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Police force transition consumes Surrey council’s first year in office

Critics say infrastructure, business and taxation issues have largely been ignored as a result

Oct 16, 2023 4:30 PM Read more >

Suspicious fire guts B.C. elementary school, plans underway for students and teachers

PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. — Plans are underway to bring school life back to normal as quickly as possible for students and teachers at a Metro Vancouver elementary school that was destroyed in a suspicious weekend fire.

Oct 15, 2023 2:55 PM Read more >

'Unbearable severe pain': Victoria woman opts for private hip surgery in Alberta rather than wait

Tracy Porteous added $28,000 to her mortgage to get the surgery at a private clinic in Alberta

Oct 15, 2023 5:50 AM Read more >

Kamloops woman attempting to complete journey from homelessness to med school

Before moving to Canada, Nyasha Katedza said she spent many years homeless in the United States, travelling across the country from New York and eventually making her way to the West Coast.

Oct 15, 2023 4:01 AM Read more >

Jury finds Kasimir Tyabji-Sandana guilty of sex with underage girl

Under the Criminal Code, the penalty for conviction is a minimum one year and a maximum 14 years in prison

Oct 14, 2023 2:07 PM Read more >

Acreage RV living 'unlawful occupation,' City of Vernon says

"RVs are manufactured in a way that does not comply with BC Building Code regulations and standards."

Oct 14, 2023 4:19 AM Read more >

Poilievre's take on current bail system is wrong, lawyers say

“I'm surprised that he said that. That wasn't simply slightly inaccurate, it was flat out untrue ... it was irresponsible and misleading at the very least.”

Oct 14, 2023 4:02 AM Read more >

Man charged with murdering B.C. woman who went missing in 2022

COQUITLAM, B.C. — A 30-year-old man has been charged with murdering a Coquitlam, B.C., woman who was reported missing last November.

Oct 13, 2023 4:02 PM Read more >

Coyote's death the end result of being illegally fed by humans

One of the six people in Prince George bitten by wayward animal admitted giving it food to try to convince it to leave

Oct 13, 2023 3:55 PM Read more >

Conservation officers put down two bears in Lake Cowichan

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says it received multiple reports that the bears appeared conditioned to human food and had accessed unsecured garbage

Oct 13, 2023 1:47 PM Read more >