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B.C. drops waitlist fees for child care spaces

Effective April 1, the move comes as government faces pressure over $10-a-day child care promise

Apr 3, 2024 7:00 AM Read more >

B.C. welcomes promises of infrastructure dollars, but will ‘push’ for more

Ottawa’s announcement of $6 billion comes with strings attached

Apr 3, 2024 6:30 AM Read more >

Indigenous friends, family drum outside Quesnel murder trial

Lake Babine Nation cultural ambassador drums for justice for his friend Carmelita Abraham

Apr 2, 2024 9:20 PM Read more >

‘Make people accountable’: Evacuated Kelowna residents defeated by UBCO build

Hadgraft Wilson Place is home to more than 80 residents

Apr 2, 2024 5:00 PM Read more >

Lawyers argue Ali murder verdict should be tossed over B.C. trial delays

Successful application would stay the proceedings, allow Ali to go free without sentencing

Apr 2, 2024 4:20 PM Read more >

Police called after protesters, MP clash over carbon tax in Port Alberni

RCMP called after threats made to Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns at city’s Friendship Centre

Apr 2, 2024 3:30 PM Read more >

B.C. rescuer says ‘very short window’ to return orphan whale to its family

Marine mammal expert Paul Cottrell working in the field near Zeballos to help stranded calf

Apr 2, 2024 2:30 PM Read more >

B.C. property act changes allow First Nations to purchase, hold and sell land

Prior to this switch First Nations only able to legally hold land through a variety of proxies

Apr 2, 2024 2:30 PM Read more >

Woman dies after being hit by pickup close to Nanaimo hospital

Driver being investigated for impaired driving after incident on Boundary Avenue

Apr 2, 2024 2:25 PM Read more >

More residents left B.C. for rest of Canada than arrived last year

First time inter-provincial migration numbers have shown a net loss since 2012

Apr 2, 2024 2:00 PM Read more >