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Why don’t Vancouver police officers wear body cameras?

Why don’t Vancouver police officers wear body cameras?

Toronto Police Services Board voted Tuesday to equip Toronto officers with cameras at cost of $34 million

Aug 20, 2020 1:20 PM Read more >

Education ministry to apologize, compensate for exam result errors

Education ministry to apologize, compensate for exam result errors

More than 100,000 potentially incorrect transcripts sent out

Aug 20, 2020 12:56 PM Read more >

Evacuation alert lifted for homes near Solomon Mountain wildfire

Evacuation alert lifted for homes near Solomon Mountain wildfire

UPDATE 2:12 p.m. Kim Wright, southeast fire centre information officer with the BC Wildfire Service tells Castanet the Mount Solomon wildfire is being classified as held but unit crews are still in place.

Aug 20, 2020 10:41 AM Read more >

Cooler weather could help wildfire fight near Penticton

Cooler weather could help wildfire fight near Penticton

UPDATE: 9:35 a.m. Cooler weather today is expected to help in the fight against the Christie Mountain wildfire burning at the southern edge of Penticton.

Aug 20, 2020 10:28 AM Read more >

Behind the scenes of the Christie Mountain wildfire (VIDEO)

Behind the scenes of the Christie Mountain wildfire (VIDEO)

"I have never, ever, seen anything like this," says a water operator in one affected area

Aug 20, 2020 10:21 AM Read more >

Vancouver parents concerned about sending children back to school

Vancouver parents concerned about sending children back to school

District’s back-to-school plan needs approval from Ministry of Education

Aug 20, 2020 9:13 AM Read more >

US officials install cable barrier along Canadian border at Aldergrove

US officials install cable barrier along Canadian border at Aldergrove

It was put in place in an effort to curb “dangerous criminal enterprises,” says the U.S. Border Patrol

Aug 20, 2020 9:00 AM Read more >

Youngster dead, woman hurt as tree falls on hiking group near Chilliwack, B.C.

Youngster dead, woman hurt as tree falls on hiking group near Chilliwack, B.C.

YARROW, B.C. — A five-year-old boy has been killed in an accident involving a group of hikers on a walk east of Vancouver.

Aug 20, 2020 8:03 AM Read more >

Controversial new mural in B.C. city draws reactions from around the world

Controversial new mural in B.C. city draws reactions from around the world

Some have accused it of being pornographic and promoting drug use

Aug 20, 2020 7:55 AM Read more >

B.C.'s active COVID-19 infections climb to new record high: 798

B.C.'s active COVID-19 infections climb to new record high: 798

Before this week, the highest number of active COVID-19 infections in B.C. was 717, on April 28

Aug 20, 2020 7:20 AM Read more >

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