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Leonard Marchand named new chief justice of British Columbia

Leonard Marchand has been appointed as the new chief justice of the B.C. and Yukon Courts of Appeal in what the B.C. attorney general calls "a historic appointment.

Dec 8, 2023 6:59 PM Read more >

Police ID father killed in B.C. double homicide, suspect captured on video

RICHMOND, B.C. — RCMP in Metro Vancouver have identified a father killed in a double homicide with his 13-year-old son at their home in Richmond, B.C. Sgt.

Dec 8, 2023 3:24 PM Read more >

Police investigating series of extortion threats linked with shooting in B.C.

WHITE ROCK, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia say they are investigating a series of extortion threats that police say may be linked.

Dec 8, 2023 1:11 PM Read more >

Tens of thousands of B.C. residents received free contraception in eight months

About 188,000 people have received free prescription contraception since British Columbia became the first province to offer it in April.

Dec 8, 2023 1:08 PM Read more >

Province withholds environment minister’s travel budget for UN conference in Dubai

B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman’s travel expenses to be released once all costs are tabulated, says spokesman

Dec 8, 2023 11:08 AM Read more >

Woman blames speeding logging trucks for death of her mother

Audrey Currie, a 63-year-old mother of four and grandmother, died in the Sunday afternoon crash south of Sicamous in B.C.'s southern interior

Dec 8, 2023 5:57 AM Read more >

View Royal teen 'vanished into thin air' 50 years ago after getting off the bus

Carmen Robinson, 17, took the bus home from her dishwashing job and got off two blocks from her View Royal home on Dec. 8, 1973. She was never seen again

Dec 8, 2023 5:55 AM Read more >

Parksville mother says cancer spread during chemotherapy wait

The 43-year-old worries late-stage patients like herself are being sidelined in an overwhelmed cancer-care system

Dec 8, 2023 5:45 AM Read more >

Remains of woman who went missing near Sooke Potholes discovered by hikers

Melissa McDevitt had been reported missing on Dec. 12, 2022 after her vehicle was found in the parking lot of the Charters Creek fish hatchery

Dec 8, 2023 5:30 AM Read more >

Driver involved in fatal 2019 Kelowna collision acquitted of criminal charge

A 30-year-old Burnaby man was killed in a serious crash in the early morning hours of Aug. 13, 2019

Dec 8, 2023 4:20 AM Read more >