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Tampering with valves leaves 700,000 salmon dead

Action follows 14 arrests made at blockade in Northern BC

B.C.’s highest court has overturned a defamation award to a former West Vancouver MP stemming from an article more than a decade old. The decision, handed down by a panel of three justices of the B.C.

Byelection will be held in spring, says chief electoral officer

Powell River RCMP reported the following for January 3 to 9, 2019.

Annual market value appraisal impacts municipal taxes

The cost of housing is hitting seniors hard as the rate of those using property tax deferral has skyrocketed, while the reliance on rent subsidies for seniors is growing too fast. That’s according to a new report by B.C.

Humans played a substantial role in making B.C. wildfires in 2017 bigger and more likely, says a new study by UVic and the federal government.

MELFORT — The driver of the semi-truck that collided with the Humboldt Broncos’ team bus has pled guilty to all the charges he was facing.

For 17 days last summer, a female orca pushed her dead calf through the Pacific Ocean, keeping the body afloat with her head in what some whale experts called a “tour of grief.