B.C. Green Party Leader Emily Lowan standing with MLA Rob Botterell, on left, and MLA Jeremy Valeriote on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. Mark Page/Black Press Media

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B.C. Green Party unveils tax plan amid election talk

B.C. Premier David Eby threatened an election if an energy bill fails to pass

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Millions in pipeline tax breaks could fall on shoulders of B.C. residents

The BC Conservatives introduced legislation combatting what they call a ‘backroom deal’ with pipeline industry

Former Canuck Ryan Kesler takes to the ice for the puck drop in the Canuck Autism Network Pro Am all-star game on Sunday. (Honey Mustard Media/Contributed to Peace Arch News)

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Former Canuck Kesler charged with criminal sexual conduct, court date set

Charges stem from alleged incident reported to police in Michigan on Jan. 2, 2025

B.C.’s chief electoral officer Anton Boegman speaks in Victoria May 27, 2025. Boegman released his third and final report into the Oct. 19, 2024 provincial general election on Wednesday (Oct. 30, 2025). (Mark Page/Black Press Media)

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Report recommends extending period for fixed elections in B.C.

Elections BC’s 3rd report also calls for monetary penalties for violation of 100-metre campaigning rule

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Juan Wayne Andersen

March 5, 1945 – August 22, 2025 After a 10 year long battle with cancer Dad passed away…

B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. (Tom Zytaruk/Surrey Now-Leader)

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Sentence upheld in case where Surrey woman attacked another in court with knife, hammer

Women had been feuding online for nearly two decades

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Merritt Mountie charged with firearms offences, breach of trust

Const. David Paul Feller is to appear in court on Nov. 18

Whale bone experiment recovered from Barkley Canyon in 2023. (Ocean Networks Canada)

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‘Zombie worms’ have vanished off the B.C. coast, and that’s a bad thing

University of Victoria scientists found no traces of whale-munching Osedax over a 10 year period

A photo of Kelly Toop from a 1980s edition of the Williams Lake Tribune shows Toop as a young man.

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Convicted killer, sex offender from Williams Lake has day parole reinstated

Kelly Toop, convicted in two violent sexual attacks on women has his second parole suspension lifted, with a…

A bill intended to streamline development approvals was introduced by Nanaimo-Lantzville MLA George Anderson. (News Bulletin file photo)

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New bill aims to streamline housing approvals, move onus off B.C. municipalities

Legislation would allow municipalities to accept technical reports without review by specialized staff