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Coquitlam crews stop water leaks at construction site where shoring wall collapsed

Coquitlam crews stop water leaks at construction site where shoring wall collapsed

Coquitlam Dec 4, 2023 / 2:55 pm

Coquitlam public works crews had to stop water leaks at an excavation site where a shoring wall collapsed last Wednesday, Nov. 29. In a statement on a special...

Private forecasters see economic growth in B.C. slowing to 0.5 per cent next year

Private forecasters see economic growth in B.C. slowing to 0.5 per cent next year

Dec 4, 2023 / 2:52 pm

Private-sector forecasters in British Columbia say they agree with the government's recent projection that economic growth will slow next year. The Economic...

Vancouver unveils Canada's first electric fire truck in its pledge to cut emissions

Vancouver unveils Canada's first electric fire truck in its pledge to cut emissions

Vancouver Dec 4, 2023 / 2:47 pm

Vancouver’s fire department is showing off what the city says is Canada’s first electric fire engine. The Austrian-built pumper truck is part of the...

Province conducts first-ever Robson Valley moose density survey

Province conducts first-ever Robson Valley moose density survey

Robson Valley Dec 4, 2023 / 2:37 pm

After conducting the Robson Valley’s first moose density and composition survey earlier this year, the Province says it's not able to determine trends...

Snowmobiler dies on Boulder Mountain near Revelstoke

Snowmobiler dies on Boulder Mountain near Revelstoke

Revelstoke Dec 4, 2023 / 2:34 pm

A snowmobiler in medical distress died in the mountains near Revelstoke over the weekend. Revelstoke RCMP say they were informed about 5:40 p.m. Saturday of a...

Man who swerved car near pro-Palestinian protester arrested for assault: Victoria PD

Man who swerved car near pro-Palestinian protester arrested for assault: Victoria PD

Victoria Dec 4, 2023 / 11:56 am

Police in Victoria have arrested a man they say accelerated his car towards a pro-Palestinian protester near the British Columbia legislature over the weekend....

Atmospheric river to bring heavy snow, rain to BC highways - overnight closure on Hwy 1

Atmospheric river to bring heavy snow, rain to BC highways - overnight closure on Hwy 1

BC Highways Dec 4, 2023 / 11:21 am

UPDATE: 11:20 a.m. The Ministry of Transportation says its overnight Highway 1 closure through the Fraser Canyon is planned as a precautionary measure in case...

B.C. mayors object to unpoliced ports

B.C. mayors object to unpoliced ports

Delta Dec 4, 2023 / 9:48 am

As B.C.’s illicit drug market continues to kill close to seven people daily, B.C. mayors are calling on senior governments to re-establish a police force...

B.C. salmon farms linked to explosive spike in wild fish deaths

B.C. salmon farms linked to explosive spike in wild fish deaths

Dec 4, 2023 / 9:43 am

B.C. salmon farms killed more than 800,000 wild fish in 2022, 16 times more than the last decade's yearly average, federal data shows. The unprecedented...

Man arrested after car driven onto sidewalk at pro-Palestine rally in downtown Victoria

Man arrested after car driven onto sidewalk at pro-Palestine rally in downtown Victoria

Victoria Dec 4, 2023 / 7:48 am

A man was arrested after a car was driven onto a sidewalk, nearly striking a person during a pro-Palestine rally at the B.C. legislature on Sunday afternoon. A...

Former West Van school counsellor gets one-year jail for child sexual exploitation images

Former West Van school counsellor gets one-year jail for child sexual exploitation images

West Vancouver Dec 4, 2023 / 7:44 am

Former high school counsellor Joseph Scott William McLeod will spend a year behind bars for possessing child sexual exploitation images. The 41-year-old, known...

'Derelict' sunken boat in Steveston set to be raised

'Derelict' sunken boat in Steveston set to be raised

Richmond Dec 4, 2023 / 7:37 am

The Canadian Coast Guard is planning to remove a partially sunken boat at Imperial Landing, which has been leaking diesel for almost a month. The "derelict...

'Potent and impactful storm' headed to Metro Vancouver

'Potent and impactful storm' headed to Metro Vancouver

Metro Vancouver Dec 3, 2023 / 12:10 pm

People living across the Lower Mainland should prepare for some very wet weather this week. While Sunday, Dec. 3 will see plenty of rain across Vancouver,...

Inside the struggle to save Canada’s most endangered bird

Inside the struggle to save Canada’s most endangered bird

Dec 3, 2023 / 9:00 am

High above the waters of the Fraser Canyon, James Hobart trudges up an old logging road and into the territory of the last wild-born northern spotted owl in...

Humpbacks off Vancouver Island feature in new season of Planet Earth

Humpbacks off Vancouver Island feature in new season of Planet Earth

Vancouver Island Dec 3, 2023 / 6:30 am

A north Island humpback whale researcher can’t quite believe that she’ll soon hear the legendary David Attenborough, “the voice of god,”...

Port Moody police tabbed to investigate West Vancouver mayor's 2022 campaign finances

Port Moody police tabbed to investigate West Vancouver mayor's 2022 campaign finances

West Vancouver Dec 2, 2023 / 4:02 pm

A British Columbia municipal police department is investigating the campaign finances of West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager. Elections BC issued a statement saying...

Father, 13-year-old son, victims in Richmond double homicide

Father, 13-year-old son, victims in Richmond double homicide

Richmond Dec 2, 2023 / 3:59 pm

British Columbia's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a 13-year-old boy and his father were the victims in a targeted double homicide in the...

B.C. pilot thanks strangers for kindness after losing wife

B.C. pilot thanks strangers for kindness after losing wife

Victoria Dec 2, 2023 / 11:45 am

A grieving husband who recently lost his wife is being supported by his community while raising a newborn. Finlay Miller and his boy Felix are staying with...

Squamish Nation member frustrated by ongoing illegal activity in the Squamish Valley

Squamish Nation member frustrated by ongoing illegal activity in the Squamish Valley

Squamish Dec 2, 2023 / 10:30 am

Shirley Lewis knows the roads and off-roads of the Squamish Valley like the back of her hand. Lewis, a member of the S?wx?wú7mesh Úxwumixw...

B.C. mayors object to unpoliced ports as fentanyl crisis endures

B.C. mayors object to unpoliced ports as fentanyl crisis endures

Metro Vancouver Dec 2, 2023 / 9:00 am

As B.C.’s illicit drug market continues to kill close to seven people daily, B.C. mayors are calling on senior governments to re-establish a police force...

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