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RICHMOND, B.C. — British Columbia has approved bylaws banning single-use plastics in five communities as it drafts a regulation allowing other local governments to create their own policies without the need for provincial approval.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Police say an officer and a suspect in an alleged theft are in hospital following a police-involved shooting at an outdoors store in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has expanded air quality statements to almost all of British Columbia because of wildfire smoke wafting up from the United States.

VANCOUVER — Firefighters say no one was injured after a silo collapsed in North Vancouver Friday afternoon.

VICTORIA — British Columbia is reporting an additional 132 cases of COVID-19 and one new outbreak at a health-care facility. Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr.

VICTORIA — A new report from British Columbia's auditor general says the largest amount the provincial government had allocated by mid-August in its pandemic response was for individuals and households. Michael Pickup's report says of the $2.

SQUAMISH, B.C. — A healthy adult grizzly bear spotted sauntering through a busy neighbourhood in a community north of Vancouver has been trapped and will be relocated far from human contact. The B.C.

NANAIMO, B.C. — Fire crews say they have contained a fire burning at an industrial facility near the Nanaimo Airport on Vancouver Island.

VICTORIA — Police in Victoria say six men in their 20s from Calgary have been arrested after an alleged kidnapping and assault with a weapon Monday night.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's provincial health officer says she does not foresee a scenario where the entire public school system will have to shut down again because of COVID-19. Dr.