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B.C. loses 4K jobs in October despite big gains in construction

Unemployment rate remains unchanged at 5.4%.

Nov 3, 2023 6:02 AM Read more >

Retired teacher's death spurs push for Nanaimo cell tower

Ken Gillies suffered a heart attack while driving to hospital, but his wife couldn’t get through to 911 because of a cell-coverage gap

Nov 3, 2023 5:30 AM Read more >

Northern B.C. firefighters raised medical funds for resident in need

Members of the Fort St. John Fire Professional Fire Fighters Association have donated $10,000 to assist a resident with medical travel costs.

Nov 3, 2023 5:15 AM Read more >

Unaccompanied bags still on aircraft 38 years after Air India bombings

When a bomb in an unaccompanied bag exploded, 329 people died when Air India Flight 182 blew up off the coast of Ireland in 1985.

Nov 3, 2023 5:00 AM Read more >

Woman hospitalized after Central Okanagan's third deer attack in a week

In all of these incidents, dogs were also present, with one of the incidents resulting in the death of a dog.

Nov 3, 2023 4:50 AM Read more >

Opinion: CBC’s ‘local’ programming is mostly fake

Newsreaders and hosts throughout BC are mostly repeating, often word-for-word, scripts that come from Vancouver.

Nov 3, 2023 4:45 AM Read more >

Opinion: Carbon tax has politicians doing flip flop belly flops

A suggestion for Kevin Falcon: maybe kick yourself out of the BC United party and join John Rustad as a BC Conservative.

Nov 3, 2023 4:15 AM Read more >

B.C. laws stacked to discard of homeless people's belongings, report shows

Homeless and precariously housed people in B.C. face a systemic loss of their possessions as a result of a patchwork of regulations and a housing system that provides no security for the most vulnerable.

Nov 2, 2023 6:00 PM Read more >

Former Northern B.C. mayor passes away

Elected as the mayor of Tumbler Ridge in 1999 and 2002, Clay Iles has passed away at the age of 85.

Nov 2, 2023 4:41 PM Read more >

Opinion: Why it's critical for the mining sector to understand wildfire risk

This year, mining companies operating in Canada and the United States faced unprecedented challenges

Nov 2, 2023 4:15 PM Read more >