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VICTORIA — A British Columbia cabinet minister who faced calls to resign has been pulled from her post as minister of children and family development.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is extending eligibility for free vaccines against the human papillomavirus to men born in 2005.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia must do things differently to break the cycle where Indigenous people comprise five per cent of the population but about 30 per cent of those incarcerated, Premier David Eby and First Nations leaders said Thursday.

VANCOUVER — Researchers in British Columbia have published a study that suggests prescription opioids prevent overdose deaths among people with an addiction to potentially toxic street drugs.

VANCOUVER — Bitter cold is descending on Western Canada, with Prairie cities already seeing -30 C temperatures and southwestern British Columbia bracing for an Arctic outflow and an overdue blast of winter.

SALMO, B.C. — Police say a 42-year-old man from Trail, B.C., has been arrested after allegedly driving a stolen vehicle that hit three police cars and injured an officer at a roadblock. Mounties say an officer in Salmo, B.C.

CBC says its radio services are now fully restored after a "major" technical equipment failure affected programming across the country.

VANCOUVER — Police say a man has been arrested after a pedestrian pulled out a gun and started shooting at a driver following a near-collision in Vancouver.

REVELSTOKE, B.C. — Environment Canada is warning parts of northern British Columbia to expect wind chill values as cold as -50 C for at least the rest of the week.

VANCOUVER — Dwight Yochim says he has had some difficult relationships with funders of non-profits he's been involved with over the past 30 years, but last year was particularly tough on him and staff at the B.C. Search and Rescue Association.