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B.C. changes opioid lawsuit to help recover more money from drug makers

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has moved to expand its proposed class-action lawsuit against opioid makers, allowing the federal government to join the legal action.

Oct 17, 2022 3:52 PM Read more >

GIbsons director only B.C. nominee up for one of Canada's top theatre awards

Sherry Yoon is the sole nominee from B.C. for the national Siminovitch Prize. The artistic director of Vancouver’s Boca Del Lupo theatre company has also worked as a freelance director with organizations like Bard on the Beach and National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

Oct 17, 2022 3:05 PM Read more >

UNBC and fish packer land $300,000 research grant

Funding from Innovate BC for development of renewable and biodegradable packaging

Oct 17, 2022 2:20 PM Read more >

B.C.'s extended summer breaks more records, but weather office says rain approaches

VANCOUVER — Several British Columbia cities boasted the warmest temperatures in Canada on the weekend as summer-like weather persists across most of the province, but Environment Canada says a change is coming.

Oct 17, 2022 7:03 AM Read more >

Locke says she’ll get to work quickly on fixing McCallum mess in Surrey

Surrey’s election became one-part referendum on Mayor Doug McCallum’s leadership and one-part referendum on whether to swap police forces. In the end, Coun.

Oct 16, 2022 5:34 PM Read more >

Two Squamish runners are heading to the world championships

The runners will compete in two disciplines this November in Thailand.

Oct 16, 2022 2:29 PM Read more >

Ken Sim, ABC's landslide victory in Vancouver a perfect storm against business as usual

Saturday, enough of the city said enough was enough. Over nearly 15 years, too many had come to feel Vancouver’s plot was lost, slowly and steadily, and more and more people at both ends of the advantage spectrum housed grievance.

Oct 16, 2022 1:09 PM Read more >

Yukon to tie into B.C. First Nation power project

Atlin hydropower project to be expanded, tied into Yukon grid

Oct 16, 2022 8:50 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: B.C. ends cruise season with near-record numbers

BC is ending its cruise ship season this year with a near-record number of ships and passengers — an achievement all the more remarkable when you consider, according to government’s critics and the industry itself, the cruise sector in th

Oct 14, 2022 8:23 PM Read more >

Amanda Todd's tormenter sentenced to 13 years in jail

Dutch citizen Aydin Coban's sentence for extortion and other crimes is one year longer than what Crown prosecutors sought.

Oct 14, 2022 5:00 PM Read more >