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Independent Investigations Office has cleared officers of any wrongdoing in the death of a UBC student

The Independent Investigations Office has cleared officers in the RCMP's University of B.C. detachment of any wrongdoing in the death of a UBC student two weeks ago. The student had been arrested early in the morning on February 5th and was briefly held at the UBC detachment but was released about 2:30 a.m. and taken back to his residence on campus. Just hours later a security guard found the unnamed student dead under the Lions Gate Bridge. The office, which examines all incidents of police involved death or serious injury in B.C., says the student's death was not the result of RCMP action o...

Vancouver Fire says smoking caused the city's first fatal fire of 2020

A man with mobility challenges has died after being trapped in his burning home in Vancouver. Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services says in a statement that the fire broke out Sunday evening in a home on the city's west side. Crews found the 55-year-old victim in the home as they arrived. He had been badly burned and was rushed to hospital but the statement says he did not survive. Investigators say the fire was caused by smoking materials. The man's death marks the first fatal fire in Vancouver in 2020. ...

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First person to be found positive for COVID-19, now fully recovered

B.C.'s medical health officer, Doctor Bonnie Henry, says the first person in the province who developed a case of the new coronavirus after returning from a trip to China earlier this year is now fully recovered and out of isolat...

Forestry workers park rigs near B.C. legislature for pro-industry rally

Hundreds of forestry workers staged a rally on the lawn of British Columbia's legislature Tuesday, reminding the government about how important the industry is to the economy and to the survival of rural communities. Many of the workers arrived in logging trucks and parked their rigs near the legislature, temporarily shutting down a busy thoroughfare. Among the crowd of about 500 people were many who carried placards saying, ``Forestry Feeds My Family.'' Forests Minister Doug Donaldson spoke to the crowd, saying he will take their message to the government. Port McNeill Mayor Gaby Wickstrom t...

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Top earners, pop drinkers pay more in British Columbia budget

Budget 2020 moves British Columbia forward by building the infrastructure the growing province needs, supporting thousands of new jobs, strengthening investments in health and education and making life more affordable for everyon...

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Surrey: Driver in critical condition after crash involving pickup, van and small bus

RCMP say a driver is in critical condition following a three vehicle crash in Surrey, B.C., that closed roads Sunday night. Mounties say in a news release that a grey pickup truck was heading south when it collided with a white van and a small privately owned bus. They say the man driving the pickup was taken to hospital in critical condition. The three occupants of the bus and five occupants of the van received either minor injuries or no injuries. None of those drivers or passengers went to hospital. The RCMP says impairment and speed have not been ruled out as contributing factors in the c...

Federal and Provincial Indigenous Relations ministers to meet today

B.C. Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser is set to meet with Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett today in Victoria amid ongoing rail blockades and protests for Indigenous land rights. The two were invited la...

Abbotsford Police warning about (so-called) distraction thieves

Abbotsford Police are once again warning the public that a group of so-called distraction thieves is back in town and targeting elderly pedestrians. They say a female suspect got out of a grey vehicle and pushed an elderly woman to the ground before taking a gold chain from her neck and fleeing on Monday. Police say thieves struck again late this morning, when a female suspect got out of a white vehicle and approached another elderly woman, stealing her necklace. They say there appears to be more than one suspect involved and police are concerned by their escalating violence in the incidents ...

B.C. government offices centre of protesters in Victoria, but demonstrations peaceful

Police say pipeline protests outside government offices in Victoria on Friday were peaceful with much of the noise generated by passing motorists honking their car horns in support. Groups of protesters, ranging in numbers from about 20 to 100 people, stood outside numerous government office buildings, chanting slogans and waving placards supporting Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs opposed to the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline in their territories. The scene was much different from Tuesday outside the British Columbia legislature when hundreds blocked entrances to the building, yelling ``...

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BC Greens call for government to put money back into people's pockets as gas prices break records

As prices soar at the pump and cost of living continues to rise, the BC Green Caucus is calling on the province to work with the federal government to introduce a windfall profits tax on the oil and gas industry that is rebated ba...

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