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Court filing claims B.C. Conservative operative exploited care home residents to make election claims
A court filing from B.C. NDP MLA Garry Begg, in response to a lawsuit aiming to invalidate the B.C. election results in Surrey-Guildford, calls the allegation of corrupt voting baseless and accuses a woman of taking advantage of vulnerable care home residents on behalf of the B.C. Conservatives to make their election claims.
Crack in Fraser Valley waterslide slices multiple riders, leads to industry-wide recommendations
Technical Safety B.C. is recommending greater safety measures at all B.C. waterparks after an incident last summer at Bridal Falls Waterpark resulted in an 11-year-old's leg being cut and multiple other people being injured.
COVID led causes of lower life expectancy in B.C. women during pandemic. For men, it was toxic drugs: report
A new report from Statistics Canada, co-authored by several members of B.C.'s Office of the Provincial Health Officer, shows that during the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy at birth decreased — a decline that was driven in large part by deaths caused by the toxic unregulated drug supply.
B.C. teen who worked with The Flaming Lips gets posthumous album release
Nell Smith, the B.C. teenager known for her collaboration with the Grammy Award-winning rock band The Flaming Lips, has had her first solo album announced, four months after she died in a car crash.
Reena Virk's killer arrested for breach of parole conditions, Surrey police say
Kerry Sim, formerly Kelly Ellard, who killed teen Reena Virk in 1997, has been arrested following a breach of her parole conditions, according to the Surrey Police Service.
Canada closes border between B.C.-U.S. crossing at Pacific Crest Trail
The Canadian Border Services Agency says hikers on a trail that crosses into British Columbia from Washington state will no longer be allowed to proceed without first entering Canada through a designated entry point.
Rocky Mountain Bikes under creditor protection as global bicycle industry reels from effects of pandemic
B.C.-founded Rocky Mountain Bikes, which helped drive the worldwide growth of freeride mountain biking, is under creditor protection with nearly $70 million in debt.
Coalition gives B.C. failing grade on 3 of its 10 'urgent' climate action targets
A network of advocates, businesses, academics and First Nations says the B.C. government has, for the second year in a row, been giving a failing grade on three of the coalition's 10 urgent climate actions.
Far from home, seafarers docked in Vancouver get some Christmas cheer with donated gift bags
Over the holiday season, Mission to Seafarers says it will deliver gift bags to more than 1,500 ship crew members passing through Vancouver, as a gesture of gratitude for their work and effort to ease the loneliness seafarers may experience while far from home over the Christmas season.
Report into destructive 2023 Okanagan wildfires details how fire spread
A new report on the destructive and costly 2023 Central Okanagan wildfires is detailing how flames spread in communities and why some homes were more likely to catch fire while others were spared.