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B.C. reaches deal for RCMP contract

B.C. has reached a new 20-year deal for RCMP services on the day a deadline was set by Ottawa.

Nov 30, 2011 10:00 AM Read more >

ICBC to seek 2012 rate increase

ICBC is applying for a basic insurance rate increase, as bodily injury claims increase.

Nov 29, 2011 6:00 PM Read more >

RCMP 'inept, outdated,' Cummins says

B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins is calling for an independent review of a force he calls "inept and outdated."

Nov 28, 2011 5:00 AM Read more >

Mountain caribou captive breeding program unveiled

A new Calgary Zoo mountain caribou captive breeding program designed to augment the threatened species was announced Nov. 25.

Nov 25, 2011 11:00 AM Read more >

Nakusp gets treated to information about the CRT

With hockey practise as well as the CRT information session taking place that night, the Nakusp Arena parking lot was full.

Nov 24, 2011 4:00 PM Read more >

Penner retires, triggers second by-election

Chilliwack-Hope MLA Barry Penner is leaving politics early next year to work in a Vancouver law firm.

Nov 24, 2011 4:00 PM Read more >

Ban drives exotic pet showmen snaky

Critics are going to court to challenge B.C.'s alien species regulations

Nov 24, 2011 1:00 PM Read more >

B.C. judge upholds polygamy law

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has upheld Canada's law against polygamy, because of potential harm to women and children.

Nov 23, 2011 7:00 PM Read more >

Impaired deaths down in B.C.

B.C.'s tough new impaired driving penalties have helped reduce deaths by 40 per cent in the first year.

Nov 23, 2011 7:00 AM Read more >

Guards protest B.C. prison conditions

B.C. needs more prison guards to protect against a rising number of assaults in crowded jails, their union says.

Nov 22, 2011 6:00 AM Read more >