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Five First Nations in B.C. have reached a historic settlement with both the provincial and federal governments of $800 million and 44,266 hectares of land. The settlements resolve long-standing claims that the First Nations did not…

A second B.C. company has said Heath Canada has given it the green light to posses, produce, sell and distribute cocaine, among other substances, to “bring a safer supply of drugs to the global market.” Sunshine Earth Labs, a…

A B.C. cannabis company says it has approval from Health Canada to include cocaine as a substance the company can legally possess, produce, sell and distribute. Adastra Labs in Langley said it has been granted an amendment to its…

Canadian music legend Neil Young made a surprise appearance Saturday at an old-growth logging protest rally at the British Columbia legislature. Young played acoustic guitar and harmonica, and sang two songs: “Comes A Time,” which has…

A B.C. Indigenous group has expressed “extreme disappointment” with the federal decision not to renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms around Discovery Islands. The Coalition of First Nations for Finfish Stewardship said…

Wine lovers have growing options on the shelf to enjoy their favourite beverage as producers in B.C. offer smaller container sizes. Multiple British Columbia wineries over the last several years have begun offering their product in…

The federal government has come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by members of a British Columbia Indigenous band who attended residential schools as day scholars. Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister…

Six out of 10 universities confirm they’re reviewing honorary degrees given to retired judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, after being asked by a group of Indigenous women to revoke them following a CBC investigation into her claims of…

A group of Canadians left their mark in Poland during a recent medical mission. The volunteers used their medical expertise to help treat badly injured civilians and soldiers. Surgeries began at 8 a.m. and went until after midnight in…

When a dike was breached and floodwaters started to flow across British Columbia’s Sumas Prairie a year ago, poultry farmer Corry Spitters said all he could do was let nature take its course. A feeling of helplessness gripped him as…