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VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby has pulled Mitzi Dean from her post as the minister of children and family development, and appointed Victoria member of the legislature Grace Lore to the position. D...
Jan 15, 2024
OTTAWA - A Bank of Canada survey finds Canadians are increasingly cutting back on spending while mortgage holders remain confident they can keep up with higher payments when their loans renew. The cen...
Jan 15, 2024
VANCOUVER - Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community member...
Jan 15, 2024
VANCOUVER - In July 2019, Vancouver police announced they had dismantled a multimillion-dollar drug operation after raiding two warehouse laboratories in South Vancouver allegedly making illegal canna...
Jan 14, 2024
While this past summer's highway shutdown re-energized calls for a secondary road out of town, the Port Alberni Port Authority was able to prove the value of our natural marine highway. Catalyst Paper...
David Wiwchar Jan 12, 2024
NELSON, B.C. - A B.C. man has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter in the death of an off-duty Abbotsford police officer. B.C. prosecutors say Alex Willness rec...
Jan 11, 2024
VANCOUVER - Organizers of a performing arts festival in Vancouver have cancelled a play that addresses ethical dilemmas in the Middle East, citing friction caused by the Israel-Hamas war. A statement ...
Jan 11, 2024
VANCOUVER - Novelist and former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway has won a years-long battle to have his defamation lawsuit proceed against a woman who says he raped her, which...
Jan 11, 2024
VANCOUVER - Researchers in British Columbia have published a study that suggests prescription opioids prevent overdose deaths among people with an addiction to potentially toxic street drugs. They fou...
Jan 11, 2024
VANCOUVER - Meta is offering $51 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in four Canadian provinces over the use of some users' images in Facebook advertising. The legal action filed by a B.C. woman ...
Jan 11, 2024