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B.C. to expand firefighter occupational disease coverage to wildfire fighters
VICTORIA – Firefighters who have battled British Columbia wildfires, fire investigators and fire crews working for Indigenous groups will be eligible for greater access to job-related health compensation under legislation introduced Thursday. Labour Minister Harry Bains tabled amendments to the…
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Speaker issues update of dress code at B.C. legislature; sleeveless clothing OK
VICTORIA – Women who work in British Columbia’s legislature are now allowed to wear sleeveless dresses, shirts and blouses, after a preliminary review prompted alterations to the building’s decades-old dress code. Speaker Darryl Plecas said Monday that a full review…
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Former Whitecaps women’s soccer players want change after harassment allegations
VANCOUVER – A group of female soccer players is calling for change amidst allegations of harassment and bullying by a former coach for the Vancouver Whitecaps and Canada Soccer. Twelve players released a joint statement on Monday alleging they witnessed…
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B.C. human rights tribunal rules anti-transgender poster campaign discriminatory
VANCOUVER – A Vancouver trans woman who made a human rights complaint about a poster campaign that called transgenderism an “impossibility” has won her case. Morgane Oger ran as an NDP candidate in the 2017 British Columbia election. In a…
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B.C. legislature committee calls for no regulatory roadblocks to ride hailing
VICTORIA – Premier John Horgan says ride-hailing will arrive in British Columbia this year following the release of an all-party committee report Tuesday that recommends few government restrictions on the services. “We committed to get this done,” Horgan said at…
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B.C. ferry hits dock at terminal, disrupts service but causes no injuries
VICTORIA – A British Columbia ferry loaded with passengers and vehicles bound for the Sunshine Coast was involved in a docking accident. BC Ferries says in a statement no injuries to passengers or crew were reported when the Queen of…
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‘I’m a little numb:’ Killer of B.C. gas station attendant Grant De Patie dies
BLIND BAY, B.C. – The mother of a British Columbia gas station attendant dragged to death under a vehicle more than a decade ago, says she is “numb” to learn her son’s killer has died. Corinne De Patie says she…
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Pair wrongfully dismissed from fire department jobs in Vernon, B.C.
VERNON, B.C. – An arbitration board says two employees were wrongfully dismissed from their jobs with the fire department in Vernon, B.C., after a videotape showed them having sexual relations in the fire chief’s office. The pair were fired two…
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Safety board investigates collision of two ships in Vancouver Harbour
RICHMOND, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board has deployed a team of investigators after a bulk carrier and cargo ship collided in Vancouver Harbour. The safety board said Monday the collision occurred just after midnight on Sunday and involved the…
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Promising BMX cyclist from B.C. dies in workplace accident off Vancouver Island
NANAIMO, B.C. – A promising, young BMX racer who represented Canada and won titles at home and abroad has died in a workplace accident in the waters off northeast Vancouver Island. A post on the Nanaimo BMX Facebook page says…
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Officers hurt after vehicle crashes into parked police cruiser in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. – RCMP say two officers were injured when a vehicle crashed into a parked police cruiser in Burnaby, B.C. Mounties say in a news release the police vehicle had pulled over at the side of a road when…
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Plane crashed in B.C. in 2017, killing Alberta couple, during bad weather: TSB
RICHMOND, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board says an Alberta pilot flew into deteriorating weather before his small plane crashed in southeastern British Columbia, killing him and his girlfriend. The board released its investigation report Wednesday on the aircraft that…
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Auditor’s follow up report says BC Corrections still has work to do on jails
VICTORIA – The provincial auditor general is giving BC Corrections mixed reviews in a progress audit stemming from a 2015 report that questioned inmate safety and found facilities were over capacity. Carole Bellringer’s most recent audit found that British Columbia’s…
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Officials say person with measles flew from Vancouver to Edmonton to NWT
VANCOUVER – Two new cases of measles were reported in British Columbia on Sunday, with one of them prompting officials in Alberta and the Northwest Territories to warn the person may have exposed others to the infection as they travelled.…
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Stabbed B.C. cop who tackled knife wielding man called hero by police chief
DELTA, B.C. – An off-duty British Columbia police officer who was stabbed several times in the stomach while picking up his children outside an elementary school is being called a hero by his police chief. “I want to acknowledge the…
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WestJet loses appeal of court decision that refused to throw out harassment suit
VANCOUVER – WestJet has lost an appeal of a court decision that refused to throw out a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the airline of fostering a culture that tolerates harassment of female employees. Former flight attendant Mandalena Lewis is suing…
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Former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell accused of sexual assault: British newspaper
LONDON – A British newspaper says police in London are investigating an allegation of sexual assault made against former British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell. The Daily Telegraph says Scotland Yard is investigating a complaint from a woman who was an…
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Smoke from wildfire is like a ‘chemical soup,’ says fire researcher
VANCOUVER – Inhaling smoke from a wildfire can be equal to smoking a couple of packs of cigarettes a day depending on its thickness, says a researcher studying wildfires in Western Canada. Mike Flannigan, a professor with the Department of…
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RCMP suspend search for missing B.C. rancher Ben Tyner after nearly a week
MERRITT, B.C. – Police have suspended the search for a missing rancher in the wilderness north of Merritt, B.C., after six days of exhaustive effort turned up nothing. Thirty-two-year-old Ben Tyner was last seen on the afternoon of Saturday, Jan.…
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Psychiatric hospital fined $650,000 for failing to protect its workers in B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. – WorkSafeBC has fined the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital almost $650,000 for failing to protect the safety of its workers. The workplace safety agency says the fine is the largest such administrative penalty and was imposed because the hospital…