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McBride’s Tammy Manning claims $13M Lotto Max prize

She was the ‘Prince George-Mt. Robson’ area ticket winner from March 19, 2021

Apr 1, 2021 12:35 PM Read more >

WHL taps Vancouver smartphone tech for four-second COVID tests

Eight-week study will see how Light AI’s app stacks up vs. PCR tests in the hockey league

Apr 1, 2021 12:26 PM Read more >

Keto the cat recovering after losing eye in pellet gun shooting

An eight-month-old cat named Keto is recovering in a foster home on the Sunshine Coast after he was shot with a pellet gun.

Apr 1, 2021 12:17 PM Read more >

B.C. expands local overdose supports to rural, remote and Indigenous communities

VICTORIA — Expanded supports for local overdose response and awareness for people living in rural, remote and Indigenous communities have been announced by the B.C. government.

Apr 1, 2021 11:49 AM Read more >

'This is my truth': Allegations of sexual assault mount against former real estate agents

Shocking and disturbing allegations are surfacing online by multiple women claiming they were allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted by men in Victoria who were at the time working as real estate agents.

Apr 1, 2021 9:53 AM Read more >

Human Rights Code can't protect anti-maskers making unproven claims: tribunal

VANCOUVER — A decision by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal says anyone denied service for refusing to wear a mask must be ready to prove they have a disability if they intend to file a complaint.

Apr 1, 2021 8:44 AM Read more >

Xinjiang genocide vote should steer Chinese police lessons to curb: JIBC director

JIBC board deliberated on an international education policy that is to consider human rights violations for its program offerings

Mar 31, 2021 4:11 PM Read more >

Upgraded centre offering medical assistance in dying to reopen in B.C.

DELTA, B.C. — A hospice in Delta, B.C., is now in the possession of a health authority after a provincially funded society refused to provide medical assistance in dying based on religious grounds.

Mar 31, 2021 3:02 PM Read more >

Man charged with Masonic hall arson fire may have bragged about crime on social media

A man charged with setting fire to a Mason lodge in Vancouver Tuesday may have boasted about the crimes on his Facebook page.

Mar 31, 2021 1:26 PM Read more >

Woman, dog killed in fire at residence in Maple Ridge, B.C.: RCMP

MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — The RCMP say one woman has died in a residential fire in Maple Ridge, B.C. Mounties say in a news release that officers responded to a structure fire Tuesday night.

Mar 31, 2021 1:21 PM Read more >