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Vancouver records increase in crime with particularly high numbers in some areas

VANCOUVER — Police say the latest statistics suggesting an increase in crime for the first half of the year in Vancouver are concerning.

Sep 17, 2020 12:41 PM Read more >

High school stabber to argue he's not responsible because of mental illness

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A lawyer for a man who fatally stabbed a high school student four years ago in Abbotsford, B.C., says he will argue in court that the man is not criminally responsible because of a mental disorder.

Sep 17, 2020 12:32 PM Read more >

Three found dead in two separate homicides in Vancouver: police

VANCOUVER — Three people have been killed in what Vancouver police say are two separate homicides in the city. Const. Tania Visintin says two people were found unresponsive in a hotel room in the Downtown Eastside at about 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Sep 17, 2020 9:49 AM Read more >

200-member B.C. crew off to Oregon wildfires, 200 more may be assigned: Premier

VICTORIA — Two hundred British Columbia firefighters are heading to Oregon to help with devastating wildfires in that state.

Sep 17, 2020 9:19 AM Read more >

Fraser Health now reporting COVID-19 exposures at schools; others to follow

VICTORIA — Families with school-age children in British Columbia will soon be able to go to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control website for information about COVID-19 outbreaks and exposure events at schools.

Sep 16, 2020 5:57 PM Read more >

Mungall is the fourth B.C. cabinet minister to announce she won't run again

VICTORIA — A fourth cabinet minister in British Columbia says she won't run in the next election.

Sep 16, 2020 3:09 PM Read more >

CN says bridge repairs underway near Hope, B.C., after 60 CP freight cars derail

Sep 16, 2020 12:05 PM Read more >

About 3,000 people in B.C. under COVID-19 monitoring, 97 new positive cases

VICTORIA — British Columbia reported 97 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday as the province extended its state of emergency until the end of September.

Sep 15, 2020 5:16 PM Read more >

NDP-Green agreement provides stability during pandemic: new Green leader

VICTORIA — The newly elected leader of the B.C. Green party says a power-sharing agreement with the New Democrats provides necessary stability during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sep 15, 2020 4:55 PM Read more >

B.C. human rights commissioner calls for data collection to tackle inequity

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's human rights commissioner says the province isn't collecting enough demographic information in order to tackle racism and social inequality.

Sep 15, 2020 4:37 PM Read more >