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Tiny townhouse prototype finds a home in the Downtown Eastside

No one will be living in the structure, but the plan is to use it as an artist's studio and as a demonstration site.

Mar 8, 2021 9:12 AM Read more >

B.C. announces vaccines sites ahead of booking COVID-19 shots appointments Monday

VICTORIA — Health authorities across British Columbia announced locations for COVID-19 vaccine centres Sunday, the day before some of the province's oldest residents could start booking appointments to get their first shots.

Mar 7, 2021 4:32 PM Read more >

Major crime unit investigates shooting death of 37-year-old Victoria-area man

METCHOSIN, B.C. — The Vancouver Island Major Crime Unit is investigating a shooting death of a 37-year-old man in the rural Victoria-area community of Metchosin, B.C. West Shore RCMP spokesman Const.

Mar 6, 2021 12:50 PM Read more >

North Vancouver RCMP renew appeal to find missing woman

Fatemeh Abdolali has been missing since Feb. 26. Foul play not suspected at this time

Mar 6, 2021 7:45 AM Read more >

Here are 11 things Canadians should expect when travel opens up again

Are you excited, apathetic or worried? A travel industry expert provides a detailed travel forecast for what's to come

Mar 5, 2021 9:42 PM Read more >

Two injured in helicopter crash on Bowen Island, B.C.: emergency health services

VANCOUVER — Two people were transported to hospital in serious but stable condition after a helicopter crash on Bowen Island, B.C. B.C. Emergency Health Services says in a statement that they received a call at about 10 a.m.

Mar 5, 2021 5:47 PM Read more >

B.C. reports second-highest daily total of new COVID-19 cases in 2021

Testing has also increased to one of the highest totals so far this year.

Mar 5, 2021 4:51 PM Read more >

Dentists, teachers, bus drivers want Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in B.C.

VANCOUVER — Dentists, teachers and bus drivers are among the essential workers who hope to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in British Columbia, as a provincial committee decides who should be prioritized for the shot.

Mar 5, 2021 4:49 PM Read more >

B.C. tax changes affecting sugary drinks, vaping products coming into effect April 1

VICTORIA — Tax changes targeting sugary drinks and e-commerce services based outside of B.C. will come into effect on April 1 after being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The B.C.

Mar 5, 2021 1:46 PM Read more >

B.C. high court finds in favour of large landowner in fight over access to lakes

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's highest court has sided with the largest private landowner in the province in a dispute over public access to public land. In a unanimous ruling, a panel of the B.C.

Mar 5, 2021 1:38 PM Read more >