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Pilfering starts just 40 minutes after new B.C. grocery store’s opening

12 shoplifting reports in first 3 days for new Prince George Buy-Low Foods

A WestJet logo is seen in the domestic check-in area at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, May 19, 2023. The WestJet Group has cancelled about 40 flights in anticipation of a possible strike by its aircraft maintenance workers on Thursday.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

WestJet cancels multiple flights as mechanics strike looms

Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association poised to walk off the job as early as Thursday night

The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Second Dawson Creek body identified, two B.C. men remain missing

Darylyn Supernant was the cousin of Renee Didier, whose body was identified last month

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A now closed fish farm within B.C.’s Discovery Islands region. Photo courtesy Sheri Beaulieu/Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Federal decision on controversial B.C. fish farms expected

Simultaneous announcements scheduled in Vancouver and Ottawa over future of industry

A now closed fish farm within B.C.’s Discovery Islands region. Photo courtesy Sheri Beaulieu/Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance
Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks Guardian Gisele Martin shares a moment with an old growth tree. The provincial government is currently accepting public submissions for plans for two conservancies in Clayoquot Sound following discussions with Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations. (Submitted photo)

B.C.’s ‘war in the woods’ battlegrounds to be permanently protected

10 new conservancies announced to protect Vancouver Island’s Clayoquot Sound

Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks Guardian Gisele Martin shares a moment with an old growth tree. The provincial government is currently accepting public submissions for plans for two conservancies in Clayoquot Sound following discussions with Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations. (Submitted photo)
Many cities across B.C. recorded the hottest days of their histories during the ‘heat dome’ heatwave that blanketed much of the Pacific Northwest at the end June of 2021. (Black Press Media file photo)

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Not everyone agrees there’s a difference, but they all agree they will continue

Many cities across B.C. recorded the hottest days of their histories during the ‘heat dome’ heatwave that blanketed much of the Pacific Northwest at the end June of 2021. (Black Press Media file photo)
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Darwin, a Japanese Macaque, is shown at the Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary in Sunderland, Ont., on Tuesday, August 16, 2016. Darwin, also known as the Ikea monkey, was found wandering a parking garage at the furniture chain’s North York store wearing a shearling coat and a diaper. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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The policy director for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association says they will be filing a policy complaint with the Vancouver Police Department’s civilian oversight board, saying police used “excessive use of force” at a pro-Palestinian protest last month. Meghan McDermott, policy director for the BCCLA, speaks at a news conference outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, June 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Brieanna Charlebois

B.C. liberties group filing violent arrest complaint in pro-Palestine protest

May 31 incident involved blocked traffic at Vancouver intersection

The policy director for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association says they will be filing a policy complaint with the Vancouver Police Department’s civilian oversight board, saying police used “excessive use of force” at a pro-Palestinian protest last month. Meghan McDermott, policy director for the BCCLA, speaks at a news conference outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, June 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Brieanna Charlebois
A person walks past signs showing Nijjar at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Modi effigy paraded in Vancouver on anniversary of Nijjar’s murder

B.C. temple leader’s death marked with mock murder trial outside the Indian consulate

A person walks past signs showing Nijjar at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Premier David Eby says British Columbia urgently needs information from Canada’s spy agency to help combat alleged foreign interference at the provincial level. Eby speaks during the media availability at the 2024 Western Premiers Conference in Whitehorse, Monday, June 10, 2024. CANADIAN PRESS/Crystal Schick

Nijjar killing cited as Eby urges feds to help with foreign interference

B.C. premier urges PM to provide better interference information to protect province

Premier David Eby says British Columbia urgently needs information from Canada’s spy agency to help combat alleged foreign interference at the provincial level. Eby speaks during the media availability at the 2024 Western Premiers Conference in Whitehorse, Monday, June 10, 2024. CANADIAN PRESS/Crystal Schick
A renovated cruise ship known as a “floatel” is seen at anchor in the harbour in Vancouver, on Thursday, May 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

‘Floatel’ anchored off Nanaimo ordered to Squamish

Squamish yet to give former cruise ship-turned LNG construction crew quarters permission

A renovated cruise ship known as a “floatel” is seen at anchor in the harbour in Vancouver, on Thursday, May 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Environment Canada says an unseasonable cool air mass over southern B.C. has broken minimum temperature records, including one dating back about 70 years. A rainbow can been seen over where the Fraser and Thompson rivers meet in Lytton, B.C., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Marissa Tiel

Cool air over southern B.C. brings record-breaking low temperatures

Trail and Bella Bella among the B.C. communities experiencing unusual cold

Environment Canada says an unseasonable cool air mass over southern B.C. has broken minimum temperature records, including one dating back about 70 years. A rainbow can been seen over where the Fraser and Thompson rivers meet in Lytton, B.C., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Marissa Tiel
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in May climbed 10 per cent compared with April, helped by gains in Montreal and Toronto. New homes are built in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Vancouver housing starts dip, contrary to national trend

CMHC says annual pace of national housing starts in May up 10% from April

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in May climbed 10 per cent compared with April, helped by gains in Montreal and Toronto. New homes are built in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Minister of Health Adrian Dix speaks during a news conference to announce Canada’s first self-screening cervical cancer plan, with at-home tests in Vancouver, B.C., on January 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

B.C.’s first health centre catering to francophones to open in the fall

More than 80,000 provincial residents named French as their mother tongue as of 2021

Minister of Health Adrian Dix speaks during a news conference to announce Canada’s first self-screening cervical cancer plan, with at-home tests in Vancouver, B.C., on January 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Canada’s Olivia Apps scores a try against Brazil during HSBC Canada Sevens women’s rugby action, in Vancouver, B.C., on March 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canadian rugby captain back training after B.C. cougar attack

Canada rugby sevens captain Olivia Apps was treated after Strathcona park cougar incident

Canada’s Olivia Apps scores a try against Brazil during HSBC Canada Sevens women’s rugby action, in Vancouver, B.C., on March 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A WestJet logo is seen in the domestic check-in area at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on May 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

WestJet Encore pilots ratify deal, averting possibility of strike

Contract goes into effect immediately, with retroactive pay to Jan. 1

A WestJet logo is seen in the domestic check-in area at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on May 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Wild caribou roam the tundra near The Meadowbank Gold Mine located in the Nunavut on March 25, 2009. A major provincial park expansion is set to create a protection zone of almost 2,000 square kilometres for caribou and other species in northeastern British Columbia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Caribou protection sparks creation of B.C.’s biggest new park in a decade

Nearly 2,000-square-kilometre Klinse-za Park created just west of Chetwynd

Wild caribou roam the tundra near The Meadowbank Gold Mine located in the Nunavut on March 25, 2009. A major provincial park expansion is set to create a protection zone of almost 2,000 square kilometres for caribou and other species in northeastern British Columbia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
A column of wildfire smoke is seen from the Midnight Dome fire lookout tower near Dawson City on Aug. 2, 2022. (Submitted/Government of Yukon)

Yukon expects return to ‘normal’ wildfire season after busy 2023: officials

Damp ground and a significant snowpack expected to hurt chances of a repeat of last year

A column of wildfire smoke is seen from the Midnight Dome fire lookout tower near Dawson City on Aug. 2, 2022. (Submitted/Government of Yukon)
Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc arrives to appear before the Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs in Ottawa, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Leblanc has told the British Columbia government Ottawa will continue to back the RCMP as the province’s contract police force serving many cities and rural and remote areas amid an ongoing force transition. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Ottawa give B.C. short-term certainty on RCMP contract policing

Federal government looking at a revamp of how federal police force operates

Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc arrives to appear before the Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs in Ottawa, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Leblanc has told the British Columbia government Ottawa will continue to back the RCMP as the province’s contract police force serving many cities and rural and remote areas amid an ongoing force transition. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Auditor General Michael Pickup speaks in the press theatre at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. A group of local politicians from B.C.’s Lower Mainland are asking the provincial auditor general to investigate how the cost of a wastewater treatment plant could balloon to $3.86 billion. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C. officials want audit of $3.86B wastewater treatment plant

Explanation wanted for delays, overruns on North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant

Auditor General Michael Pickup speaks in the press theatre at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. A group of local politicians from B.C.’s Lower Mainland are asking the provincial auditor general to investigate how the cost of a wastewater treatment plant could balloon to $3.86 billion. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. Vancouver police have arrested and charged a suspect in the stabbing death of a Japanese restaurant chef last week.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Murder charge laid in downtown stabbing of Vancouver chef

Police say suspect and victim did not know each other prior to the fatal attack

Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. Vancouver police have arrested and charged a suspect in the stabbing death of a Japanese restaurant chef last week.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck