains on Vancouver Island on Friday kept a search and rescue team busy as they helped nearly a dozen people out of floodwaters, as well as dogs, a cat and four sheep. Comox Valley Se...
The Canadian Press Jan 31, 2026
VICTORIA - Former federal MP and minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay has joined the race to lead the Conservative Party of B.C., immediately joining the fray over who is conservative enough for the job. Find...
The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026
British Columbia's government is launching a competitive selection process for artificial intelligence and data centre projects that would see companies fight over a set amount of power. B.C. Energy M...
The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026
A state of local emergency has been declared in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, with drenching rain prompting an order to evacuate a campground and nearby properties due to rising floodwaters. T...
The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026
VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments announced Friday it will no longer be selling a Virginia warehouse property to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had said it wanted ...
The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026
As Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers prepared for a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm, they came under a variety of harassment from opponents of the operation, said a seni...
The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026