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Gaming grants to support Northern B.C. societies

$18.2-million has been released by the province, investing in arts and culture programs though Community Gaming Grants across B.C., including the Northeast.

Dec 16, 2023 1:17 PM Read more >

Disbarred B.C. lawyer’s trust account subject to unexplained wealth order application

B.C. Director of Civil Forfeiture seeks the forfeiture of about $3.5 million held in the trust account of now-disbarred lawyer Ronald Pelletier, whose misconduct included money laundering, according to the Law Society of B.C.

Dec 16, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >

Investigation continues into targeted North Delta shooting

Burning vehicle found in Surrey linked to incident

Dec 15, 2023 2:13 PM Read more >

Artificial intelligence improving colon cancer screening in Fraser Health

Fraser Health is investing $1.2 million to purchase and install the GI Genius at 12 sites including Delta Hospital

Dec 15, 2023 1:00 PM Read more >

Assault charge for RCMP sergeant over alleged incident at Coquitlam, B.C., detachment

VICTORIA — An RCMP officer has been charged with assault stemming from an incident in the Coquitlam, British Columbia, detachment a year ago. The BC Prosecution Service says in a release that Sgt. Antonio Guerrero Jr.

Dec 15, 2023 12:17 PM Read more >

No environmental review needed for B.C.'s Copper Mountain expansion

Expansion of copper mine near Princeton, B.C. would extend mine life to 2047

Dec 15, 2023 11:30 AM Read more >

Delta man facing several firearms charges

Police seized three Airsoft (pellet gun) pistols that were converted to .22 calibre firearms, two of which were fitted with silencers.

Dec 15, 2023 10:16 AM Read more >

Alleged B.C. fentanyl dealer’s Audi Q8 targeted in forfeiture claim

Shaun Graham Briscoe was caught with packs of cocaine and fentanyl by police last April while driving an Audi SUV, which is now alleged to be an instrument of crime, according to a civil forfeiture claim

Dec 15, 2023 9:00 AM Read more >

Woolly dog was unique breed integral to First Nations life: Smithsonian study

The woolly dogs were kept isolated on small islands in pens and long houses throughout the Pacific Northwest, including Vancouver Island, to preserve the breed

Dec 15, 2023 5:30 AM Read more >

'He is in my mind,' says B.C.'s child advocate of boy killed in Port Alberni

Representative for Children and Youth Jennifer Charlesworth says Dontay Lucas’s death continues to affect the decisions her office makes

Dec 15, 2023 5:15 AM Read more >