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Climate change is driving a rise in tick-borne diseases. Here's what to know.
June 28, 2025 - 3:00 AM

TORONTO — A warming climate is driving a rise in Lyme disease and the introduction of lesser-known tick-borne diseases, public health specialists say.
Victoria officer gets 7-day suspension over death of woman hit by anti-riot rounds
June 12, 2025 - 7:33 PM

VICTORIA — A Victoria police officer who was found to have made a serious error in judgment when he fired an anti-riot weapon into a smoke-filled room in 2019, hitting a woman in the head and killing her, has been handed a seven-day suspension without pay.
Veteran Vancouver police sergeant demoted, suspended for sexual harassment
May 07, 2025 - 10:31 AM

VANCOUVER - An adjudicator has ordered that a Vancouver police sergeant be demoted and suspended without pay for 20 days after the officer admitted to sending inappropriate sexualized messages to female students and fellow officers.
B.C. police discipline ruling voided because officer overseeing investigation retired
December 03, 2024 - 1:00 AM

VANCOUVER - A disciplinary decision against a former Vancouver police sergeant, who was found to have improperly shared degrading messages about a colleague who was sexually assaulted, has been voided after authorities realized the senior officer who oversaw the investigation retired a week before it was issued.
Interior Health fined after hospital workers exposed to illicit substance
November 01, 2024 - 12:29 PM

PENTICTON, B.C. - British Columbia's Interior Health Authority has been fined nearly $275,000 after workers were exposed to an unknown substance at a hospital in Penticton.
Rustad stands by B.C. Conservative candidates under fire, says voters can judge them
October 11, 2024 - 4:14 PM

VANCOUVER - B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad says it will be up to voters to judge his party's candidates as he stood by a pair whose remarks on Indigenous and Muslim people drew condemnation from election rivals and other critics.
Some key issues to watch for in B.C.'s provincial election campaign
September 20, 2024 - 1:00 AM

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia provincial election campaign is expected to officially kick off Saturday, but party leaders have been vying for votes for months in the lead up to the Oct. 19 fixed election day.
B.C. liberties group to file complaint of violent arrests in pro-Palestine protest
June 18, 2024 - 4:41 PM

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association will be filing a complaint with the Vancouver Police Department's civilian oversight board alleging officers used excessive force at a pro-Palestinian protest last month, the group's policy director told a news conference Tuesday.
Ottawa approves British Columbia's request to make public drug use illegal again
May 07, 2024 - 2:56 PM

OTTAWA - Public drug use became illegal in British Columbia once again on Tuesday, after the federal government granted the province's request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot.
Officer says B.C. hostage was lying on top of captor before police gunfire erupted
April 18, 2024 - 6:17 PM

BURNABY, B.C. - The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage told a B.C. coroner's inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor, who was holding a knife to her throat with a gun in his other hand.
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iN PHOTOS: Six delicious berries growing in Okanagan, Kamloops
There are numerous kinds of juicy berries growing in Kamloops and the Okanagan in early summer each with bright colours, unique flavours and packed with nutrients. While some berries like raspberries are more common to find growing in garde

Texas governor calls for special session after vetoing a bill to ban THC-infused goods
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have banned consumable hemp products containing THC ingredients in the state, but said he's open to lawmakers passing a new effort to regulate what has become a boomin

Kootenay woman upset by deer cull sues realtor for 'misleading' her about neighbourhood
An Invermere woman who attempted to sue her real estate agent because she didn't like her neighbours or the fact that the town was culling deer has been ordered to pay special costs because of her behaviour over the seven years of litigation.

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Climate change is driving a rise in tick-borne diseases. Here's what to know.

Victoria officer gets 7-day suspension over death of woman hit by anti-riot rounds

Veteran Vancouver police sergeant demoted, suspended for sexual harassment

B.C. police discipline ruling voided because officer overseeing investigation retired

Interior Health fined after hospital workers exposed to illicit substance

Rustad stands by B.C. Conservative candidates under fire, says voters can judge them

Some key issues to watch for in B.C.'s provincial election campaign

B.C. liberties group to file complaint of violent arrests in pro-Palestine protest

Ottawa approves British Columbia's request to make public drug use illegal again

Officer says B.C. hostage was lying on top of captor before police gunfire erupted

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