B.C. carjacking suspect sped across U.S. border before arrest, police say
Authorities have arrested a suspect who allegedly carjacked a pickup truck in B.C.'s Lower Mainland then sped across the U.S. border, triggering a massive police response.
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Eby says 'nothing's off the table' in responding to Trump's tariff threats
From the merry-looking set of a movie, where he was making a film-industry-related announcement, Premier David Eby came out firing with B.C.'s potential response to massive tarrifs threatened by Donald Trump.
5 injured after multi-vehicle crash on Hwy. 99 between Surrey, Delta
Five people were hospitalized following a serious multi-vehicle crash that closed Highway 99 between Surrey and Delta during the Thursday evening rush hour.
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Team Canada athletes counting down to Invictus Games in Vancouver and Whistler
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B.C. Supreme Court certifies class-action lawsuit against Airbnb
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'Very concerned': Crews search B.C. ski resort for missing man
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B.C. aims to hang onto 'Hollywood north' title by boosting film and TV tax incentives
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Rescued harbour seals released 'home for the holidays' in B.C.
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Suspect charged in alleged assault at B.C. golf course
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Man charged after victim pinned to tree with vehicle in Victoria
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Star centre J.T. Miller set to return to Vancouver Canucks lineup against Panthers
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Drugs, weapons seized from North Vancouver home in trafficking investigation
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Police say 42 vehicles vandalized in 'campaign of destruction' in Nanaimo, B.C.
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Man who set fires inside Calgary's municipal building lost testicle during arrest: ASIRT
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She took a DNA test for fun. Police used it to charge her grandmother with murder in a cold case
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President Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as France's next prime minister
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist ally Francois Bayrou as prime minister, after a historic parliamentary vote ousted the previous government last week.
