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B.C. deluge shows why cities struggle to keep up with extreme rain
November 02, 2024 - 6:00 AM

VANCOUVER - Heavy rain isn't unusual for the community of Deep Cove in North Vancouver, but when Ashifa Saferali saw an e-bike floating down the middle of the street she knew this storm was something different.
Securities Commission alleges fraud committed by B.C. crypto firm
May 02, 2023 - 3:44 PM

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Securities Commission alleges a now-defunct cryptocurrency platform based in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island committed a multimillion-dollar securities fraud by diverting customer assets to online cryptocurrency gambling sites.
Micro mobility revolution races ahead, as policymakers and police try to keep up
March 03, 2023 - 1:02 AM

VANCOUVER - Since Gabriel Kwok started riding an electric unicycle on Vancouver's streets nine months ago, he estimates he's logged about 2,000 kilometres on the briefcase-sized vehicle.
BC Hydro says pandemic hits Site C project, expect delays, cost increases
July 31, 2020 - 2:25 PM

VICTORIA - Construction delays and rising costs on British Columbia's Site C dam project are being blamed on the impact of the pandemic, but it's prompted the provincial government to appoint an adviser to look over the operation.
A look at Huawei Technologies and Meng Wanzhou
May 27, 2020 - 12:49 PM

VANCOUVER - Some facts about Huawei Technologies and Meng Wanzhou:
Huawei executive's defence team alleges Canadians were 'agents' of the FBI
August 21, 2019 - 4:45 PM

VANCOUVER - A defence team for a Chinese telecom executive is alleging Canadian officials acted as "agents" of American law enforcement while she was detained at Vancouver's airport for three hours ahead of her arrest.
Wilson-Raybould: Feds want to just 'manage the problem' of Indigenous Peoples
April 24, 2019 - 5:15 PM

RICHMOND, B.C. - Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says she believes the federal Liberals have decided to "manage the problem" with Indigenous people rather than do the hard work of reconciliation.
Man faces murder charges in slayings of two men, two women in Penticton, B.C.
April 16, 2019 - 8:46 PM

PENTICTON, B.C. - A former city employee described as a hard-working, civic-minded gentleman has been charged with four counts of murder after a series of daytime shootings that terrorized people in Penticton, B.C.
Fourteen 'dream' homes ordered evacuated as sinkholes open in Sechelt, B.C.
February 15, 2019 - 3:48 PM

Greg and Gerry Latham spent Friday morning scrambling to pack up family heirlooms as a series of sinkholes threatened to destroy their dream retirement home on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast.
B.C. researchers develop spray-on solution to costly quake conundrum
October 11, 2017 - 5:28 AM

VANCOUVER - It was while flipping through British Columbia's seismic upgrade guidelines at the beginning of his civil engineering master's degree that Salman Soleimani-Dashtaki first realized something was amiss.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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B.C. deluge shows why cities struggle to keep up with extreme rain

Securities Commission alleges fraud committed by B.C. crypto firm

Micro mobility revolution races ahead, as policymakers and police try to keep up

BC Hydro says pandemic hits Site C project, expect delays, cost increases

A look at Huawei Technologies and Meng Wanzhou

Huawei executive's defence team alleges Canadians were 'agents' of the FBI

Wilson-Raybould: Feds want to just 'manage the problem' of Indigenous Peoples

Man faces murder charges in slayings of two men, two women in Penticton, B.C.

Fourteen 'dream' homes ordered evacuated as sinkholes open in Sechelt, B.C.

B.C. researchers develop spray-on solution to costly quake conundrum

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