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BCSep 13, 2024

B.C. to scrap carbon tax if federal government drops requirement: Eby

British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government would end the carbon tax on consumers if the federal government removed the legal requirement. Eby says B.C. residents are struggling with affordability, but the government would still ensure that big polluters pay a price for carbon to take action on climate change.
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BCSep 13, 2024

Coastal GasLink fined $590K by B.C. environment office over pipeline build

British Columbia's Environment Assessment Office has fined Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. $590,000 for "deficiencies" in the construction of its pipeline crossing the province. The office says in a statement that 10 administrative penalties have been levied against the company for non-compliance with requirements of its environmental assessment certificate. It says the fines come after problems with erosion and sediment control measures were identified by enforcement officers along the pipeline route across northern B.C. in April and May 2023. The office says that the latest financial penalties
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BCSep 12, 2024

Mounties say there's no evidence Lytton, B.C., wildfire was arson, cause unknown

Mounties in British Columbia say there's no evidence that the devastating fire that swept through the community of Lytton more than three years ago was arson. Police have concluded their investigation into the June 2021 wildfire, saying they can't pinpoint the cause of the blaze that killed two people and wiped out much of the village and part of the First Nation, a day after a Canadian temperature record of 49.6 C was set in Lytton. A statement from the RCMP says there is "no evidence to suggest the fire was intentionally set by the actions, or inactions, of any individual(s)" and the crimina
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BCSep 12, 2024

Talks on today over HandyDART strike affecting vulnerable people in Metro Vancouver

Mediated talks between the union representing HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver and its employer, Transdev, are set to resume today as a strike that has stopped most services drags into a second week. No timeline has been set for the length of the negotiations, but Joe McCann, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724, says they are willing to stay there as long as it takes, even if talks drag on all night. About 600 employees of the door-to-door transit service for people unable to navigate the conventional transit system have been on strike since last Tuesday, pausing service
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BCSep 11, 2024

B.C. court declares mistrial in shooting deaths of teenager bystander and gangster

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Kane Carter, who was accused of murdering a gang member and an innocent teenager who was passing by in his parents' vehicle. The jury came back Tuesday saying it was deadlocked after five days of deliberations in Carter's trial. He was charged with the second-degree murders of 15-year-old Alfred Wong and 23-year-old Kevin Whiteside after they were killed in an exchange of gunfire along Vancouver's busy Broadway avenue in January 2018. The Crown told the jury that Carter was protecting a gang associate at a nearby res
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BCSep 10, 2024

B.C. set up a panel on bear deaths, will review conservation officer training

The British Columbia government is partnering with a bear welfare group to reduce the number of bears being euthanized in the province. Nicholas Scapillati, executive director of Grizzly Bear Foundation, says it comes after months-long discussions with the province on how to protect bears, with the goal to give the animals a "better and second chance at life in the wild." B.C. government figures say conservation officers destroyed 603 black and 23 grizzly bears in 2023, while 154 black bears were killed by officers in the first six months of this year. Scapillati says the group will publish a
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BCSep 10, 2024

Weather aids B.C. fire fight amid evacuation order and alerts in southeast

The BC Wildfire Service says rain, light winds and cooler temperatures are expected to decrease fire behaviour in the province this week, just as a newly discovered blaze in the East Kootenays prompts an evacuation order and alerts for more than 50 properties. The service says in its situational report Tuesday that a cold front is sweeping across the Kamloops and Southeast Fire Centres, bringing shifting winds and potential thunder storms as temperatures drop. It says rain is also forecast in the Peace region. The update comes as crews battle a fire discovered on Monday in the Southeast Fire C
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BCSep 10, 2024

B.C. files unexplained wealth order following Vancouver shooting investigation

British Columbia's Public Safety Ministry says it has filed an unexplained wealth order application in court following a 2023 shooting at a Vancouver home. As part of a criminal investigation, the ministry says a suspect's home was searched and police discovered an illegal cannabis-growing operation, ammunition and more than $1.4 million in cash. The ministry says two other properties owned by the suspect and his partner were also searched and police uncovered another illegal cannabis operation, an air rifle and more than $21,000 in cash. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says in a news release
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BCSep 09, 2024

Air quality advisory issued in central, northeastern B.C. as wildfires persist

Wildfire smoke has prompted Environment Canada to issue an air-quality advisory for several regions in central and northeastern British Columbia.The weather office says pollution levels are either expected or occurring in the region, and are likely to persist for the next 24 to 48 hours. The advisory comes after the BC Wildfire Service says the fire situation is still active as above seasonal temperatures persist in the province.The service says in its situational report posted Monday that much of B.C. remains "unseasonably dry" due to the ongoing drought, leaving fuels susceptible to ignitio

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CanadaJul 30, 2025

Prime Minister Carney says Canada will recognize a Palestinian state

Canada intends to recognize the state of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly this September. Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement today in Ottawa after holding a virtual meeting with his cabinet. Carney says Palestinian statehood depends on elections next year that do not involve Hamas. The prime minister's announcement comes after British Prime Minister Keir (KEER') Starmer said the U-K would officially recognize a Palestinian state if Israel does not implement a ceasefire and drastically scale up aid in the Gaza Strip. Multiple humanitarian groups say starvation is
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CanadaJul 30, 2025

World Swimming Championship 2025: Canada wins bronze in 4X100m mixed medley relay

Canadian swimmers performed well on day 4 of the World Swimming Championships being played in Singapore. On one hand, Canada won a bronze medal today and on the other hand, Summer McIntosh, Kylie Masse and Ingrid Wilm did well in their respective events. Today, Canada won the bronze medal in the 4x100-meter mixed medley relay with a timing of 3 minutes 40.90 seconds, thanks to the performances of Kylie Masse, Oliver Dawson, Josh Liendo and Taylor Ruck. In the semi-finals of the women's 200m butterfly event, Summer McIntosh entered the final with a timing of 2 minutes 6.22 seconds. The 18-year-
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CanadaJul 30, 2025

PM Carney assembling cabinet today to talk U.S. trade, Middle East

Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting virtually with his cabinet today to discuss the state of trade negotiations with the U.S. and the situation in the Middle East.The meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET.Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade Dominic LeBlanc is in Washington today meeting with U.S. officials.Carney said Monday that Canada's negotiations with the United States are in an "intense phase" after President Donald Trump clinched a critical agreement with the European Union.Trump told reporters last week that Canada wasn't a priority ahead of his Aug. 1 deadline to make trade deal
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CanadaJul 30, 2025

Canadian government may introduce bail reform bill in fall

During this spring’s federal election, the Liberals promised to "move aggressively" to implement stricter bail laws by introducing a reverse onus for a number of offences. A reverse onus moves the burden of proof from the prosecutor to the accused — meaning they would have to justify being granted bail. The Criminal Code already has a reverse onus for bail in place for many serious offences, including murder. The Liberals would add new offences to that list, including car thefts involving violence or those conducted for a criminal organization, and home invasions and some human trafficking
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BCJul 29, 2025

Coquitlam RCMP announce guilty plea after lengthy firearm related offence investigation

Following a lengthy police investigation into a 2021 shooting incident that occurred in Coquitlam, 36-year-old Sukhdeep Singh Pansal of Delta, British Columbia, has plead guilty to firearms related charges and has been sentenced to 38 months in prison. On January 16, 2021, at approximately 12:05 a.m., Coquitlam RCMP frontline officers responded to a report of shots fired from a high-rise building located in the 600 block of Whiting Way, Coquitlam. A woman was found with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was taken to hospital. The Lower Mainland District Emergency Response Team (ERT) ass