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B.C. government allows accelerated expansion of the Tilbury LNG fuel facility
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is exempting a utility company that plans to expand its liquefied natural gas plant in Metro Vancouver, allowing the $2-billion investment to move ahead. Energy Minister Adrian Dix says the government has iss...
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Alberta wants provinces to address retail alcohol trade after direct-to-consumer deal
EDMONTON - Fresh off multiple Canadian provinces agreeing this week to make it easier to get out-of-province alcohol shipped right to people's doorsteps, Alberta says it's now time to do the same for commercial retailers. Service Alberta Minister Dale ...
Jul 24, 2026
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Surrey, B.C., police officer cleared in crash en route to scene that killed jogger
SURREY - British Columbia's independent police watchdog has cleared a Surrey, B.C., officer of criminal wrongdoing in a crash last year where a woman was killed. The Independent Investigations Office says in a report that the crash happened on Dec. 14...
Jul 24, 2026
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Forecaster says smoke bad enough for health impacts in B.C.'s Okanagan, Fraser Canyon
VANCOUVER - Southeastern British Columbia is covered in air-quality warnings as wildfires burning across the province belch out thick smoke. Environment Canada has issued yellow and the more severe orange warnings from the U.S. border north to central ...
Jul 24, 2026
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'Like a hurricane': Clinton, B.C., residents flee for their lives from wildfire
When the flames advanced on the B.C. Interior village of Clinton late Friday, Nicolas Kosovic could barely believe what he saw. The operator of the Stagecoach Cafe believed he was one of the last people to get out of the community after it was ordered ...
Jul 24, 2026
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Has rise of the right primed B.C. politics for a party that breaks the binary?
VICTORIA - Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says voters in the province face a choice between the "worst government in B.C. history" and an opposition headed by an unelectable leader. "She cannot win an election," Clark said of Conservativ...
Jul 24, 2026
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Hit man in former Air India suspect's murder gets 15 years for unrelated B.C. killing
ABBOTSFORD - A hit man who is already serving a life sentence for the 2022 murder of a former suspect in the Air India terrorist attack has been sentenced to another 15 years for an unrelated killing that took place less than four months earlier. The I...
Jul 24, 2026
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B.C. premier says businesses can tap into $1.5 billion fund if U.S. escalates tariffs
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says local businesses will have access to a federal emergency fund if the United States follows through on new tariff threats. U.S. President Donald Trump says he plans to impose tariffs of up to 50 per cen...
Jul 23, 2026
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B.C. boosts monitoring of 865 repeat offenders, adds Lower Mainland intervention hubs
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government says it's expanding the supervision of repeat offenders with the creation of seven new intervention and monitoring hubs in the Lower Mainland to help reduce street disorder and crimes targeting businesses. It...
Jul 23, 2026
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Gaps in tariff effects among provinces could test Team Canada's unity: experts
OTTAWA - Experts warn the latest tariff threats from the United States will hit some provinces harder than others - and could test the united Team Canada front. U.S. President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Monday to impose 50 per cen...
Jul 23, 2026
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Lytton, B.C., hits 41 degrees, hottest temperature in Canada this year
LYTTON - The heat wave that has scorched southern British Columbia this week has seen temperatures pass 40 degrees for a second consecutive day in the Fraser Canyon, marking the two hottest temperatures recorded in Canada this year. Environment Canada ...
Jul 23, 2026
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Teck earns $854M Q2 profit on higher copper production, commodity prices
Teck Resources Ltd.'s profits surged more than fourfold during the second quarter, thanks in part to higher copper production and prices, as the Vancouver-based miner prepares to wrap up its combination with Anglo American PLC. Profit attributable to ...
Jul 23, 2026
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Destruction of properties near Clinton may be worst in B.C.'s fire season so far
A regional official says structures on about 20 properties have been "impacted" by an out-of-control wildfire burning northwest of Clinton, B.C., in what may be the worst destruction of property in the province's fire season to date. Kevin Skrepnek, ma...
Jul 23, 2026
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Pyrocumulus clouds from wildfire in Fraser Canyon loom high over B.C.
VANCOUVER - Photos of giant, cauliflower-like clouds are popping up on Vancouver-area social media feeds that experts say are pyrocumulus clouds produced by a wildfire more than 200 kilometres away. BC Wildfire Service said the Anderson Creek fire was ...
Jul 23, 2026
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B.C. murder suspect acquitted, confession tossed for 'degrading' police treatment
A British Columbia man accused of murdering his common-law wife has been acquitted after a judge threw out a confession she says was tainted by the suspect's "degrading and humiliating" treatment by police. The judge found homicide investigators forced...
Jul 23, 2026
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Suspect in killing of Bailey McCourt is charged with breaching no-contact order
KELOWNA - The estranged husband of Bailey McCourt, who is accused of murdering her in Kelowna, B.C., last year, has now been charged with one count of failing to comply with a no-contact order. The BC Prosecution Service says James Plover's breach is a...
Jul 22, 2026
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Abandoned newborn seal pup rescued on shoreline of Metro Vancouver island
VANCOUVER - Police and a team of veterinary technicians in Vancouver have successfully rescued an abandoned newborn seal pup found on the shoreline of Bowen Island. Vancouver police say in a release that the distressed female harbour seal was discover...
Jul 22, 2026
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Metro Vancouver shooting spurs large police response in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE - Police in Maple Ridge, B.C., say a man has been seriously injured in a shooting that resulted in an extensive police deployment, including a team dedicated to extreme danger or firearms cases. RCMP say they were called to a report of shot...
Jul 22, 2026
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B.C. RCMP cancel Amber Alert, saying four-year-old boy has been located
WEST KELOWNA - Mounties in West Kelowna, B.C., have cancelled the Amber Alert for a four-year-old boy. They say in a news release that the boy had been found safe in Vernon. The RCMP issued the alert shortly after midnight on Wednesday after a report o...
Jul 22, 2026
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Smoke and heat warnings cover much of B.C. as Lytton reaches 40 degrees
VANCOUVER - Several municipalities in British Columbia have issued warnings for residents to check in on people who are vulnerable as heat pushing into the high 30s persists across much of the province. Environment Canada issued dozens of warnings on W...
Jul 22, 2026
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Canadian forest sector faces another blow with new U.S. tariff onslaught
The Trump administration's latest tariff onslaught won't just hurt Canadian forestry workers during already tough times, but will also undermine U.S. efforts to make housing more affordable, says the head of the Forest Products Association of Canada. ...
Jul 22, 2026
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Vancouver Island man charged after truck crashes into vehicles, killing man on road
FANNY BAY - A Vancouver Island man has been criminally charged in a fatal crash last year that killed another man who had been standing on the side of the road. The BC Highway Patrol says in a statement that the crash happened on July 31, 2025, on High...
Jul 22, 2026
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Man dies after police shooting at shopping centre in North Vancouver
NORTH VANCOUVER - British Columbia's police watchdog says officers in Metro Vancouver shot and killed a man after he tried to get into a police vehicle and there was a confrontation. The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is investigating the sh...
Jul 22, 2026
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BC Wildfire Service braces for heat peak, warns of potential new starts
VANCOUVER - An incident commander for a complex of fires burning near Kimberley, B.C., says more resources are on the way to help firefighters battle the fires as heat peaks this week. Hugh Murdoch says there are seven fires in the so-called Bootleg Co...
Jul 22, 2026
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