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B.C. NDP promises three-year freeze on ICBC insurance rates
Leader David Eby says the freeze will let ICBC increase compensation for serious crashes while the province maintains its no-fault...
B.C. Conservatives drop candidate after racist social media posts surface
Victoria-Beacon Hill candidate Joachim Agou removed from party Thursday after tweets encouraging violence and mocking Pakistan.
North Vancouver port exports hit 88 million tonnes mid-year, grain shipments surge 14 percent
Record Prairie crop yields and expanding global markets drive bumper shipments of canola, barley, lentils and peas through Port of Vancouver.
Doerkson signals Conservatives would fix strained province-city relationship on housing
Conservative leader says provincial government has overreached with bills imposing housing policy on municipalities; municipalities have...
Old Pattullo Bridge arches coming down this Thanksgiving weekend in risky river operation
Four large hydraulic jacks will lower the 89-year-old steel arch onto barges between Friday evening and Sunday; the Fraser River's main...
B.C. Conservatives promise three-year PST exemption on business machinery and tools
Leader Lorne Doerkson, campaigning in Surrey, promised capital-project approvals within 120 days and a 'two-out, one-in' regulation rule...
Vancouver police investigate suspected arson at volunteer's ABC campaign signs
Fire damaged political signs at a residential property overnight; forensic evidence seized as investigation continues.
Southern resident killer whale J31 spotted carrying dead calf off Vancouver Island
At 31 years old, J31 has suffered multiple reproductive losses. Researchers link failures to salmon scarcity and pollutants.
Vancouver man's pant leg set on fire in unprovoked attack near Davie Street
Police search for suspect who threw liquid accelerant onto 57-year-old at park bench early Wednesday; no injuries reported.
BC NDP promises to double library funding to $28M per year if re-elected
Provincial funding for public libraries has been frozen at $14M since 2010; new investment would support 71 library systems.
B.C. flu season off to early start with H1N1 strain hitting harder this year
Provincial health officer rolls out immunization program as influenza cases rise; COVID-19 and RSV remain low.
Philadelphia fugitive arrested in Vancouver traffic stop
Halil Abrahim Akbalik, 25, wanted for rape charges in Pennsylvania, caught after police stopped his vehicle on East Hastings Street.
