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SURREY, B.C. — New COVID-19 infections in the Fraser Health region continue to drive rising case numbers in British Columbia as the health authority recorded 205 of the 335 cases detected provincewide on Wednesday. Dr.

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says he isn't happy with the city's share of economic recovery funding from a federal package to help cope with COVID-19.

RICHMOND, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board says a track failure contributed to the derailment of a freight train in northern British Columbia in January. No one was hurt when 34 cars carrying wood pellets on the Canadian National Railway Co.

VICTORIA — Elections BC says it expects the final count in last month's election to take at least three days to complete when it begins on Friday.

VANCOUVER — Tens of thousands of Vancouver residents suddenly found themselves without power as electricity was briefly cut to much of the west side of the city on Wednesday. The lights went out shortly after 9:15 a.m.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — School trustees in Prince George, B.C., have voted unanimously to support the addition of two Indigenous trustees to the board.

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VICTORIA — Health officials are reminding everyone to keep social circles small, particularly in the Fraser Health region, which remains the epicentre of rising case counts in British Columbia.

VANCOUVER — As a dispute over an acid spill that damaged thousands of vehicles winds its way through court, the Insurance Corporation of B.C. has been ordered to keep paying storage costs for the writeoffs. The corporation asked the B.C.

MERRITT, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia's southern Interior have destroyed a bumper crop of bud after finding thousands of illegal marijuana plants.