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Construction starts on new St. Paul's Hospital in False Creek Flats area of Vancouver

VANCOUVER — Construction has kicked off for the new St. Paul's Hospital at the Jim Pattison Medical Centre, which the province says is the largest hospital redevelopment project in British Columbia's history.

Mar 8, 2021 11:31 AM Read more >

Mom of young child dealt drugs right across the street from Victoria police station

Mar 8, 2021 10:50 AM Read more >

Decades of cuts to salmon monitoring leave B.C. scientists uncertain of fish populations

Less than 10 per cent of spawning habitat on B.C.'s central and north coast is being monitored by creekwalkers, the people who count salmon one by one. Critics say this leaves a critical gap in knowledge that could further imperil the species.

Mar 8, 2021 10:39 AM Read more >

SFU engineers develop mobile thermal battery

Mar 8, 2021 10:25 AM Read more >

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 >