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Close to 200 people search for Victoria hiker missing near Sooke

Search-and-rescue teams from Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland have intensified efforts to locate a missing Victoria woman.

Dec 18, 2022 9:08 AM Read more >

UVic chancellor says she'll consider returning honorary degree if Turpel-Lafond's isn't revoked

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C.’s former representative for children and youth, has faced questions about her claim to be a treaty Indian of Cree ancestry, as well as her academic credentials

Dec 18, 2022 9:02 AM Read more >

Heavy snow on Lower Mainland, bitter cold in northwest, central B.C.: weather alert

VANCOUVER — An arctic outflow is bringing another snowy storm to the Lower Mainland, while frostbite warnings are in effect for central and northwestern B.C.

Dec 17, 2022 6:23 PM Read more >

Too much boom: pipeline workers outnumber residents in one northern B.C. village

The Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion has brought thousands of workers to the small tourist village of Valemount, located near Mount Robson Provincial Park.

Dec 17, 2022 5:30 AM Read more >

Three men charged with first-degree murder of Abbotsford, B.C., couple: police

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — RCMP say three men have been arrested and charged with two counts each of first-degree murder in the killings of an Abbotsford, B.C., couple last spring.

Dec 16, 2022 5:10 PM Read more >

Air Canada relaunches Vancouver-Miami flights after 18-year hiatus

Vancouver tomorrow will get its second non-stop air route to Florida thanks to Air Canada launching thrice-weekly flights to the Sunshine State's largest city.

Dec 16, 2022 4:52 PM Read more >

Spending strong in first half of the holiday season

November retail sales dipped from a surge of early holiday shopping in October, but still saw solid year-over-year growth that marked a strong start to the holiday season.

Dec 16, 2022 4:46 PM Read more >

Drivers warned as temperatures set to plummet from Vancouver to Yukon

SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia is warning drivers to prepare winter survival kits as a blast of frigid cold hits over the next week and the mercury plummets across the province.

Dec 16, 2022 4:32 PM Read more >

Adventure motorcyclist from qathet region ready for Dakar Rally

"You could be up to 150 or 160 kilometres per hour at times, but I think the average speed will be upwards of 70 kilometres per hour." ~ Gareth Jones

Dec 16, 2022 12:12 PM Read more >

B.C. government continues the pandemic wage top-up for care home workers

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is extending its COVID-19 wage top-ups for staff at seniors facilities, but the restriction that limited those workers to one work site has been lifted.

Dec 16, 2022 12:00 PM Read more >