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VICTORIA — British Columbia's chief electoral officer has issued a report he says pushes back against "false narratives" about the 2024 provincial election, as the Opposition BC Conservatives continue to call for an independent review.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's human rights commissioner says her office has been "re-energized" to push the provincial government to act upon dozens of recommendations to improve human rights made in her first five-year term.

Vancouver Provincial Court Judge Jennifer Oulton rejected Julien Lazarre's bail application May 27.

Police have named a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in an Abbotsford, B.C., park on Sunday in the hope of progressing the investigation into what they believe was a targeted attack. Investigators said the victim was Billy Ledoux.

Adam Troy Mann, accused of fatally stabbing Tori Dunn in her Surrey home last June, faces other charges.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's longest-serving ombudsperson has announced he will retire from his role in early 2026. Jay Chalke has been in the role for a decade and oversaw the implementation of new responsibilities under B.C.

VICTORIA — The chorus of voices against contentious British Columbia legislation to speed up infrastructure projects continues to swell, with the province's civil liberties association calling it a betrayal of the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

It was the seventh of B.C. Ferries' Island Class vessels to come off the line at Damen Shipyards, with three more to go.

Officers remain on scene around Seaquam Secondary School in North Delta looking for youths who fled the school wearing ski masks

VICTORIA — Grand Chief Stewart Phillip is among the fiercest critics of the British Columbia government's planned legislation to fast track infrastructure projects, saying their development "flouted First Nations' basic human rights.