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Union representing 33,000 B.C. government workers issues strike notice

A union representing tens of thousands of government workers handed the B.C. government 72 hours' strike notice Friday afternoon.

B.C.'s first dumpling festival bridges cultures through food

On the surface it’s a food festival, but the purpose of the inaugural B.C. Dumpling Festival is to fight racism by bridging cultures through dumplings.

Dumplings are seen ahead of the first B.C. Dumping Festival.

High-risk sex offender wanted Canada-wide after leaving halfway house, VPD says

Vancouver police are warning the public that a high-risk sex offender released from prison Friday morning has gone missing from his halfway house in the city.

Tony Okanase, 39, was released from Mountain Institution – a medium-security federal prison in Agassiz – and reported to the halfway house, according to the Vancouver Police Department. (VPD)

Criminality suspected in case of missing B.C. man who believed 'everyone is good people'

A man who believed strongly in the kindness of others has been missing for more than a year, and police believe something criminal is behind his disappearance.

Stabbing victim found during routine police patrol in Abbotsford

Police in Abbotsford are investigating after offices conducting a routine patrol of the city located a stabbing victim.

Child found body of deer shot in residential B.C. neighbourhood; hunter fined

A Kelowna man has pleaded guilty to a pair of B.C. Wildlife Act offences related to the killing of a mule deer buck in a residential neighbourhood last year.

Toddler who fell from window has cracked jaw, broken leg, father says in warning to others

The family of a toddler who fell from a window earlier this week says the girl is lucky her injuries aren't permanent.

Unknown if fatal Maple Ridge shooting is tied to gang conflict: RCMP

A man has died and police are for looking witnesses following a shooting in Maple Ridge, B.C., on Friday.

Vehicle fire along B.C.'s Highway 3 spreads; evacuation alert rescinded

An evacuation alert has been rescinded for about two dozen properties near a stretch of Highway 3 in British Columbia's Interior, where a vehicle fire appeared to have spread to nearby grasses and started burning up a mountainside.

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Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after he was stabbed on lecture stage in New York

Salman Rushdie, whose novel 'The Satanic Verses' drew death threats from Iran's leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York.

In this composite image, author Salman Rushdie appears at a signing for his book "Home" in London on June 6, 2017, and is also seen being tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y. (AP Photo/ Grant Pollard and Joshua Goodman)

Anne Heche legally dead, remains on life support for donor evaluation

Anne Heche remains on life support and under evaluation for organ donation after a car crash that led to her brain death, a representative for the actor said Friday.

FBI seized 'top secret' documents from Trump home

The FBI recovered documents that were labelled 'top secret' from former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to court papers released Friday after a federal judge unsealed the warrant that authorized the unprecedented search this week.

Passengers tackle Canadian man after he became violent, tried to open plane doors mid-flight

A plane bound for Toronto has been forced to divert to Iceland after a Canadian man allegedly became violent and tried to open the aircraft door mid-air.