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B.C. auditor to release reports on overdose prevention, safer-supply programs
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general is expected to release two independent audits on government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic drug crisis. Michael Pickup's office has conducted reports on the government's overdose prevention and supervised consumption services and the first phase of...
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COVID was a good chance to study what the animals did while humans were locked down
VANCOUVER - The COVID-19 lockdown for humans was not an opportunity for wildlife to run free, in fact a new study found herbivores tend to be more active around people, while carnivores remained hidden. The study, published Monday in Nature Ecology and Evolution and led by researchers at the University of B.C., is one...
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B.C. officials to give drought update as province adopts new wildfire prediction tool
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is introducing technology to improve wildfire prediction and decision-making even as the association representing Canadian insurance companies warns residents about the potential for another destructive fire season. The Insurance Bureau of Canada issued a statement encouraging residents to...
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B.C. to provide $80 million to help farmers cope with drought
DELTA, B.C. - Unprecedented drought in British Columbia last year has prompted the provincial government to invest $80 million to help manage, collect and store water for crops and livestock. Premier David Eby made the announcement while inside a bell pepper greenhouse in Delta, B.C., saying says this summer's drought...
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Almost 40 temperature records broken across B.C. Saturday, Environment Canada says
VANCOUVER - Balmy weather across much of British Columbia helped set dozens of new temperature records across the province on Saturday. Environment Canada says a ridge of high pressure brought warm temperatures to the province this weekend, with above-normal conditions forecast to continue into this week. Several regio...
Mar 17, 2024
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Man in Abbotsford, B.C., charged with second-degree murder in wife's death
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - British Columbia's integrated homicide investigation team says a man in Abbotsford, B.C., has been charged with murder in the death of his wife. IHIT says in a news release that officers from the Abbotsford Police Department responded to a report of an assault at a home in the city on Friday night. T...
Mar 17, 2024
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RCMP seek witnesses after stabbing on Surrey, B.C., city bus
SURREY, B.C. - Mounties in Surrey are investigating a weekend stabbing on a city bus that has sent a man to the hospital. They say it happened shortly before 2:40 p.m. on Saturday when officers got word of an alleged stabbing near the intersection of Fraser Highway and 152nd street in the city's Guildford neighbourhoo...
Mar 17, 2024
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B.C. 911 dispatch service 'functioning as normal' following unplanned outage
VANCOUVER - The dispatch service that handles most of British Columbia's 911 calls says its lines are again operating as normal after an "unplanned outage" Saturday morning. A spokeswoman with E-Comm 911 says one of its servers malfunctioned around 6 a.m. Carly Paice says that while calls were still getting t...
Mar 16, 2024
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Abbotsford, B.C., police arrest 50-year-old man for woman's death
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police in Abbotsford say a man has been arrested in the death of a woman after officers responded to a report of an assault at a home in the city Friday night. They say that patrol officers received the call around 10:50 p.m. and found a 41-year-old woman suffering from life threatening injuries. The...
Mar 16, 2024
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Victoria police notebook left in possession of suspected criminal for eight days
VICTORIA - Police in Victoria say a notebook containing personal information of 54 people was mistakenly left in the possession of a suspected criminal for eight days. Police say an officer left the notebook behind after a search warrant was served in February. In a written statement, police say the notebook was lost f...
Mar 15, 2024
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Tribunal orders Flair to pay up for spoiled seafood caused by baggage delay
VICTORIA - A tribunal says Flair Airlines must fork over hundreds of dollars in compensation to a man whose crab meat and fish cakes went bad in his luggage, which was delayed for several days. In a ruling Thursday, the B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal ordered the discount carrier to pay Brian Vu $780 for the spoiled ite...
Mar 15, 2024
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Orcas that hunt the world's biggest predators may be a new population, say scientists
VANCOUVER - Researchers from the University of British Columbia say they've identified a potentially new population of open-ocean orcas, that hunt the biggest predators on the planet. In a newly published study, researchers say a group of 49 orcas has been observed hunting sperm whales off the coast of California and O...
Mar 15, 2024
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Woman murdered at home near University of B.C. campus, two arrested, say police
VANCOUVER - Police say two people have been arrested after the murder of a woman at a home on the edge of the University of British Columbia campus. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a statement that police were called to a residence on the University Endowment Lands near midnight Wednesday after a rep...
Mar 14, 2024
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B.C. Mounties seize cache of stolen Lego, Jellycat toys, clothes worth $150,000
RICHMOND, B.C. - Mounties in Richmond, British Columbia, weren't playing around when they recovered a large haul of stolen Lego and plush toys that they say illuminates "dark corners of the retail theft sector." Richmond RCMP say a search of a home in the Steveston neighbourhood netted 1,000 items including c...
Mar 14, 2024
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B.C. boy, 9, loves hockey, his rabbit and pi, which he has memorized to 2,030 digits
PITT MEADOWS, B.C. - Nine-year-old Lucas Mason Yao loves the Vancouver Canucks, his pet bunny Chomp and pi, the mathematical constant that's celebrated every March 14 around the world. Yao, from Pitt Meadows, B.C., has memorized the ratio between a circle's circumference and its diameter to 2,030 digits, far beyond the...
Mar 14, 2024
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Suspect in B.C. triple stabbing has history of 'sudden' violence: review board
COQUITLAM, B.C. - The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver's Chinatown had a history of "sudden" violence but a report says he showed no signs of deteriorating mental health as he left a psychiatric hospital that day. The report posted on the website of the B.C. Review Board says B...
Mar 14, 2024
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B.C. law to recover health costs from 'wrongdoers' behind harmful products: AG Sharma
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has introduced proposed legislation to recover health-related costs from alleged "wrongdoers," including social-media giants. Attorney General Niki Sharma introduced the legislation today, saying that if it passes, it will allow the province to use the courts for rec...
Mar 14, 2024
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B.C.'s seniors advocate blames long-term care waits on lack of home support
VICTORIA - British Columbia's seniors advocate says the increasing unmet demand for home support services is likely to blame for a ballooning wait-list to get a bed in long-term care, with the problem worsened by population growth. In her final report as advocate, Isobel Mackenzie says while the availability of some ho...
Mar 14, 2024
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Early Fire Prohibition
Category 2 and 3 open burning ban for Cariboo Fire Centre takes effect in two weeks
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Residents in the Cariboo Fire Centre have been given two weeks' notice to get their open burning done. In a news release issued Thursday (March 14), the BC Wildfire Service says Category 2 and 3 open fires will be prohibited across the entire Cariboo Fire Centre effective 12:00 noon on Thursday, M...
Mar 14, 2024
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Suspect charged in mass killing of Sri Lankan family in Ottawa back in court
OTTAWA - The 19-year-old charged with killing six people in an Ottawa suburb last week is set to return to court this afternoon. Febrio De-Zoysa was arrested last Wednesday night and is charged with six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. Police say De-Zoysa, who came to Canada as an inte...
Mar 14, 2024
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B.C. to kill 25 deer to test for chronic wasting disease in Kootenay region
VICTORIA - The B.C. government says it will cull 25 deer in the Kootenay region to test for chronic wasting disease. The Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says two deer in the region tested positive for the disease earlier this year. The ministry says the animals will be collected in a 10-kilometre area...
Mar 14, 2024
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B.C. orchards and vineyards to get $70M to replant after disastrous weather
PENTICTON, B.C. - The British Columbia government says farmers will get an extra $70 million to replant and strengthen fruit orchards and vineyards after two years of weather-related disasters. Premier David Eby says the funding will boost the province's existing $15 million Perennial Crop Renewal Program, launched las...
Mar 13, 2024
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B.C. philanthropists donate $92 million, plan for the future of the Tula Foundation
VICTORIA - A pair of British Columbia philanthropists are donating the last $92 million from a "windfall" sale of their medical imaging company to the charitable foundation they founded. Eric Peterson says the donation with his wife Christina Munck to the Tula Foundation is the beginning of "handing off ...
Mar 13, 2024
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B.C. First Nation says racism, doctor shortage persists in regional health care
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation says racism in the health-care system persists despite efforts by the government and industry to combat the problem. The Tsilhqot'in National Government says in a statement that it met with officials from Interior Health, the Cariboo Regional District and the City ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Vancouver tent city to temporarily close over unsafe and unhygienic conditions
Vancouver officials say dozens of homeless people staying in the city's only legal encampment have to temporarily move because the site has become unsafe and unhygienic. Deputy city manager Sandra Singh says the section of Crab Park designated for the tent city will be shut for a week starting March 25 so equipment can...
Mar 12, 2024
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B.C. to hike commercial vehicle crash penalties after 35 over-height truck incidents
VICTORIA - Penalties for commercial truck crashes into overpasses or other infrastructure in British Columbia are set to soar, including fines of up to $100,000 and jail sentences up to 18 months. The New Democrat government says it's proposing changes to the Commercial Transport Act that currently prescribes fines for...
Mar 12, 2024
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Surrey, B.C., council restricts access over 'disruptive' pro-Palestine protests
SURREY, B.C. - City council in Surrey, B.C., says it is restricting public access to its meetings after persistent disruptions from pro-Palestinian protesters. Mayor Brenda Locke began Monday's meeting by announcing that the public would be allowed to attend meetings on city premises, but outside the gallery. She told ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Coral reef that 'shouldn't exist' thrives off B.C.'s Pacific Ocean, biologist says
VANCOUVER - It started with a tip from the local First Nation of a "bump on the sea floor" where the fish liked to be and led to the discovery of Canada's only known live coral reef. Deep sea ecologist Cherisse Du Preez worked with the Kitasoo Xai'xais and Heiltsuk First Nations and began searching for the L...
Mar 12, 2024
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