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Fiona Koza of West Coast Environmental Law said 70 American cities and states have already filed class-action lawsuits against oil companies, but the one developing in B.C. would be the first in Canada.

BURNABY, B.C. — Mounties in Burnaby, B.C., say they used undercover officers as part of a lengthy investigation into hundreds of stolen catalytic converters that they say were destined to be sent to the United States.

KIMBERLEY, B.C. — RCMP say an 11-year-old boy has drowned in Wasa Lake, north of Cranbrook in southeastern B.C. Police say the boy was out with two other children on Sunday on an inflated tube when it flipped in high winds and rough water.

Bankruptcy discharge hearing adjourned, which means Martel will remain an “undischarged bankrupt” and his debts of more than $300 million stay intact

VICTORIA — One of the two Green Party members in British Columbia's Legislature has announced he will not seek re-election in this fall's provincial vote.

TERRACE — The newest draft treaty signed in British Columbia will allow the First Nation to “break free from the shackles of the Indian Act” and take control of their future, the head of the provincial treaty commission said Tuesday.

Police vehicles intentionally hit people on bikes, scooters or on foot, according to documents and reports on substantiated allegations against VicPD

Great Canadian’s board approved the sale to Petroglyph Development Group Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Snuneymuxw.

The report found Susan Kim breached one section of the City of Victoria’s code of conduct bylaw by failing to make it clear her social media views were her own, but says her actions were neither discriminatory nor disrespectful.

LILLOOET — The British Columbia Wildfire Service says its crews are responding to a 30-hectare wildfire billowing smoke over Highway 99 north of Lillooet.