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VANCOUVER — A new weather system brought cleaner air and the promise of further improvements to parts of British Columbia on Saturday but conditions across the mountains were expected to worsen before getting better.

Countering concerns that an apparent hurry to approve a vaccine could spook people out of getting it is an ongoing concern among the approximately one dozen health experts on the government’s vaccine advisory panel

RICHMOND, B.C. — The RCMP say two men are in hospital after a shooting Friday evening in Richmond, B.C. They say officers were called to the scene in the 9000 Block of Capstan Way just after 7:30 p.m. Cpl.

VICTORIA — Civil jury trials in British Columbia are being suspended for a year in an effort to help courts remain safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

VICTORIA — Health officials in B.C. are urging residents to think of the consequences of their actions, as they linked the growing number of COVID-19 cases to behaviour during the Labour Day long weekend.

VICTORIA — The Royal B.C. Museum is getting a new research building to help house its extensive archive, protect its collections and improve public accessibility to the vast amount of material. The province has announced a site in Colwood, B.C.

Air quality health index expected to drop to "low" in the Lower Mainland by Saturday

VANCOUVER — The first half of a $100-million federal fund directed at cleaning up dormant oil and gas wells in British Columbia has been disbursed.

VANCOUVER — Border officials say a man from Alaska has been charged with smuggling assault-style guns at a border crossing in British Columbia.

Fraser Health first to publish a list, but with no details