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B.C. businesses benefit from Bitcoin bull run

Surge spawns opportunities for Metro Vancouver cryptocurrency companies

Jan 20, 2021 9:51 AM Read more >

New relief for tourism businesses on the horizon, federal minister says

Jan 20, 2021 9:32 AM Read more >

Illicit drug combo found in B.C.'s north, officials say it could impede naloxone

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Illicit drug overdoses are rising in northern British Columbia and health officials warn a new mix of street drugs can make a key life-saving medication less effective.

Jan 20, 2021 7:52 AM Read more >

Man steals ferry boat, takes it for a ride

Jan 20, 2021 7:43 AM Read more >

Two major B.C. cities reject Indigenous land acknowledgements

Surrey and Richmond among cities bucking the trend of implementing a symbolic gesture to recognize ‘unceded’ Indigenous land

Jan 19, 2021 4:50 PM Read more >

B.C. to still administer second doses despite loss of Pfizer shipment next week: Dix

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's health minister says the province is still on track to begin administering second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine despite the news that no vials will be delivered to Canada next week.

Jan 19, 2021 4:28 PM Read more >

British Columbia government lax on cybersecurity practices, auditor reports

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government must do a better job of protecting its computer systems from cybersecurity threats, says auditor general Michael Pickup.

Jan 19, 2021 4:27 PM Read more >

Peer support workers set to join union in Vancouver

VANCOUVER — Dozens of peer support workers on the front lines of Vancouver's overdose crisis are about to be unionized in a move their union says formally recognizes the role they play in saving lives.

Jan 19, 2021 3:49 PM Read more >

B.C. has fewest COVID-19 hospitalizations in more than six weeks

Number of those actively infected stays comparatively low

Jan 19, 2021 3:34 PM Read more >

Interior grocery stores receive banana shipment — with bricks of cocaine

The shipments came from Colombia

Jan 19, 2021 2:59 PM Read more >