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TORONTO — West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has signed a deal to acquire Norbord Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at $4.0 billion. The deal announced Thursday will make West Fraser a top global producer of both lumber and oriented strand board.

OTTAWA — An independent report on harassment of women in the RCMP says fundamental change is needed to rid the national police force of a toxic culture that tolerates hateful and homophobic attitudes.

BC Transit is moving one step closer to putting electric buses on B.C. streets. A request for proposal to build the first 10 battery-electric heavy-duty buses has been issued by BC Transit.

New figures show two top locations for coronavirus transmission in B.C. with one key exception when age is considered in those infected

It all started in the fall of 2019 when Mike Friesen and his brother-in-law Travis Johannesson went on a mountain goat and wild sheep hunting trip in northern B.C.

OTTAWA — A commissioner who served on the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls says top-down attitudes and the centralized structure of the RCMP are leading to racist practices against Indigenous people in Canada.

One of the border officials who dealt with the arrest of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

Premier John Horgan has called on leaders from across Canada to develop a “pan-Canadian” approach to inter-provincial travel at a time when COVID-19 cases are surging across many provinces.

Flurries and winds will drop the mercury once again

The number of active cases of COVID 19 in the Northern Health region climbed to a new and troubling high on Wednesday when the count reached a record-setting 75, statistics from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control are showing.