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Tragic tugboat sinking in B.C. waters prompts safety recommendations

Tragic tugboat sinking in B.C. waters prompts safety recommendations

The TSB issued a report on its investigation two years after the sinking.
B.C.'s industrial heritage being mapped

B.C.'s industrial heritage being mapped

Heritage BC seeks public submissions for its new digital Industrial Heritage Cultural Map
Annual count of Metro Vancouver homeless underway after pandemic hiatus

Annual count of Metro Vancouver homeless underway after pandemic hiatus

VANCOUVER — More than 1,000 volunteers have fanned out across Metro Vancouver for the first homeless count since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Law Society of BC fails to disbar lawyer Hong Guo following review

Law Society of BC fails to disbar lawyer Hong Guo following review

Hong Guo is scheduled to start her one-year suspension on March 8 after the Law Society of BC unsuccessfully argued for her disbarment in relation to various trust account violations.
B.C. court upholds Surrey second-degree murder conviction

B.C. court upholds Surrey second-degree murder conviction

Pee Lee Pi said his heavy methamphetamine use prevented him from forming intent to murder.
B.C.'s overdose death rate double what it was when health emergency declared in 2016

B.C.'s overdose death rate double what it was when health emergency declared in 2016

VICTORIA — The overdose death toll has surpassed 200 for another month in British Columbia.
Prince George family attacked by restaurant manager

Prince George family attacked by restaurant manager

Red Robin Canada closed the restaurant following the incident to bring in a counsellor.
Surrey to use new provincial fund to shave 5% from proposed 17.5% property tax hike

Surrey to use new provincial fund to shave 5% from proposed 17.5% property tax hike

SURREY, B.C. — Councillors in Surrey, B.C., plan to use newly allotted provincial funding to reduce the city's proposed 17.5 per cent property tax increase slated for the 2023 civic budget.
Coastal First Nation’s cutting-edge ocean wave energy project just got a million-dollar boost

Coastal First Nation’s cutting-edge ocean wave energy project just got a million-dollar boost

A cutting-edge clean energy project to use ocean waves to power a coastal First Nation’s return to its traditional territory on Vancouver Island’s wild west coast just got a surge in funding.
New trial for man unaware his guilty pleas would stop Charter argument: B.C. court

New trial for man unaware his guilty pleas would stop Charter argument: B.C. court

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Court of Appeal has overturned guilty pleas and ordered a new trial for a man who it says was unaware the pleas would prevent him from claiming his Charter rights were violated over the time it took to get him to trial.