British Columbia

Most recent stories in British Columbia

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  10 hours ago

  Police probe clears seven Vancouver officers in beating death of Myles Gray

  The Globe and Mail

  Seven Vancouver police officers involved in the beating death of Myles Gray nine years ago have been cleared of wrongdoing by a police discipline authority. The Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner said it was reviewing the decision over the 2015 death of Gray, which was classified as a …

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  23 hours ago

  Advance voting begins for the British Columbia provincial election on Oct. 19

  The Globe and Mail

  Keen voters in British Columbia’s provincial election can start casting ballots at hundreds of advance voting locations today. Elections BC says there are 343 advance voting places, although not all will open every day for the two advance voting periods, which run from today until Oct. 13, then on …

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  1 day ago

  B.C. wildlife group offers $1,000 for arrest over dead black bears found without paws

  The Globe and Mail - Nono Shen

  The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service says it is investigating after the bodies of two black bears with their paws removed were found in a Fraser Valley river. B.C. wildlife group, The Fur-Bearers, says it’s offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of …

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  1 day ago

  Rustad changes story after BC Coroners Service says no record of fatal overdose

  The Globe and Mail - Darryl Greer

  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. Rustad had told Tuesday’s party leaders’ debate that he saw …

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  2 days ago

  Testing the limits of the ‘world of the possible,’ David Eby takes on the province’s biggest issues in this election

  The Globe and Mail - Justine Hunter

  BC NDP Leader David Eby is staring up at a 1980s version of modern architecture, a tall office building of concrete and blue glass and white metal tubes, on prime waterfront property. He is intent on pulling it down. The six-storey office building is headquarters of the Insurance Corp. of B.C., …

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  2 days ago

  B.C. leaders condemn ‘hateful rhetoric’ from speaker at pro-Palestinian protest on Oct. 7

  The Globe and Mail - Chuck Chiang

  Political leaders are condemning what they describe as “hateful rhetoric” from a speaker at a pro-Palestinian rally in Vancouver who told the crowd that “we are Hezbollah and we are Hamas.” Both groups are listed by Public Safety Canada as terrorist entities. In videos circulated online, the …