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VICTORIA — A six-foot-long boa constrictor is on the loose after slithering away at Tofino's Chesterman Beach on Vancouver Island's West Coast.

SAANICH — An American man has been sentenced to 40 years in a U.S. prison for grooming children in a case that began when the parents of a 12-year-old girl from Saanich, B.C., went to police.

VICTORIA — A review of British Columbia's health-care system to cut unnecessary costs is expanding to its five regional health authorities. B.C.

Public relations specialist Alex McMillan takes the helm of the BC Chamber of Commerce amid internal struggles

VICTORIA — An RCMP officer faces two charges under the Motor Vehicle Act after a crash in southeastern B.C. last Canada Day that left three people injured. The BC Prosecution Service announced that Const.

The judge said Deanna Cindrich has continued to struggle since the May 2015 car accident in Langley.

Woodfibre LNG claims the District of Squamish set tax rates high to coerce it into desired behaviour.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's ombudsman says Premier Scott Moe's government is failing to provide timely help to wildfire evacuees. Sharon Pratchler said evacuees calling in for help are being told the government will get back to them in four days.

Another dozen temperature records have fallen in British Columbia thanks to the ongoing spell of warm weather brought to the province by a ridge of high pressure. Monday was also the third day in a row that the hottest spot in Canada was in B.C.

The next sheriff-recruit training class will start training on July 14 at the Justice Institute of British Columbia.