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Oak Bay issues warning about poisonous 'death cap' mushrooms

“Oak Bay may be the death cap capital of Canada.”

Jun 27, 2023 5:25 AM Read more >

Vancouver 2022 stabbing left internal organ exposed

“He was frightened. He reacted quickly.”

Jun 27, 2023 5:00 AM Read more >

Humans to blame for all 47 of Vancouver Island's fires: Wildfire Service

So far this year, wildfires in Canada have burned an area more than double the size of Vancouver Island. The record comes just as the core season begins.

Jun 27, 2023 4:00 AM Read more >

Vancouver Chinatown condo project is approved after years of controversy

Vancouver's development permit board has approved a controversial nine-storey residential tower in the heart of Chinatown that supporters hope will reinvigorate the neighbourhood but which critics see as a symbol of gentrification that fails to refle

Jun 26, 2023 5:42 PM Read more >

B.C. moved ahead with ending letter grades despite parent, teacher, student concerns

British Columbia's Ministry of Education went ahead with plans to do away with letter grades from kindergarten to Grade 9 despite its own public consultation showing the majority of teachers, students and parents didn't like the idea.

Jun 26, 2023 5:14 PM Read more >

David Eby resists early vote in B.C. despite big byelection wins for NDP

There will not be an early provincial election in British Columbia despite resounding victories for New Democrat Party candidates in a pair of byelections over the weekend, Premier David Eby said on Monday.

Jun 26, 2023 4:41 PM Read more >

'Extreme fire danger': Weather Network provides B.C. Canada Day forecast

Just how hot will it get for the first weekend of July in Metro Vancouver?

Jun 26, 2023 2:58 PM Read more >

B.C. shells out $12M for four new animal shelters across province as demand rises

B.C. Premier David Eby hung out with some dogs while announcing $12 million in funding toward the construction of four new SPCA facilities.

Jun 26, 2023 2:49 PM Read more >

Recent lightning strikes carpet northeast B.C., as active wildfire count climbs

VANCOUVER — Wildfire crews in northeastern British Columbia are keeping an anxious lookout after a series of weekend lightning storms rolled through the parched region.

Jun 26, 2023 10:52 AM Read more >

Advocates urge B.C. leaders to halt planned evictions at Abbotsford, B.C., tent camp

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Two British Columbia organizations that speak on behalf of vulnerable residents have sent an open letter to B.C.'s housing minister urging him to halt imminent evictions at a tent encampment in the Fraser Valley.

Jun 26, 2023 10:14 AM Read more >