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VANCOUVER — An inmate has escaped from a pretrial holding facility in Metro Vancouver and RCMP say he is considered dangerous and should not be approached.

The program, which applies to both resale and new homes, will be the first in Canada.

A wildfire burning out-of-control just under two kilometres northwest of the village of Lytton, B.C. now covers more than 22 square kilometres.

Since coming out as Two-Spirit in 2019, Madeline Terbasket has been committed to making their community safer for queer people

CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A shooting at a home in Chilliwack, B.C. has left two women dead and one man injured. The RCMP's Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment says officers were called to the residence on McNaught Ave. near Yard Rd. at about 11 a.m.

Back-to-back closures of small community emergency rooms on North Vancouver Island over the weekend is another example of the overall erosion of the primary care system in rural communities, the BC Green Party and the BC Nurses’ Union say.

Former Vancouver Canuck Jake Virtanen, 25, was charged with sexual assault in January 2022 following a police investigation while he was still playing in the NHL. He pleaded not guilty.

The BC NDP has yet to deliver on its promise of free birth control, which could save the public money in the long run, advocates say.

Putting your socks in the fridge to have them cool for sleeping at night is one idea.

VANCOUVER — B.C.'s public safety minister has announced a coroner's inquest into the deaths of two people in a fire at the Winters Hotel in downtown Vancouver in April.