VANCOUVER - Drenching rain that has been soaking southern British Columbia for days could ease today - but the reprieve might be short-lived, with yet another storm system on the way. Environment Canada meteorologist Michael Gismondi says there will be...

VICTORIA - Rain and gusty winds are in the forecast for today's Remembrance Day ceremonies in southwest British Columbia, which has received a soaking from a series of storms since last week. Victory Square in downtown Vancouver will be among locations...

VANCOUVER - A defendant in Steven Galloway's defamation lawsuit has testified how unproven allegations of rape and sexual assault against the author and writing professor came to light in late 2015 against a backdrop of criticism over how Galloway's em...

SAYWARD - A search for a missing fisherman has been suspended after his capsized canoe was located.A Sayward RCMP news release stated Dakota Smith, 35, was reported missing on Friday, Nov. 6, after he left his home earlier in the day to go fishing at the mouth of the Adam River in Johnstone Strait, located north of Say...

VICTORIA - Masumi Mitsui was a decorated veteran of Vimy Ridge, but he never took part in a public Remembrance Day ceremony, his grandson David Mitsui said. The British Columbia Legion Branch that fellow Japanese Canadian veterans founded in 1926 had b...

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says four grizzly bears that it captured in Bella Coola in recent days were all involved in a deadly attack that claimed the lives of a mother and daughter in the community this month. Insp. Jeff Tyre with the serv...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Real Estate Association expects home sales in the province to continue to slide this year, warning of "mounting headwinds" for the market, while hoping for a pick-up in both prices and sales in 2027. The association says in its fou...

EDMONTON - The Alberta town of Wainwright is gearing up for what could be the most solemn Remembrance Day in its recent history, says Mayor Bruce Pugh. A fire on Oct. 17 at the nearby Canadian Forces Base Wainwright killed four soldiers and injured 39....

A deluge hitting Vancouver Island and other parts of southwest British Columbia could bring more than 250 millimetres of rain in some places, as forecasters warn of floods and landslides. Environment Canada has raised orange rainfall warnings in west a...

QUESNEL - Premier-designate Lorne Doerkson says news that a pulp mill in Quesnel, B.C., is halting production will be a "hard blow" for the mill's workers and their families in the small Cariboo city. Doerkson says owner Millar Western is curtailing pr...

CHILLIWACK - Homicide investigators say a 55-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after a woman was found dead in a home in Chilliwack, B.C., last week. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says Mounties in Chilliwack were cal...

VANCOUVER - The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Alberta is suing the British Columbia and federal governments and BC Hydro, alleging that provincial dam projects were built without regard for their rights, culture and way of life. Chief Allan Adam ...

VANCOUVER - The trial of Steven Galloway's defamation lawsuit has heard the woman who accused the author of rape and sexual assault - allegations he denies - felt he was being "exonerated in the news" after publicly admitting instead to a two-year affa...

VICTORIA - Talks are underway to bring ownership of the oldest daily newspaper in Western Canada home to Victoria. Ed Kennedy, advertising director with the Times Colonist, says the paper's parent company has agreed to sell the masthead, and is working...

VICTORIA - A B.C. Conservative strategist poised to take a key role in premier-designate Lorne Doerkson's office says the party has evolved beyond what it was in 2024, without morphing into a new version of the B.C. Liberals Angelo Isidorou, who is wid...

The Juno Awards are calling Carly Rae Jepsen, no maybes about it. The Canadian pop star is set to host the country's biggest night in music. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences says the "Call Me Maybe" singer will also perform at next y...

VICTORIA - The B.C. Conservatives have gained another seat after the final count of votes in the October provincial election, but judicial recounts loom in two ridings due to the narrowness of their margins. Conservative candidate David Xie reeled in N...

VANCOUVER - Forecasters are escalating rainfall warnings in southwest British Columbia, saying some areas could receive a deluge topping 250 millimetres in a new parade of storms that is set to drench the region. Orange warnings have been raised for we...

Spring comes to Leona Antoine's field in patches. The snow retreats from the Nicola River valley, leaving islands of wet grass scattered across her family's land. It's an invitation to carry on a practice she first learned from her grandfather. Antoi...

British Columbia's human rights tribunal has ruled that a private laboratory provider must pay $32,000 in damages, along with other costs, for discriminating against transgender and non-binary patients. The tribunal found LifeLabs and its subsidiary Ex...

ZEBALLOS - The wind that blew outside Gerry Sullivan's bedroom in the Village of Zeballos on northwest Vancouver Island was enough to wake him up early Sunday morning. "It was just howling, and we had thunder, we had lightning," he said. Sullivan and h...

VANCOUVER - A 23-year-old Canadian soldier was remembered Sunday as a globe-trotting, sporty and car-loving man with an infectious sense of humour and a fearless love for life. Hundreds of military personnel, family and friends gathered at an armoury o...

VANCOUVER - Police say a woman on an e-scooter died following a collision with a transit bus in downtown Vancouver. A release from Vancouver Police says the crash happened early Saturday when a man and a woman were riding an e-scooter on Seymour Street...

VANCOUVER - A North Vancouver woman is praising the quick actions of local firefighters for saving her life after she was swept down a fast-moving creek in the stormy weather that descended over parts of the province. Brittany Craig was attempting to ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia author and photographer Len Wagg was on his day off 30 years ago when he discovered how powerful and poignant a war cemetery could be. Wagg was on assignment for the Halifax Chronicle Herald in Italy when he accepted an invitation...

CHILLIWACK - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced the first detection of avian flu in a commercial poultry flock in British Columbia this season. The agency says the infection was detected on Friday in Chilliwack. It's the first case among...

SURREY - British Columbia Mounties say two people have been arrested and charged in two separate extortion-related shootings in Surrey last year, including one that targeted Kap's Café, owned by Indian comedian Kapil Sharma. RCMP say B.C.'s extortion t...

OTTAWA - The United States Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on eight Canadian businesses for allegedly helping to evade sanctions on Iran's government. The department says it sanctioned money services businesses in British Columbia and Ontario...