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VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver have released new data they say depicts the success of a task force launched three months ago to curb crime in the city's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood.

VANCOUVER — The BC Crown Counsel Association says it has filed a formal workload grievance against the BC Prosecution Service over what it calls "inadequate staffing" in its Okanagan and Kootenay offices.

SQUAMISH — A 22-year-old woman is dead after a fatal slack-line incident at a recreation area north of Vancouver. Squamish RCMP say they received a report on Friday afternoon of a female falling from a slack line at Chek Canyon Recreation Area.

VICTORIA — Municipal leaders from across British Columbia have joined First Nations to ask the provincial government to withdraw or delay proposed legislation to fast-track major projects in response to U.S. tariffs.

BURNABY — British Columbia's main outpatient lab services provider and the union representing about 1,200 striking workers have reached a deal through binding recommendations from a mediator, ending roughly 10 weeks of strike action.

VICTORIA — Mounties on Vancouver Island say officers found the body of a missing person while they were executing a search warrant at a mobile home park on Songhees Reserve lands.

VANCOUVER — When the City of Vancouver halved polling places and slashed election-day staffing levels by almost two-thirds in last month's council byelection, it was done with historically low turnouts and the rise of alternative voting methods in mi

VICTORIA — Four Metro Vancouver area councillors have launched a petition asking the British Columbia government for closer oversight of municipal spending in the province, amid a police investigation into alleged misuse of a city hall gift card prog

POWELL RIVER — Three people have been injured in a float plane crash along the British Columbia coastline. Powell River RCMP say the crash happened Monday at around 7 p.m. near Refuge Cove, about 200 kilometres northwest of Vancouver.

NANAIMO — The BC Prosecution Service says a Nanaimo RCMP officer has been charged with breach of trust. It says in a news release that the charge against Const. Mark Tyler Hilland stems from an incident between July 2 and 3, 2024.