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VANCOUVER — More than 200 people including scientists, Indigenous leaders, politicians, actors and artists, have signed a letter calling on British Columbia Premier John Horgan to halt old-growth logging, a Vancouver-based environmental group says.

Workers must be fully vaccinated by November 29.

SURREY, B.C. — Homicide detectives say a deadly shooting in Surrey, B.C. on Tuesday was targeted and gang-related.

VICTORIA — The plight of the residents of the British Columbia village of Lytton that was all but destroyed in a wildfire this summer gained political focus Thursday in the provincial legislature.

VICTORIA — Vaccine mandates for workers in British Columbia's schools are a last resort and elected board trustees know what's needed for their communities rather than the province enforcing such decisions, says Premier John Horgan.

Two New Jersey men bought a Canadian shell, listed it on the Canadian Securities Exchange and orchestrated the scheme

VANCOUVER — The B.C. government has signed an agreement with a First Nation to provide $65 million in funding to support land restoration and cultural programs, four months after a court ruled the province had breached the nation's rights.

In June, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled the province breached its treaty obligations to Blueberry River due to the cumulative impacts of industrial development in the region. 

B.C. government funding helps First Nations communities set up new well-being and poverty-reduction plans and projects

Employees, contractors will need to be fully vaxxed by Nov 22.