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B.C. Hydro spokesman Ted Olynyk called it one of the worst storms he’s ever experienced: “Whether it was a bomb or a cyclone, it was a very significant event.”

High winds caused cancellations of round-trips between Powell River, Comox and Texada on November 20

The victim was allegedly assaulted after he filmed several men putting graffiti tags on a Vancouver building.

SAANICH — Mounties on Vancouver Island say they are investigating a single-vehicle crash that left "multiple" people injured. Sidney North Saanich RCMP say officers were called to a shopping plaza in Sidney at about 2:30 p.m.

Sharaf Al-Shami needs his passport back from police to get a new passport to renew a student visa.

A salmon task force examining the impacts of the massive landslide that temporarily dammed British Columbia's Chilcotin River last July says there have been three "significant" slope failures since then, and the site remains unstable.

VICTORIA — B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has assigned jobs to 41 of his 44-member caucus, including giving a critic's position to MLA Brent Chapman, who faced calls to step down during the campaign over controversial social media remarks.

VICTORIA — British Columbia Conservative Leader John Rustad says Premier David Eby's new cabinet appears to be a taxpayer-funded loyalty program that rewards NDP caucus.

A test for Canada's emergency alert system took place Wednesday just as British Columbia was cleaning up from a so-called "bomb cyclone" weather system that cut power and battered parts of the coast with hurricane-force winds.

Red chunk, red flake and pink chunk sold as down tested positive for fentanyl and desalkylgidazepam, causing overdose and prolonged sedation.