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VANCOUVER -- One of the founders of a "compassion club" that sold safety-tested heroin, cocaine and other drugs told a B.C. Supreme Court constitutional challenge that they felt "invincible" and hoped media coverage of their operation would spur public conversation.
British Columbia's police complaint commissioner says his office is gearing up to conduct systemic investigations in an expanded mandate that would go beyond individual cases of police misconduct in hopes of reducing complaints and improving public confidence in law enforcement.
VANCOUVER -- A British Columbia couple who ran educational seminars promoting the bogus notion that people don't have to pay taxes have lost their appeal against tax bills on $1.4 million in revenue from the scheme.
Canada's highest court says it will rule next Thursday whether to tackle a bitter dispute between the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and a British Columbia ostrich farm over the ordered destruction of its flock due to an avian flu outbreak.
VANCOUVER -- Two British Columbia First Nations are taking the federal government to court to quash a decision approving the Ksi Lisims floating natural-gas facility and marine export terminal.
SEATTLE -- Pike Place Market artist and vendor Daniel Fleming says Toronto Blue Jays fans typically show up in Seattle in "droves" for games against the Mariners, and the ongoing American League Championship Series has been no different.
VANCOUVER -- Elections BC has found billionaire Chip Wilson contravened election advertising rules when he put up signs in front of his Vancouver mansion ahead of the provincial election last year, one of which described the NDP as "Communist."
A labour arbitrator has awarded a former Vancouver police officer $30,000 in her years-long grievance process over how the Vancouver Police Department handled sexual harassment and discrimination complaints.
SURREY -- The president of the British Columbia General Employees' Union says an expansion of job action in the province's public service strike doesn't immediately include liquor or cannabis distribution sites.
VANCOUVER -- BC General Employees' Union president Paul Finch says public sector workers are willing to strike for "as long as it takes" to get a fair deal from the provincial government, as the union escalates job action on day three of the dispute.
The range of British Columbia public service staff that could potentially be impacted by job action that began this week is wide, from scientists and social workers to liquor and cannabis distribution and retail staff.
VANCOUVER -- When police attended a single-room occupancy building in East Vancouver three years ago, they found the body of "Jimmy" Van Chung Pham, a man with a criminal history who would later be described as a predator by the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.
VANCOUVER -- The B.C. Supreme Court has invalidated a bylaw passed by the City of Vancouver that imposed a fee on ride-hailing companies working on city streets during peak hours.
VANCOUVER -- The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a First Nation's bid to stop a tailings dam from being raised at the Mount Polley mine site, which suffered a catastrophic dam collapse that spilled millions of litres of waste and water 11 years ago.
VANCOUVER -- The B.C. Court of Appeal says lawsuits launched by mink farmers over a pandemic-era ban on their farms have "no reasonable prospect of success," dismissing their bid for damages against the province, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, and other officials.
SURREY -- The British Columbia government and the RCMP say a new 12-member specialized unit will tackle human trafficking throughout the province, with a focus on organized crime and support for "vulnerable" victims.
NORTH VANCOUVER -- An explosive device damaged the front door of British Columbia Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma's office on Friday morning, police said, and they're investigating whether the "jarring incident" was linked to an earlier blast nearby.
NORTH VANCOUVER -- Police say an explosive device damaged the front door of British Columbia infrastructure minister Bowinn Ma's office, and they're investigating whether it was linked to an earlier blast nearby.
NORTH VANCOUVER -- Police say an explosive device damaged the front door of British Columbia minister Bowinn Ma's office, and they're investigating whether it was linked to an earlier blast nearby.
NORTH VANCOUVER -- There's a heavy police presence at the constituency office of British Columbia's infrastructure minister, Bowinn Ma, who says it was the scene of a "frightening" security incident early Friday.
British Columbia's Police Complaint Commissioner says he's called a public hearing to probe misconduct allegations against three current and three former Nelson police officers over alleged racist, sexist and inappropriate comments made in a private WhatsApp chat group.
VANCOUVER -- Protesters marking the second anniversary of the killing of B.C. Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar say they're concerned about the renewal of Canada's relations with India, whose agents police have linked to the shooting.
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he wants a gang based in India declared a terrorist organization in Canada.
SQUAMISH -- An out-of-control wildfire threatening neighbourhoods in Squamish, B.C., reached within 40 metres of some homes overnight as debris from burning trees fell near properties, the fire chief said Wednesday.
VANCOUVER -- The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered the provincial government to pass a law within six months providing the Francophone School Board with powers to expropriate private property to build new French-language schools.
VANCOUVER -- British Columbia's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner says the provincial government has made "progress" on more than half of its recommendations since 2019.
First Nations leaders in British Columbia say proposed legislation to fast-track resource projects will likely lead to protests and litigation should the provincial government push the law through.
The Regional District of Central Kootenay says it will ask the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to conduct further testing for avian flu on a flock of ostriches facing a cull, before the region's landfill accepts the carcasses.
Conservative MP Scott Anderson says he's trying to stop the Canadian Food Inspection Agency from killing a flock of hundreds of ostriches on a farm in his riding, after a Federal Court ruling this week that the cull could proceed.
VANCOUVER -- A group of professors at the University of British Columbia say the school is wrongfully engaging in "political activity" by using Indigenous land acknowledgments, promoting equity and inclusion initiatives and by taking positions on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
VANCOUVER -- British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is walking back a key portion of its controversial tariff response law, admitting the proposed legislation "didn't get the balance right."
A B.C. union says the federal government should put an "immediate end" to Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker program in the face of U.S. tariffs and "uncertainty" caused by the Trump administration.
VANCOUVER -- Former B.C. finance minister Mike de Jong has been campaigning for nearly a year to clinch the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in the riding of Abbotsford-South Langley, but he's now been told he's not qualified to be a member of Parliament.
The federal government is going to court to force a Toronto company to sell a $34-million stake in a Calgary-based lithium firm that it bought off a Chinese company.
The details of a private chat group among current and former members of the police department in Nelson, B.C., haven't been made public.
VANCOUVER -- In August 2021, a Toronto drug case took a dramatic turn when a prosecutor made what the judge called a "highly unusual" request, asking the court to throw out evidence by a key police witness.
VANCOUVER -- When Tumbler Ridge Mayor Darryl Krakowka noticed an annual $1,225 donation to BC United had been charged to his credit card weeks after the party suspended its provincial election campaign last year, he "immediately" sought a refund from the party.
Political financing reports show that the collapsed BC United party collected more than $223,000 in donations after it suspended campaigning in last year's provincial election, including tens of thousands received after the Oct. 19 vote.
VANCOUVER -- A private medical clinic that launched an unsuccessful constitutional challenge of Canada's public health care system must pay the B.C. government's legal costs, after what a judge calls a "gruelling marathon" of a case.
A British Columbia-based climate change activist says he's looking forward to seeing his family and eating the food when he returns to his native Pakistan, as he was being deported from Canada on Sunday.
A Federal Court judge has thrown out a legal challenge by environmental groups that claimed allowing the expansion of a massive container facility on British Columbia's waterfront would threaten the survival of southern resident killer whales and salmon.
VANCOUVER -- The B.C. government is seeking the forfeiture of an eclectic haul of sports memorabilia, supersized luxury clothing, cash, jewelry and a gold tooth that were seized by Vancouver police in a criminal probe in March.
When the organizer of the We Unify Reclaiming Canada event contacted officials about booking the Victoria Conference Centre, he touted invitees from across the political spectrum, including liberal luminaries such as Amal Clooney, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, B.C.'s NDP Premier David Eby, movie stars and more.
VANCOUVER -- A Russian woman who has been living and working in Canada for the last eight years says her money is locked in limbo due to sanctions against Russia's largest bank, so she's taking Scotiabank and the Canadian government to court.
VANCOUVER -- A Federal Court judge has dismissed an appeal by a "deeply religious" British Columbia health executive who said he was wrongfully denied employment insurance after being fired three years ago for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Doctors on Vancouver Island say they're setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites on the grounds of Nanaimo General and Royal Jubilee hospitals this week because the B.C. government hasn't lived up to its promise to set aside space for the sites.
Premier David Eby is proposing an all-party committee investigate mistakes made during the British Columbia election vote tally, including an uncounted ballot box and unreported votes in three-quarters of the province's 93 ridings.
British Columbia's chief electoral officer says "extremely challenging weather conditions" and a new voting system factored into human errors that saw ballots go uncounted in the provincial election -- though none were large enough to change results.
A Quebec-based religion is taking the minister of mental health and addictions to court, claiming Health Canada is dragging its feet on a decision whether to allow its members to use magic mushrooms in their ceremonies.
VANCOUVER -- There was no holiday for British Columbia's party leaders as the Oct. 19 election draws near with talk of foreign interference and vehicle insurance rates from the NDP and a promise of a new Children's Hospital in Surrey.
VANCOUVER -- B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has changed his story about seeing a man die of a drug overdose on his way to a televised election debate, after the BC Coroners Service said it had no record of such a death where he said it occurred.
VANCOUVER -- The BC Coroners Service says it has no record of any recent drug toxicity death at a Vancouver intersection where B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad said he saw a man die on his way to a televised election debate.
Convenience store firms that operate thousands of outlets across Canada are taking the federal government to court to overturn regulations that restrict the sale of nicotine pouches to pharmacies.
B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad says the federal government has been "absent" and failing to live up to commitments to First Nations on housing and clean water issues, and his government would step in and then send Ottawa the bill.
VANCOUVER -- A chemical firm based in Port Coquitlam, B.C., claims Health Canada wrongfully cancelled its licences to make natural health products after being sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for alleged involvement in importing precursor chemicals that could be used in illicit drug production.
VANCOUVER -- Mayors, First Nations leaders, and law enforcement officials are pleading with the federal and provincial governments to take "immediate action" to address what they call dual "crises" of public safety and mental health issues in communities across British Columbia.
VANCOUVER -- When Canada's spy chief wrote a secret letter to the public safety minister last December -- the week after a report emerged that two young women in the service had been sexually assaulted by a senior colleague -- it came with a warning.
VANCOUVER -- Canadian police forces have been using drones for many years, but scrutiny of their use is lacking, especially as the technology has evolved, privacy and surveillance researchers say.
A subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned mining firm says Canada is wrongly considering a national security review in its agreement to purchase a gold and copper mine in Peru.
VANCOUVER -- Canada and Australia's defence ministers say their countries are dealing with similar challenges in an era of global volatility not seen since the Second World War, and strengthening co-operation is essential to avoiding conflict.