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Pub puts 'crass' anti-Horgan election message on customers' receipts

Pub puts 'crass' anti-Horgan election message on customers' receipts

B.C. reports 125 new cases of COVID-19, no new deaths or outbreaks

VICTORIA — British Columbia has confirmed 125 new cases of COVID-19 in the past day. The number of active cases ticked up by 16 to 1,284, including 72 people who are in hospital. In a joint statement, provincial health officer Dr.
B.C. mayors call on all parties to commit to 'new fiscal relationship' with province

B.C. mayors call on all parties to commit to 'new fiscal relationship' with province

VANCOUVER — The mayors of British Columbia's 13 largest cities are calling on all provincial parties to commit to further action related to mental health and substance use, affordable housing, public transit and municipal finance reform ahead of next
Elections BC probes NDP complaint over Liberal candidate's mail-in ballot requests

Elections BC probes NDP complaint over Liberal candidate's mail-in ballot requests

PORT MOODY, B.C. — Elections BC is investigating a complaint made by the NDP against a B.C. Liberal candidate in the provincial election that claims personal information was collected for the purpose of ordering mail-in ballots.
Horgan says elders in long-term care deserve own rooms, pledges $1.4-billion plan

Horgan says elders in long-term care deserve own rooms, pledges $1.4-billion plan

SURREY, B.C. — Elders living in long-term care in British Columbia deserve rooms of their own, says NDP Leader John Horgan, who promised Wednesday to build state-of-the-art facilities over the next decade.

Additional charges related to historical sexual abuse laid against Coquitlam man

COQUITLAM, B.C. — Police say a 75-year-old Coquitlam man is facing seven additional charges related to allegations of historical sexual assault.

Chiefs group says teen was found dead in B.C. care home days after reported missing

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — A police investigation into the group-home death of a British Columbia teen has wrapped up without criminal charges, but several Indigenous organizations say more must be done.
B.C. extends state of emergency, reports one death and 105 new cases of COVID-19

B.C. extends state of emergency, reports one death and 105 new cases of COVID-19

VICTORIA — The B.C. government is extending the province's state of emergency for another two weeks, allowing officials to continue using emergency powers to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The move comes as B.C.
Suspected B.C. teen gangster ticketed for driving without 'N'

Suspected B.C. teen gangster ticketed for driving without 'N'

Conviction quashed, new trial ordered for man accused of murder after wife's drowning

VANCOUVER — A man convicted of first-degree murder after his wife drowned while boating has been granted a new trial. Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon of the B.C.