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Housing targets deliver more than 16,000 homes, new priority communities added

More people are finding homes as the Province and municipalities boost housing delivery through targets, with new communities joining the program. Housing targets have delivered 16,130 net new homes, built...

BC NDP to remove barriers to funeral rites, allowing communities to...

New actions to allow families to practice cultural and religious funeral rituals SURREY – BC NDP candidate for Surrey – Serpentine River Baltej Dhillon, and...

Deputy provincial health officer’s statement on back-to-school vaccinations

Dr. Martin Lavoie, British Columbia’s deputy provincial health officer, has issued the following statement to make sure children in B.C. are up to date...

More families access new child care spaces in Powell River

Families in Powell River have access to 28 new child care spaces opening at Kelly Creek Community school, including 12 spaces for children younger...

Coquitlam RCMP seek dash-cam video in dangerous driving investigation

Coquitlam RCMP are seeking witnesses and dash-cam video in dangerous driving investigation. Coquitlam RCMP Frontline officers responded to multiple reports of a white Ford Escape...

Smoke from Canada wildfires is increasing health risks in Black and...

Detroit (AP): Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting warnings...

RCMP suspect Amber Alert kids taken off grid after ‘preplanned’ abduction...

SURREY, B.C. — Police say they have "credible information" that two children who are the subject of an Amber Alert have been taken "off...

B.C. marks 7th anniversary of overdose emergency with grim record statistics

Vancouver: British Columbia Emergency Health Services has released grim statistics on the toxic drug crisis ahead of the seventh anniversary of the province declaring...

Vancouver kicks-off development on FIFA World Cup 26 Vancouver training site...

Beginning in January 2025, the Vancouver Park Board, in partnership with the City of Vancouver, will begin construction to transform Killarney Park into a...

New Indigenous law wing supports learning Indigenous legal traditions

Students at the University of Victoria (UVic) law school now have a dedicated space to learn Indigenous laws and legal traditions with the opening...