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Winter storm watch issued for highway mountain passes in B.C.

Coquihalla reopens to commercial vehicles only

Dec 20, 2021 4:33 PM Read more >

Average FortisBC electricity bill going up about $5 next year

If you get your electricity from FortisBC, your bill will be going up in 2022. The utility got approval from the BC Utilities Commission to install a 3.47% general rate increase for its customers, effective Jan. 1.

Dec 20, 2021 3:41 PM Read more >

25 human bone fragments found in Surrey sewer dig

Metro Vancouver started digging to replace a 40-year-old sewer line. What they found was 25 traces of human bones and 4,000 artifacts thought to belong to local Indigenous ancestors.

Dec 20, 2021 3:29 PM Read more >

B.C. Mounties say they are monitoring protest against gas pipeline

HOUSTON, B.C. — The RCMP say they are investigating allegations that protesters threatened security officials, set off flares and damaged vehicles at a drill site for the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern British Columbia.

Dec 20, 2021 3:20 PM Read more >

Vancouver, Victoria homebuyers 'under the most pressure' to reset expectations next year

Housing affordability looking ‘grim’ going into 2022, says RBC

Dec 20, 2021 3:12 PM Read more >

Update: COVID-19 testing site at YVR reopens

VCH said it temporarily shut down the site due to traffic volume in the airport area Monday afternoon

Dec 20, 2021 2:17 PM Read more >

Songstress Sarah McLachlan to headline this summer's Squamish Constellation Festival

The Canadian singer will play the final night of the three-day festival on Sunday, July 24.

Dec 20, 2021 12:37 PM Read more >

Omicron's spread in B.C.: How much and how fast

Public health labs can't sequence Omicron fast enough to provide real-time data; but it is assumed by officials the new COVID-19 variant will represent nearly all cases in the very near future

Dec 20, 2021 12:12 PM Read more >

B.C. extends cap on meal delivery fees another year

Fees charged to restaurants capped at 20%

Dec 20, 2021 11:03 AM Read more >

RCMP say man died at Silverstar Mountain Resort after falling into ravine

Rescuers tried to resuscitate the man at the scene

Dec 20, 2021 10:05 AM Read more >