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Child-care centre eyed for B.C. legislature grounds

No firm location yet; focus will be on needs of legislative assembly and caucus staff.

Sep 22, 2023 5:45 AM Read more >

MLA Adam Walker returning to NDP is unlikely, say political observers

“I think a lot depends on what we learn in terms of what actually happened here but this doesn’t help anyone’s re-election at all."

Sep 22, 2023 1:08 AM Read more >

Province’s Surrey police transition advisor also a director with city's trash contractor

'We never had any input on the person and we had no input on the terms of reference,' says Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke

Sep 21, 2023 3:30 PM Read more >

Penticton cat hitches ride to Dawson Creek

The unidentified feline hitched a 1,100-kilometre ride north to Dawson Creek on a trailer.

Sep 21, 2023 5:52 AM Read more >

Owner wins use of parking spot Burnaby strata said never existed

The strata at Burnaby’s Imperial Manor said ‘stall 4’ in its underground parkade never existed, but owner Elsie Chan told the Civil Resolution Tribunal the strata had let her park there for 12 years.

Sep 21, 2023 5:41 AM Read more >

Her name is Alice: Giant metal T-Rex statue arrives in Penticton

Alice is 12,000 pounds, 50 feet long and made of mirror-polished metal.

Sep 21, 2023 4:39 AM Read more >

Counter protesters swamp anti-SOGI rally at legislature

Police asked people to leave, saying it was becoming 'unsafe' because of tensions, but hundreds remained.

Sep 21, 2023 4:30 AM Read more >

Licences suspended for company whose truck hit B.C. highway overpass, minister says

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's transportation minister says the company whose truck slammed into a North Vancouver overpass on Tuesday, snarling traffic for hours, has had the license for its entire fleet suspended.

Sep 20, 2023 5:09 PM Read more >

Machete-wielding man arrested in Nanaimo

The man, who is well-known to police, was walking along Front Street about 1 p.m. waving the machete and kicking mailboxes

Sep 20, 2023 4:30 PM Read more >

B.C. local governments to ask province for more support over drug decriminalization

Local politicians in British Columbia have passed all three resolutions addressing their concerns about the rollout of drug decriminalization polices in the province, including asking for more funding to help those who are addicted and expanding prohibitions to parks and sports fields.

Sep 20, 2023 4:12 PM Read more >