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The province says it’s making progress on the 108 recommendations from the independent review of the 2017 wildfire and flood seasons, including more cooperation with First Nations, but recommendations that could see more resources for local fire depa

Community is safe to live in, says RCMP sergeant

Number of entrants triples in year: ‘You just have to give them a chance,’ says Advanced Education Minister Melanie Mark

BC Hydro is reporting that the number of storm events it has responded to has tripled over the past five years. What’s more, the crown corporation stated that the storms are becoming more “frequent and severe.

Yes campaign ‘encouraged’ by 18 per cent return, but No camp still wants extension to deadline

Elders from the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation marked the passing of a killer whale calf discovered on Nootka Island

RCMP investigating after pets that visited Sunset Park become sick

VICTORIA -- Premier John Horgan denies he's trying to manipulate the outcome of the referendum on proportional representation by altering one of the options in the middle of the campaign.

Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons is welcoming the repeal of two bills passed in the early 2000s that the NDP government claims stripped rights from workers in the health care sector.

Twenty-four children between the ages of 10 and 18 died of overdoses last year, a number which B.C.’s representative for children and youth said could be reduced if more of a focus was placed on harm-reduction services.