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International Women’s Day: Greater supports urged for B.C.’s female entrepreneurs

About 39 per cent of self-employed people in B.C. are women, the second highest in Canada behind Nova Scotia, according to the province's 2022 small business profile report. → Read More

Cyclist struck and killed by dump truck in North Vancouver

RCMP said the victim was a woman in her 40s and that the cause of the crash remains under investigation. → Read More

Police union accuses Surrey councillor of conflict of interest over family RCMP ties

The Surrey Police Union filed the complaint regarding Coun. Robb Stutt with the city ethics commissioner's office Monday. → Read More

Would you like a 4-day work week? BC Greens call for pilot project

Green Leader Sonia Furstenau is pitching a pilot project that would offer businesses tax credits if they shifted to 32-hour work weeks for employees, without cutting their pay. → Read More

RCMP seeks witnesses to pair of random assaults in Richmond, B.C.

The pair of violent Valentine's Day assaults are alleged to have taken place in the 6400 block of Buswell Street in Richmond. → Read More

‘Just cruel’: B.C. high school basketball team dropped from tournament over ‘clerical error’

The Kitsilano Secondary Junior Boys Basketball team was disqualified from the tournament on Thursday, after it was determined one of the players on the team was ineligible. → Read More

Homicide investigation underway after woman found dead in Prince George, B.C.

Police are looking to identify two women seen leaving a Prince George home around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. → Read More

First step or misstep? Mixed reaction to B.C. drug decriminalization

The province is set to embark on a three-year drug decriminalization experiment Tuesday, built on a three-year federal exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. → Read More

Fraser Valley bus drivers issue strike notice, could stop fare collection Thursday

The union for First Transit bus operators and support workers said it will be in a legal strike position at 3 p.m. Thursday, 'at which point drivers will stop collecting fares.' → Read More

Courtenay, B.C. city councillor placed on leave amid assault charge

Courtenay. Coun. David Frish was charged last week. Court records show the assault allegedly took place on Jan. 7 in Courtenay. → Read More

B.C. reports fewest patients in hospital with COVID-19 in over a year

As of Jan. 26, there were 228 positive COVID-19 cases in hospital, the fewest since the province moved to its 'census' model of hospital reporting on Jan. 14, 2022, → Read More

RCMP probing discovery of man’s body in car after minor Vancouver Island crash

First responders found the adult male driver uninjured. However, there was also the body of a man in the vehicle. → Read More

Vancouver mayor aims for city with ‘renewed swagger’ in first state of the city address

The event was hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and was Ken Sim's first major address to the business community. → Read More

25-year-old man struck and killed by train in Chilliwack, B.C.

Police said they did not suspect criminality in the collision, and that the BC Coroners Service was investigating the death. → Read More

10 malamute-cross dogs rescued from remote northern B.C. property

Officers were recently notified of the dogs' situation, and attended the property more than two hours north of Fort St. John, where they found the animals without food or water. → Read More

First steps to revitalize Vancouver’s Granville Street presented to council

The city is looking at kicking off a new planning process aimed at a cultural and economic revitalization of the city's historic high street between Robson and Drake streets. → Read More

Vancouver Park Board votes keep parts of existing separated bike lane after all

Crews completed phase one of the bike lane removal, which involved removing traffic cones and signage down the hill from Prospect Point to the Teahouse Restaurant and Third Beach. → Read More

Accused Victoria catalytic converter thieves charged as police renew warning

Victoria police say two men are facing charges of trafficking stolen property as a result of a near year-long investigation. → Read More

Dog rescued unhurt after getting trapped in Vancouver Canada Line tunnel

Transit police are reminding passengers that any animals they bring on to the transit system must be in a carrier for their own safety and the safety of others. → Read More

Man accused of throwing hot soup in 70-year-old B.C. store clerk’s face charged

The incident happened Sunday night at a 7-Eleven on Granville Street, when the 70-year-old victim confronted the suspect for allegedly shoplifting. → Read More