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'That explains the wiggling': Metro Vancouverites report feeling earthquake

'That explains the wiggling': Metro Vancouverites report feeling earthquake

A Sunshine Coast resident heard creaking and popping that "sounded like a patio door sliding open."
Home heating costs set to fall for most B.C. natural gas customers

Home heating costs set to fall for most B.C. natural gas customers

FortisBC electricity bills up, gas bills down in 2024
B.C. police seize kilos of drugs, $444K in currency

B.C. police seize kilos of drugs, $444K in currency

Police seized fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, MDMA, MDA, LSD, psilocybin, benzodiazepine, phenacetin, ketamine and marijuana.
Richmond RCMP's viral road safety video produced by high school student

Richmond RCMP's viral road safety video produced by high school student

The young filmmaker received an ICBC grant to make the video.
Rob Shaw: Meet Sean Fraser, David Eby’s federal doppelganger on the housing front

Rob Shaw: Meet Sean Fraser, David Eby’s federal doppelganger on the housing front

From short-term rental crackdowns to standardized designs for homes, the federal housing minister appears to be aping B.C.’s style
Playground attack: Response to sexual assault on school field reveals gaps in system

Playground attack: Response to sexual assault on school field reveals gaps in system

The parents of a Grade 7 student who was sexually assaulted by a group of Grade 8 boys on a school playing field say the school district was woefully ill-equipped to deal with the situation.
No one wins B.C. three-way punch-up lawsuit

No one wins B.C. three-way punch-up lawsuit

Police said the fighting which led to hospital visits was consensual.
Study says buffers, fire resistant materials could slash wildfire risks to residences

Study says buffers, fire resistant materials could slash wildfire risks to residences

HALIFAX — A new study says Canadian homeowners and communities can slash wildfire risks to buildings if they start taking steps like cutting buffer zones and using fire resistant construction materials.
Critics caution against plan to expand medical assistance in dying to those with mental illness

Critics caution against plan to expand medical assistance in dying to those with mental illness

Hope is what kept Laurel Walker alive as thoughts of suicide overwhelmed her, and that is exactly what she says would be stripped from people battling the same darkness if Canada forges ahead with plans to expand medical assistance in dying to those
People's Party candidate must stop using 'engineer,' B.C. Supreme Court rules

People's Party candidate must stop using 'engineer,' B.C. Supreme Court rules

VICTORIA — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that a Vancouver Island People's Party of Canada candidate who ran against Elizabeth May in the last federal election must stop describing himself as an engineer.