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Selina Robinson, minister of post-secondary education, speaks at a funding announcement in Vancouver, on Thursday, July 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Is B.C. unfairly milking an international student cash cow?

Fears grow students exploited and misled in their bid to get education in Canada

Selina Robinson, minister of post-secondary education, speaks at a funding announcement in Vancouver, on Thursday, July 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal. DNA testing is preformed at a lab in New York, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews

Premier supportive of police secretly taking DNA to solve B.C. teen’s murder

Ibrahim Ali was convicted last month of first-degree murder for the 2017 killing

Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal. DNA testing is preformed at a lab in New York, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews
Richmond RCMP say officers had to put a spit hood on the head of an “aggressive” airline passenger who tried to bite officers after allegedly attacking a travel companion. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Biting passenger restrained with spit hood at Vancouver Airport: police

Richmond RCMP say passenger was apprehended under the Mental Health Act

Richmond RCMP say officers had to put a spit hood on the head of an “aggressive” airline passenger who tried to bite officers after allegedly attacking a travel companion. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales rose in December as the average price of a home sold also saw a boost compared with a year earlier. A real estate sign is displayed in front of a house in Toronto on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler

Homebuyers urged to be cautious despite expected interest rebound

Association forecasting a 10.4 per cent increase in residential properties to be sold this year

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales rose in December as the average price of a home sold also saw a boost compared with a year earlier. A real estate sign is displayed in front of a house in Toronto on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler
Bennett Cleugh, a youngster from Cowichan, is fighting an aggressive form of leukemia at BC Children's Hospital. (Submitted photo)
Bennett Cleugh, a youngster from Cowichan, is fighting an aggressive form of leukemia at BC Children's Hospital. (Submitted photo)
FILE - Oak Bay Police Department ticketed a 21-year-old driver for going more than double the speed limit in a 40 km/h zone on Jan. 14. (Oak Bay Police/X)

3-wheeled truck tracked down after parked car hit on Oak Bay street: Police

Driver faces nearly $900 in fines, requires inspection to return to the roads

FILE - Oak Bay Police Department ticketed a 21-year-old driver for going more than double the speed limit in a 40 km/h zone on Jan. 14. (Oak Bay Police/X)
New Westminster police are asking for help locating a stolen vehicle and the dog that was inside it. The department says the 2012 Fiat 500 Sport was stolen from the 800-block of Carnarvon Street at about 12:50 a.m. on Jan. 15, 2023. (Photos courtesy of New Westminster Police Department)

B.C. man’s dog stolen after car nabbed with pup inside of it: police

Owner hoping to reunite with 6-year-old border collie, ‘Zoey’

New Westminster police are asking for help locating a stolen vehicle and the dog that was inside it. The department says the 2012 Fiat 500 Sport was stolen from the 800-block of Carnarvon Street at about 12:50 a.m. on Jan. 15, 2023. (Photos courtesy of New Westminster Police Department)
Mitzi Dean will no longer serve as Child and Family Development Minister following a cabinet shuffle announced Monday morning. Fellow Victoria MLA Grace Lore will take Dean’s job, while Dean will take over Lore’s old job as minister of state for child care. Andrew Mercier remains in cabinet but with the new title of minister of state for sustainable forestry while George Chow joins cabinet as parliamentary secretary for international credentials. (Screecap)

Mitzi Dean out as B.C.’s child care, children and family development minister

Dean remains minister of state for child care after facing multiple calls for her resignation

Mitzi Dean will no longer serve as Child and Family Development Minister following a cabinet shuffle announced Monday morning. Fellow Victoria MLA Grace Lore will take Dean’s job, while Dean will take over Lore’s old job as minister of state for child care. Andrew Mercier remains in cabinet but with the new title of minister of state for sustainable forestry while George Chow joins cabinet as parliamentary secretary for international credentials. (Screecap)
Kelowna's Sikh community is coming to support Dr. Malvinder Hoonjan. (File photo)

Kelowna’s Sikh community accuses Interior Health of discrimination

The president of Gurdwara Guru Amardas Darbar Sikh Society has written to Premier David Eby

Kelowna's Sikh community is coming to support Dr. Malvinder Hoonjan. (File photo)
FILE – A hummingbird sits on a tree branch near Oliver, B.C., on Monday June 14, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. group offers advice on keeping hummingbirds fed during cold snap

Four cups of water, one cup of white sugar perfect feed solution, says Langley environmental society

FILE – A hummingbird sits on a tree branch near Oliver, B.C., on Monday June 14, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
People gather outside the Smithers courthouse as the criminal contempt trial of three Coastal GasLink pipeline opponents for impeding the progress of the project got underway last week. (Morgan Powell/ The Interior News)
People gather outside the Smithers courthouse as the criminal contempt trial of three Coastal GasLink pipeline opponents for impeding the progress of the project got underway last week. (Morgan Powell/ The Interior News)
Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal. DNA testing is preformed at a lab in New York, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews

Tea-tasting sting led to B.C. murder conviction, charges of rights violations

Police secretly collected DNA from Kurdish community members in bid to find teen’s killer

Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal. DNA testing is preformed at a lab in New York, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews
Cold temperatures across the province set in as the fountain out front of the legislature freezes over during a cold spell in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, January 12, 2024. A warming trend is in the forecast for much of British Columbia after several days of record-breaking temperatures, but the cold weather on the Prairies will continue. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Warmth returns to B.C. the week, not so fast on the Prairies

Mix of snow and rain coming to south coast as temperatures climb back above freezing

Cold temperatures across the province set in as the fountain out front of the legislature freezes over during a cold spell in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, January 12, 2024. A warming trend is in the forecast for much of British Columbia after several days of record-breaking temperatures, but the cold weather on the Prairies will continue. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Cold temperatures across the province sets in as a man reflected off the Queen Victoria statue takes a picture of the fountain out front of the legislature freezes over during a cold spell in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, January 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Winter weather still gripping Canada, but some B.C. warnings being dropped

Province didn’t escape unscathed, with one hospital closing and another’s ER dropping to -6 C

Cold temperatures across the province sets in as a man reflected off the Queen Victoria statue takes a picture of the fountain out front of the legislature freezes over during a cold spell in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, January 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
People watch as a car tries to drive down an icy hill in Vancouver on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Weather warnings for cold temperatures have been advised in B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Cold snap causes record-breaking hourly electricity demand, says BC Hydro

British Columbians consumed 11,300 megawatts in one hour Friday night

People watch as a car tries to drive down an icy hill in Vancouver on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Weather warnings for cold temperatures have been advised in B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
In July 2019, Vancouver police announced they had dismantled a multimillion-dollar drug operation after raiding two warehouse laboratories in South Vancouver allegedly making illegal cannabis extracts. Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. civil forfeiture law will be put to ‘reasonable limits’ Charter test

Case centres around 2 warehouse labs, which Vancouver police say were making illegal cannabis

In July 2019, Vancouver police announced they had dismantled a multimillion-dollar drug operation after raiding two warehouse laboratories in South Vancouver allegedly making illegal cannabis extracts. Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Cherryville youth were left waiting for a school bus that never showed up Jan. 12, in -28C weather. (Charlie Redstone photo)
Cherryville youth were left waiting for a school bus that never showed up Jan. 12, in -28C weather. (Charlie Redstone photo)
Updated plans presented to council on Oct. 26 show the new orientation of towers in the Roundhouse at Bayview Place proposal. (Courtesy of Focus Equities)

1,900-unit Vic West redevelopment public hearing continuing Monday

Proposal includes towers up to 32 storeys, new commercial spaces and public plazas

Updated plans presented to council on Oct. 26 show the new orientation of towers in the Roundhouse at Bayview Place proposal. (Courtesy of Focus Equities)
Darryl Seres was identified as the person who died in a fatal car crash in Maple Ridge on Friday, Jan. 5. (Facebook/Special to The News)

Former Conservative Party of BC president victim of fatal Lower Mainland crash

Darryl Seres died in a crash along the Haney Bypass in Maple Ridge on Friday, Jan. 5

Darryl Seres was identified as the person who died in a fatal car crash in Maple Ridge on Friday, Jan. 5. (Facebook/Special to The News)
Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer spoke outside the Abbotsford Law Courts on Oct. 12, 2022 prior to their sentencing. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)

Guilty verdicts stand for 2 Abbotsford hog-farm protesters

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafter now plan to appeal 30-day sentence

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer spoke outside the Abbotsford Law Courts on Oct. 12, 2022 prior to their sentencing. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)