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This music star lived quietly in B.C. for years. His songs live on in a popular video game

February 27 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. PST • :

Bill Kenny was the lead singer of the Ink Spots, a Black vocal group that, more than 80 years after gaining fame, has been dubbed "the house band" of the popular Fallout video game franchise and TV series.

Fugitive Ryan Wedding's ex-wife named in money laundering, kidnapping probes

February 27 , 2025 at 01:00:00 a.m. PST • :

While in prison in 2011, former Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding married a B.C. woman whose name surfaced in probes tied to drugs and money laundering, a CBC News investigation has found. The bonds Wedding was forging would place him at the nexus of Mexican drug cartels and Iranian-linked networks.

B.C. looking at coalition of willing provinces to expand trade within Canada, Eby says

February 27 , 2025 at 09:36:48 a.m. PST • :

The B.C. government is willing to enter bilateral agreements with other jurisdictions in order to boost interprovincial trade as looming U.S. tariffs threaten Canada's economy, Premier David Eby says.

Trump says 25% tariff on most Canadian goods will take effect March 4

February 27 , 2025 at 06:50:58 a.m. PST • :

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will end a month-long pause and slap a 25 per cent tariff on most Canadian goods as of March 4, claiming he needs to take action because "drugs are still pouring into our country," despite evidence that a crackdown at the border is working.

Prince Rupert, B.C., bar has licence suspended for 22 days after karaoke event

February 26 , 2025 at 06:00:26 p.m. PST • :

The B.C. Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch has fined a Prince Rupert bar $10,000 and suspended its licence for 22 days after it served patrons after hours and held a karaoke night against regulations.

February 26 , 2025 at 05:10:50 p.m. PST • :

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This music star lived quietly in B.C. for years. His songs live on in a popular video game

Fugitive Ryan Wedding's ex-wife named in money laundering, kidnapping probes

B.C. looking at coalition of willing provinces to expand trade within Canada, Eby says

Trump says 25% tariff on most Canadian goods will take effect March 4

Prince Rupert, B.C., bar has licence suspended for 22 days after karaoke event

B.C. teacher placed on leave after using N-word in presence of Black students

Actor Gene Hackman and his wife found dead in their New Mexico home

Alberta-British Columbia boundary changes would be easier under proposed bill

Confused by Trump's many tariff threats? Here's what's going on

Federal polls showing a rare, rapid shift — but unclear if numbers will hold

Former B.C. school counsellor handed lifetime teaching ban following child pornography conviction

UBC denies its downtown Kelowna campus construction caused full extent of damage to surrounding buildings

Crack in Fraser Valley waterslide slices multiple riders, leads to industry-wide recommendations

Meant to protect the land from wildfires, fire retardant could be doing damage of its own

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, best known for roles in Buffy and Gossip Girl, dead at 39