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Health-care workers in Northern Health region most reluctant to get the jab

VANCOUVER — BC Hydro says storm-related outages are more frequent in British Columbia due to climate change but when it comes to preparing for a blackout, a new report shows Lower Mainland residents are in the dark.

VANCOUVER — A man who caused more than $2.5 million in damage by setting fire to three Masonic buildings in Metro Vancouver has been given a 40-month prison sentence.

VICTORIA — British Columbia has reported 1,438 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed over a three-day period, as well as 17 more deaths linked to the illness.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia carver James Hart, hereditary chief of the Eagle Clan of the Haida Nation, has won the $100,000 Audain Prize for Visual Art as the province's most distinguished artist.

Squamish Nation Elder and Catholic Deacon Rennie Nahanee says for too long the church said, 'Welcome to church, but leave your drums at the door'

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Two companies and two supervisors have been fined in provincial court in Fort St. John, B.C., after a worker fell to his death from a bridge under construction in March 2019.

Contractor was working on a chairlift switch box when there was a sudden power surge during Saturday's storm

SMITHERS, B.C. — A coroner's jury examining the police-involved shootings of a mother and her adult son in northern British Columbia has made five recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths.

SICAMOUS, B.C. — Police say a 48-year-old man from Kamloops, B.C. has died following a collision between two pickup trucks late Saturday.