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Tributes to former premier John Horgan as B.C. NDP MLAs are sworn in
Former British Columbia premier John Horgan loomed large over the swearing-in ceremony Wednesday for 47 New Democrat members of the legislature, a day after his death.
Swearing-in ceremonies at B.C. Legislature kick off start of new political season
Two newly elected members of British Columbia's Green Party will officially take their seats in the legislature following the first of three swearing-in ceremonies since last month's provincial election.
B.C.'s new cabinet to be sworn in Nov. 18 after judicial recounts
B.C.'s new cabinet is set to be sworn in on Nov. 18, one month after the provincial election that gave Premier David Eby's NDP the slimmest of majorities, pending recounts.
B.C. smashes advance voting record, over a million ballots cast
A record number of British Columbians have cast their ballots in advance voting before the provincial election on Saturday, Elections B.C. says.
Indigenous nation closes bridge over B.C.'s Chilcotin River
A bridge over British Columbia's Chilcotin River is closed to traffic until further notice after new cracks were discovered near a massive landslide that had blocked the river for days before a breach sent torrents of water and debris downstream.
B.C. landslide surge roars down Fraser River into Lower Mainland
Several residents and business operators in communities along the Fraser River described watching the power of water and debris churning from the Chilcotin River landslide as it moved downstream into B.C.'s Lower Mainland on Wednesday.
Conservancy buys island in B.C.'s Fraser River to protect salmon
An important salmon habitat in British Columbia will be protected after the multimillion-dollar purchase of an island in the lower Fraser River by an environmental organization, with the help of the federal government and private donors.
Orphaned B.C. orca calf 'likely' seen off Vancouver Island
Jared Towers, executive director of Alert Bay's Bay Cetology, says today he can't be 100 per cent sure video he received confirms it's the female killer whale known as kwiisahi?is or Brave Little Hunter, but it's highly likely given the orca's behaviour and the area where it was seen.
Wounded Victoria police officer recalls wild robbery shootout
Police fired more than 100 rounds in the 26-second shootout in Saanich nearly two years ago, killing 22-year-old twin brothers Mathew and Isaac Auchterlonie. Six of the seven police officers in an emergency response team vehicle were wounded.
Robert Pickton's Quebec move likely for safety: ex-prison judge
Darryl Plecas, a former prison judge at Kent who went on to be Speaker of the B.C. Legislature, says he thinks he knows why serial killer Robert Pickton was transferred to a Quebec prison — his safety was likely at risk at Kent Institution in B.C.