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Fire-ravaged Lytton, B.C., getting 'community hub' with museum, pool, market space
February 19, 2025 - 12:16 PM

LYTTON, B.C. - The federal government is promising more than $25 million to help build a new "community hub" in the Village of Lytton years after much of the B.C. town was wiped out by fire.
Pounding rain, damaging winds battering parts of B.C. through Wednesday
February 19, 2025 - 11:26 AM

VANCOUVER - Heavy rain and strong winds are pummeling parts of British Columbia.
With talk of D-Day and war, throne speech portrays B.C. in historic tariff battle
February 19, 2025 - 10:36 AM

VICTORIA - British Columbia's government has depicted the province on a battle footing against the threat of U.S. tariffs, as it faces its “most consequential time” since the Second World War.
In good news for J-pod, killer whale calf is a female
February 19, 2025 - 9:18 AM

VANCOUVER - The Centre for Whale Research says it has confirmed a new killer whale calf in a pod of endangered orcas that live off southwest British Columbia is female.
Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer retiring after a decade at the helm
February 18, 2025 - 5:22 PM

Vancouver Chief Const. Adam Palmer has announced he will retire at the end of April after 37 years with the department, including almost a decade in the top job.
Haida celebrate title agreement, Trudeau emotional at ceremony
February 18, 2025 - 12:22 PM

SKIDEGATE, B.C. - With tears streaming down his face, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a gathering of Haida Nation leaders and community members that he couldn't think of a better place to make one of his final trips as Canada's leader.
Economists more confident in Bank of Canada rate hold as inflation ticks up to 1.9%
February 18, 2025 - 9:41 AM

OTTAWA - Economists are more confident the Bank of Canada might pause its interest rate cuts next month — tariffs notwithstanding — as Canada's annual inflation rate ticked back up in January.
B.C. LifeLabs prepares for rotating closures after notice of strike
February 17, 2025 - 4:21 PM

VANCOUVER - LifeLabs in British Columbia says some of its more than 100 centres will be subject to rotating temporary closures starting Thursday as part of job action taken by its union workers.
Driver charged with not stopping in fatal pedestrian crash in Nanaimo, B.C.
February 17, 2025 - 2:29 PM

NANAIMO, B.C. - A 26-year-old man from Nanaimo, B.C., has been charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash a year ago.
Three B.C. RCMP members seek recusal of conduct board over 'disparaging' email
February 17, 2025 - 1:58 PM

SURREY, B.C. - Three RCMP officers stationed in Coquitlam, B.C., who face possible dismissal over their participation in allegedly racist and derogatory group chats want a code of conduct board panel replaced over an email referring to them as the "three amigos."
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of February 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

$10M from province for BC fruit growers in the face of US tariffs
Fruit growers are getting some reprieve in the form of $10 million from the provincial government after the BC Fruit Growers Association advocated for it. “We are incredibly grateful to Premier David Eby and the government for recogni

France targets traffickers and recreational drug users as minister warns of a 'tsunami of cocaine'
PARIS (AP) — “Every day, people pay the price for the drugs you buy.” Amid record cocaine seizures and deadly shootings, the slogan is simple and aims to raise awareness among France’s millions of recreational drug u

Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled
The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended. According to a Feb. 10 BC Financial Services Authority decision, Tao Guo, who goes by Terry Guo, ha

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Fire-ravaged Lytton, B.C., getting 'community hub' with museum, pool, market space

Pounding rain, damaging winds battering parts of B.C. through Wednesday

With talk of D-Day and war, throne speech portrays B.C. in historic tariff battle

In good news for J-pod, killer whale calf is a female

Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer retiring after a decade at the helm

Haida celebrate title agreement, Trudeau emotional at ceremony

Economists more confident in Bank of Canada rate hold as inflation ticks up to 1.9%

B.C. LifeLabs prepares for rotating closures after notice of strike

Driver charged with not stopping in fatal pedestrian crash in Nanaimo, B.C.

Three B.C. RCMP members seek recusal of conduct board over 'disparaging' email

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