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Surrey developer wins right to expunge Twitter corruption claims

Surrey developer Bob Cheema claims Surrey businessman Brian Young defamed him on social media

Mar 22, 2021 5:17 PM Read more >

B.C. signs deal with City of Victoria to end homeless camps, bring people inside

VICTORIA — An agreement that commits two levels of government to end current and future homeless encampments in British Columbia's capital city is a potential blueprint for similar deals, says the province's minister responsible for housing.

Mar 22, 2021 4:54 PM Read more >

Stranger reportedly punches two women, one of them pregnant

Police are recommending the man be charged with two counts of assault, one count of assaulting a police officer and one count of breaching a conditional-sentence order.

Mar 22, 2021 4:13 PM Read more >

B.C. ‘ahead of schedule’ as COVID-19 vaccine deployment ramps up

More than 10% of eligible British Columbians have now been vaccinated

Mar 22, 2021 3:54 PM Read more >

B.C. Cowichan Tribes lift shelter-in-place order after more than two months

DUNCAN, B.C. — British Columbia's largest First Nation, the Cowichan Tribes, has lifted a shelter-in-place order more than two months after it was enacted to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Mar 22, 2021 1:28 PM Read more >

Three taken to hospital after new driver hits bus stop in Surrey, B.C.

SURREY, B.C. — Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say three people have been taken to hospital after a driver with a learner's permit hit the group at a bus stop on Sunday.

Mar 22, 2021 1:13 PM Read more >

RCMP seek answers to deadly single-vehicle crash south of Nanaimo, B.C.

NANAIMO, B.C. — A single-car crash in a rural area near Nanaimo, B.C., has killed a 19-year-old man. RCMP say a passing motorist called for help Sunday after spotting a vehicle in trees off a winding road through Cedar, south of Nanaimo.

Mar 22, 2021 11:48 AM Read more >

Victoria MLA's son, 4, diagnosed with brain tumour; announces step back from duties

VICTORIA — A member of the British Columbia legislature says she's stepping back from her duties because her four-year-old son has been diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Mar 22, 2021 11:42 AM Read more >

Lost skier, snowboarder rescued from Cypress Mountain

VANCOUVER — A lost skier and snowboarder are safe and sound after North Shore Rescue says it hoisted them from a gully in the Cypress Mountain area. The group says crews used a helicopter equipped with a hoist to rescue the two men.

Mar 21, 2021 9:15 PM Read more >

RCMP investigate homicide that appears to be targeted shooting in West Kelowna, B.C.

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. — The RCMP says officers are investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting and death that happened early Sunday morning near Highway 97 in Kelowna, B.C.

Mar 21, 2021 1:32 PM Read more >