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VANCOUVER — British Columbia has launched a new public safety program aimed at reducing robbery, shoplifting, vandalism, property damage and other non-violent street crimes in high-traffic business areas.

VICTORIA — A B.C. Conservative legislator has lost what she called her "part-time" job as a councillor after a new law banning MLAs from also serving as municipal representatives came into effect.

VICTORIA — If it were up to B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad, British Columbians would have found themselves at the start of an election campaign Thursday — because of a blurred Zoom screen.

VICTORIA — Can a government have a "great session" if its flagship legislation draws condemnation from a coalition of historical allies? B.C.

EDMONTON — An Alberta woman who Crown prosecutors say was wrongfully released from an Edmonton area jail with allegedly fake release papers has been arrested in B.C.

Police are issuing a plea for information nearly six years after a British Columbia notary public was found dead in his office in what investigators say was a targeted homicide. The Society of Notaries Public of B.C.

Police say a four-year-old boy is dead and his mother is in critical condition after they were pinned under a bus in West Vancouver, B.C.

VANCOUVER — Temperatures in parts of British Columbia have spiked into the mid-30s, but a meteorologist says the warm spell won't last long. Wednesday's hot spots in B.C. as of 3 p.m. were Ashcroft and Lytton with temperatures around 35 C.

VICTORIA — Controversial legislation to fast-track infrastructure projects in British Columbia goes to a final vote in the legislature on Wednesday night, after attracting condemnation from First Nations leaders and environment and business groups.

VICTORIA — The BC Wildfire Service has announced open fire bans that will prohibit most burning activities in most coastal areas of the province, with exceptions for Haida Gwaii.