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thePodcast: Beefing up the border — why B.C. needs ports police again

Is BC Hydro’s future reliant on China?

Vancouver city councillor drove during committee meeting

Trudeau returning to West Coast for pre-Christmas campaigning

Richmond councillor denies working for law firm, two weeks after he declared a conflict of interest

Dispatches from outside B.C. Place Stadium, as Taylor Swift performed the penultimate show of Vancouver’s biggest concert weekend in 40 years

Another mishap scuttles Stanley Park Railway

Vancouver mayor proposes accepting Bitcoin for property tax payments

Vancouver mayor proposes accepting Bitcoin for property tax payments

Vancouver kept choice of parks for World Cup training secret for nine months

Exclusive: Vancouver bureaucrats backtracked on plan for a public meeting about hosting 2026 World Cup: affidavit

Last night of Surrey RCMP command was “very manageable”

Cost of first phase to make two Vancouver parks World Cup-ready: $25 million

No FIFA 26 fever in South Vancouver

HEAR: Surrey’s municipal police chief signs-on, ending RCMP command

HEAR: Surrey’s municipal police chief signs-on, ending RCMP command

Richmond city councillor reveals he moonlights with a law firm

WATCH: Vancouver’s mayor wants to make city “Bitcoin friendly”

B.C. taxpayers on the hook for $581 million: 2026 World Cup hosting contract revealed

Vancouver company to produce $20 million FIFA Fan Festival at new PNE venue

Kenny Chiu on comeback trail, aims to take back seat from Trudeau Liberal Bains

WATCH: Helicopter logging in Stanley Park

A baker’s dozen facts about the new NDP cabinet

Will British Columbians get to see Eby’s real mandate letters?

A dozen tributes to the late John Horgan

More questions than answers after Canada Soccer releases sanitized summary of drone spying report

Surrey Police Service takes command Nov. 29… kind of, sort of

Georgia Straight owner’s appeal fails

TikTok ordered to shut down Canadian operation

North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant schedule in flux again?

B.C. officials braced for “direct action” to disrupt provincial election

New West mayor’s United Nations climate junket broke civic, provincial rules

Exclusive: North Van’s 2023 Hallowe’en fireworks map a hint of 2024’s hot spots

Elections BC allowed staff to take ballots home during advanced voting week

Watch: ABC Vancouver caucus division aired in public

Meet the new boss, same as an old boss

Election tidbits: A compendium of stories to watch as British Columbia’s 43rd general election draws to a close

Finally, it is election day in British Columbia!

Guest commentary: UNDRIP — Framework for Indigenous reconciliation or recipe for societal division?

Fact check: NDP made COVID-19 vaccination an election issue, so how many candidates got their shots?

B.C.’s FOI watchdog refuses to interview Eby staff over deletion of records

The “sham” anti-Israel charity, that pressured B.C.’s NDP premier to dump a Jewish cabinet minister, is declared terrorist

How will the Indian diplomatic crisis affect B.C.’s Oct. 19 election?

Court bid to halt Stanley Park logging fails, but judge criticizes city hall, park board

Questions of foreign interference in Burnaby Conservative’s office

Tuesday TV tilt: Furstenau comes up the middle to win B.C. leaders debate

NDP candidate suggests disagreement with party platform

Exclusive: With election in sight, NDP demanded Surrey city hall keep policing truce secret

Man sentenced to 30 days house arrest for 2023 antisemitic incident

Review: No clear winner in first of two B.C. leaders debates

Vancouver’s ruling civic party has backed-off its bid to freeze the integrity commissioner.

Conservatives complain to lobbying watchdog about NDP housing minister and his sister

Key poll in late 2023 set the stage for NDP 2024 election campaign

Could NDP revive First Nations land management amendments, post-election?

BC Place scoreboard to get new look, not new size

No charges for pro-China campaign to unseat Conservative Chiu, despite evidence of foreign interference

Fatal wedding crash driver fined, banned from driving for five years

Exclusive: Stanley Park logging budget grows to $18 million after secret city council meeting

Business, Culture, News

Governing body for B.C. accountants ousts former Crown corporation finance chief

Despite the power to act, Eby lacks political will to get to the bottom of North Shore sewage plant scandal: Fontaine

Man who fatally shot Richmond underground banker found guilty of first degree murder

Inside the federal funding agreement that put Metro Vancouver on the hook for North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant overruns

Rustad vows to fix B.C.’s broken freedom of information system

Business, News, Sports

Touchdown Pacific ends Lions’ slump, is it the start of something bigger?

A Vancouver city councillor who is critical of China’s government met with CSIS

Anti-CCP protest at Richmond event organized by opponents of foreign interference laws

Logging contributed to Stanley Park Railway derailment

B.C. public accounts reveal big paycheques and red ink

Surrey-Langley SkyTrain price skyrockets

CBSA and RCMP tight-lipped about video showing recovery of stolen vehicles at Vancouver port

Kitsilano Pool failed health inspection, week before closure announced

Price plummets for disbarred Richmond lawyer Hong Guo’s closed office

Vancouver’s integrity commissioner throws out complaint by Mayor Sim’s top aides

Wat flees sinking BC United ship, Conservative leader Rustad says he met with CSIS

Summertime blues at ICBC due to licensing backlog

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal reserves decision in case alleging RCMP discrimination, bias

Vancouver city hall hides staff directory from public

Does BCLC’s Taylor Swift suite lottery break government rules?

Business, News, Sports

Did a spy drone in France jeopardize Canada’s 2026 World Cup hopes?

Sentencing delayed for Vancouver Island environmental protesters

Liberal socialite disputes cancellation of her B.C. insurance licence

Electioneering NDP hides true cost of the Broadway Subway project, now two years behind schedule

Business, News, Sports

Judge dismisses defamation case about Burnaby sports centre donations

TikTok Canada exec talked to Elections BC about upcoming election

Citizens seek court injunction to stop Stanley Park logging

Telus closes Barrie office, urges Burnaby staff to come back to the office

BC United hires new manager to reboot campaign

Mullen mulling run in provincial election

Business, News, Sports

Greatest gathering of Canadian men’s hoops players to help send squad to Paris Olympics

Embattled lawyer Hong Guo loses another court battle

TransLink’s 2023 pay parade shows CEO over the half-million mark

Rest of Vancouver’s Nexii sold to Dallas lawyers

Inside the E-Comm 9-1-1 crash: missed email caused delayed reaction

Exclusive: Google says it cracked down on Chrystia Freeland deepfakes

Business, Miscellany, News, Sports

Exclusive: theBreaker.news obtains B.C. Place Stadium’s 2026 World Cup contract

Business, Miscellany, News, Sports

Exclusive: theBreaker.news obtains B.C. Place Stadium’s 2026 World Cup contract

Who is behind the Eby NDP’s dark money attack ad campaign?

Double dipping: Ex-mayor Cote received big paycheques from Metro Van and New West last year

Disqualified Conservative leadership hopeful Brown met twice with Vancouver allies of Communist China

Deepfake ads featuring artificial intelligence-generated images of Liberal finance minister Freeland spotted on YouTube

Park board says it netted only $30,000 from Stanley Park log sales

Exclusive: Controversy erupts over Conservative Party of B.C. nomination

Judge strikes province from Free Speech Club’s lawsuit over UBC cancellation of Antifa critic’s lecture

Son of ex-BC Liberal MLA avoids jail, sentenced to house arrest for sex crime

Sexual interference victim speaks out as ex-BC Liberal MLA’s son hopes Indigenous roots help him avoid jail

Vancouver Hamas promoter facing hate speech probe appears on pro-Iran webinar

Capilano University’s Quest takeover bill reaches $118 million

In 2023, Parole Board said man arrested at West Vancouver rental mansion was not an undue risk to society

B.C. NDP cybersecurity minister found at PNE

Freedom Mobile buys PNE Amphitheatre naming rights, but price not disclosed

Another truck hits a B.C. highway overpass

Conservative leader vows to strengthen lobbying laws

UBC investments include Qatar, China and Russia

Where is George? B.C. cybersecurity minister Chow a no-show when NDP says foreigner attacked IT system

What’s that smell? How January’s Parkland fuel refinery emergency unfolded

Business, News, Sports

Court approves Garibaldi at Squamish sale to Aquilini companies

It took five years, but the B.C. Legislature won’t call it a whistleblower policy

Fraser Health charged less than $13,000 for CBC police drama’s shoot at White Rock hospital

SkyTrain incident report explains why all Burnaby Expo Line stations were temporarily closed on April 17

ABC Park Board commissioner admitted “Transition Team” messages were deleted

Business, News, Sports

FIFA World Cup 26 costs skyrocket in Vancouver

Nexii’s Omicron division sale approved

Surrey cop swap goes before judge

North Vancouver docked cruise ship’s first Alaska voyage of the season cancelled

B.C. judge rules ex-general to be extradited to Mexico to face fuel theft charges

Business, News, Opinion, Sports

thePodcast: Global Athlete’s Koehler on the long wait for Canada’s sport abuse and corruption commission

Exclusive: Vancouver Park Board officials concealed Stanley Park train derailment on Easter Weekend

Federal political parties send lawyers to Vancouver court to appeal B.C. privacy ruling

Business, News, Sports

B.C. government opposes Aquilini Squamish resort bid

City hall empty homes audits “an intrusion of privacy,” says Vancouver mayor’s ex-chief of staff

Exclusive: Poll for NDP government found high proportion of Surrey residents prefer RCMP over Surrey Police

Exclusive: Omnibus internal poll gave Eby NDP government failing grades

Occupant’s work on chimney blamed for house fire in British Properties

A dozen municipal parties under Elections BC investigation

Vancouver Park Board releases first Stanley Park logging stats

B.C. labour ministry rules publisher must pay ex-Georgia Straight employees

Eby’s NDP reported hefty surplus for 2023

Exclusive: Inside Vancouver city hall’s DEI training for board volunteers

Coquitlam school district sent 19-person delegation to China for spring break

Foreign Interference Commission: Chiu, O’Toole and Kwan in their own words

Exclusive: Sewage plant builder sues Powell River

Tough crowd at Lynn Valley Legion for Mike Farnworth, where housing critics were sharp and on-target

Federal minister says no bailout for North Vancouver sewage plant project

B.C. engineering and logistics experts analyze impacts of Baltimore bridge collapse

Metro Vancouver chair hoping for more federal, B.C. help to mop up North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant cost overruns

Sewage scandal: Shocking new price tag for delayed North Vancouver treatment plant is $3.86 billion

Business, News, Sports

Who’s who in Vancouver’s FIFA World Cup 26 organizing office

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Controversial RCMP unit aided local detachment during North Vancouver overpass protests

Ripple effects of Sky Global shutdown continue, but U.S. case against CEO, distributor appears dormant

A year before U.S. lawmakers targeted TikTok, B.C. government cybersecurity department scrambled to remove the app

Business, News, Sports

World Cup security slowly comes into focus

Toronto the latest 2026 World Cup host to disclose its FIFA contracts

Business, News, Sports

NDP minister says construction underway at BC Place to prepare for 2026 World Cup

Breaking through the B.C. government’s polling secrecy

Business, News, Sports

Lack of training, poorly maintained equipment led to railing collapse at Vancouver UFC event

Business, News, Sports

How much will the Trudeau Liberals spend on the FIFA 26 World Cup?

Business, News, Sports

B.C.’s FIFA budget mystery continues