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Oregon man sentenced to 20 years for sexually exploiting B.C. teens

The three youth, ranging in age from 13 to 15 at the time, were in West Shore, Comox Valley and Surrey

Oct 27, 2023 2:30 AM Read more >

Canadians split down the middle on handing out Halloween candy: survey

TORONTO — A new poll suggests Canadians are roughly split down the middle when it comes to handing out Halloween candy this year.

Oct 27, 2023 1:02 AM Read more >

Canadian ranchers brace for long, lean winter after droughts, soaring feed costs

CALGARY — It could be a long, lean winter in cattle country as drought-ravaged western Canadian ranchers struggle to secure feed to get their livestock through the cold months.

Oct 27, 2023 1:00 AM Read more >

Liberal bill updating sex-offender registry in response to court decision becomes law

OTTAWA — A Liberal bill that adds victims' input to the process for publication ban decisions and changes how the national sexual offender registry works has received royal assent.

Oct 26, 2023 4:49 PM Read more >

B.C.'s $300M old-growth fund puts First Nations 'in the driver's seat'

$300-million investment aims to save B.C.'s old-growth forests by offering First Nations sustainable economic alternatives to industrial logging.

Oct 26, 2023 4:39 PM Read more >

New contract ratified for Northern B.C. firefighters

Fort St. John firefighters will enjoy a wage increase for 2022, 2023, and 2024, thanks to a new union agreement.

Oct 26, 2023 4:30 PM Read more >

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says renewable-powered grid by 2035 'fantasy thinking'

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told delegates at a climate conference in Calgary on Thursday that achieving an electricity grid that depends on renewable power by 2035 is "fantasy thinking.

Oct 26, 2023 4:14 PM Read more >

B.C. man sentenced to 18 months in jail for drug death of 14-year-old Carson Crimeni

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.

Oct 26, 2023 4:11 PM Read more >

B.C. courts acting as government's 'big stick' against homeless camps, says law professor

B.C. Supreme Court judges have ruled in favour of government injunction applications against homeless encampments 18 out of the 24 times, since 2000.

Oct 26, 2023 4:00 PM Read more >

U.S. man sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex exploitation of 3 B.C. children

SURREY, B.C. — An Oregon man has been sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. federal prison for sexually exploiting three British Columbia children. RCMP say 37-year-old Kevin McCarty of Happy Valley, Ore.

Oct 26, 2023 3:29 PM Read more >