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Alberto Cuellar Ojeda, 30, presented the Royal Bank of Canada with a forged letter from UBC so he could get access to a $350,000 line of credit available to medical and dental students, according to facts presented during his sentencing hearing Wednesday.

The 2023 B.C. Adolescent Health Survey pegs the number of students engaging in self harm, such as cutting or starving themselves, at 24 per cent, up from 17 per cent in 2018.

Basic veterinary necessities are a financial hardship for many of the people who came to the clinic.

Sunday marks the final day for services at Knox Presbyterian (Trinity Sapperton) church in New Westminster.

Michael Gadd is accused of damaging three cars and the home of an East Vancouver resident. He also allegedly threatened two Delta women.

B.C.'s aging population will only serve to add to health-care costs, says public health policy expert Jason Sutherland.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is scrapping a plan that was to allow shared decision-making with First Nations about the use of public land, a move one Indigenous leader describes as a step back for reconciliation.

A Tofino resident has gone viral after finding her missing wallet eight months later, right on the beach near her home.

Marc Lee of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says with economic growth halted due to interest rate hikes, now is the time for the provincial government to maintain spending, despite concerns over the rising cost of debt.

VICTORIA — British Columbia Finance Minister Katrine Conroy says the province should prepare for a fiscal deficit in the upcoming budget — but there won't be cuts that result in a "deficit of services".