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"It is incumbent upon individual councillors to explicitly state their views are personal and not those of council as a whole," said Mayor Tom Dyas.

Reason given for the returned money is: "donated to multiple candidates."

VICTORIA — A conservation group says its latest purchase of exclusive hunting rights in a British Columbia rainforest is a major step toward protecting the area's wildlife, but hunters say the move is an "abuse" of the licensing system.

VANCOUVER — A third child has died in British Columbia due to complications linked to influenza, cases of which continue to rise in the province. The latest update from the B.C.

Assessed value of Sunshine Coast properties drops for the first time in years, residential decreases range from four to six per cent

VICTORIA — British Columbia is seeking public input on how it helps disaster evacuees, in the wake of the province's worst wildfire season on record.

“A lot of people are pointing fingers and saying I’m anti-forestry. I’m not anti-forestry. I’m anti-forestry with the way we’ve been doing it for the last number of years."

WONOWON, B.C. — British Columbia's government has been fined more than $700,000 after inspectors say they found unsafe wildfire mitigation practices at a site in the province's northeast.

VANCOUVER — A trucking group whose British Columbia fleet was taken off the province's roads last week when a load slammed into an overpass also operates an Alberta trucking firm that officials say is still allowed to work in B.C. B.C.

The union says it is still available to negotiate a collective agreement that avoids service disruptions.