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Vancouver judge imposes media ban on immigration fraud, sexual assault case

Vancouver judge imposes media ban on immigration fraud, sexual assault case

Judge Reginald Harris agreed to extend media bans to protect the rights of the accused and to control the court's process.
MP Zimmer rips feds over ban on offshore Arctic oil and gas drilling

MP Zimmer rips feds over ban on offshore Arctic oil and gas drilling

Five-year moratorium extended for another year
Coastal GasLink pipeline more than 80% complete

Coastal GasLink pipeline more than 80% complete

Construction of the 670-km natural gas pipeline across northern B.C. is expected to be completed this year.
911 call taker in B.C. releases 2022 list of frivolous complaints to emergency lines

911 call taker in B.C. releases 2022 list of frivolous complaints to emergency lines

VANCOUVER — The agency that handles most emergency calls in British Columbia has announced 2022 was its busiest year, but along with managing life-saving communications, EComm says it is still receiving an unacceptable number of senseless calls.
Cougar believed to have left Protection Island

Cougar believed to have left Protection Island

An elusive cougar that swam to Protection Island near Nanaimo, killed a deer there and had residents on high alert over the holiday season has apparently left the same way it came.
Admission by donation at Royal B.C. Museum, as Community Days return

Admission by donation at Royal B.C. Museum, as Community Days return

Community Days are back at the Royal B.C. Museum, after a two-year absence
University of Victoria denies liability in 2019 bus crash that killed two students

University of Victoria denies liability in 2019 bus crash that killed two students

About 20 civil lawsuits have been filed by crash survivors.
Booklet explaining Canadian cash to new arrivals from Ukraine includes $188 of the real thing

Booklet explaining Canadian cash to new arrivals from Ukraine includes $188 of the real thing

A Sooke man and his siblings, whose grandfather was swindled as a new arrival in the 1930s, have created a handbook for those escaping the war in Ukraine
B.C.'s Blackwater Gold mine construction to start this spring

B.C.'s Blackwater Gold mine construction to start this spring

Blackwater Gold mine near Vanderhoof will start in the first quarter, despite permit delay
Watch: Bobcat visits private B.C. airport; owner helps it to freedom

Watch: Bobcat visits private B.C. airport; owner helps it to freedom

"It looked to me from my distance like a more fluffy domestic cat," said the Kamloops resident.