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VANCOUVER — British Columbia health officials are encouraging residents to get both flu shots and COVID-19 boosters this fall, while patients are being shuffled out of hospitals to make room ahead of possible twin surges of illness.

VICTORIA — British Columbia cabinet minister Melanie Mark has resigned her portfolio to go on medical leave.

Vancouver police say they're investigating a possible hate crime after a 19-year-old woman was assaulted while walking in the city's downtown.

VICTORIA — The coroners service in British Columbia says nearly 1,500 people have died this year from illicit drug use in the province.

RICHMOND, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board has sent a team to British Columbia's north coast to probe the sinking of a tour boat in Haida Gwaii.

Your cell provider may be taxed 1% on the revenue it generates from your bill, should cities succeed in a court claim.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia Liberal Party could soon have a new name. The party says the proposed new name, BC United, has been selected after a three-month membership consultation period in which more than 2,000 suggestions were submitted.

Several B.C. government websites were out of service for several hours Sunday, and a firmware update is being blamed.

VANCOUVER — Twenty daily temperature records tumbled across British Columbia on Monday as conditions in the province remain unseasonably warm for the first week of fall.