British Columbia

Chanting Wet'suwet'en supporters defy injunction; return to B.C. legislature

VICTORIA - Supporters of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and their bid to stop a pipeline across their traditional territories returned to the British Columbia legislature Monday night despite a court ...

Feb 24, 2020

Improved road access won't come easy for rural Meadowood residents north of Qualicum Beach

QUALICUM BEACH - Lobbying is intensifying for a second vehicular route for an emerging rural community north of Qualicum Beach, but the province isn't keen on granting that wish.Corcan-Meadowood resid...

Feb 24, 2020 The RDN is looking into how improved vehicular access to the Meadowood area north of Qualicum Beach can be accomplished. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

OD deaths decrease in B.C. but officials say safer drug supply needed

VICTORIA - Overdose deaths linked to illicit drugs dropped by 36 per cent last year in British Columbia compared with a year earlier, but the number of fatalities is about the same as when t...

Feb 24, 2020

7th case of COVID-19 diagnosed in B.C., bringing number of cases to 11 in Canada

VICTORIA - A seventh case of the novel coronavirus has been diagnosed in British Columbia, bringing to 11 the number of cases in Canada. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monda...

Feb 24, 2020

B.C. tells inquiry money laundering has warped economy, fuelled opioid crisis

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's government says money laundering has distorted the economy, fuelled the opioid crisis and overheated the real estate market as a provincial inquiry into the cr...

Feb 24, 2020

Teck Resources shares down after company pulls Frontier oilsands project

VANCOUVER - Shares in Teck Resources Ltd. are trading down four per cent after the company said it had withdrawn its application for a massive oilsands mining project citing uncertainty over clim...

Feb 24, 2020

Teck withdraws application for Frontier mine, citing discourse over climate change

VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. has withdrawn its application for a massive oilsands mining project just days ahead of an expected government decision, citing the political discourse over climate chan...

Feb 23, 2020

Sand sculpting theme chosen for prestigious Parksville event

PARKSVILLE - Roaring 20's emerged as the design theme for this summer's world renowned sand sculpting competition on Parksville Beach.The Parksville Beach Festival Society announced the winning theme ...

Feb 23, 2020 Ilya Filimontsev of Russia won first place in the solo division of the 2019 Sand Sculpting Competition and Exhibition in Parksville. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

Ottawa, province, First Nations sign deal to protect southern mountain caribou

VANCOUVER - A historic agreement to save endangered southern mountain caribou in northeast British Columbia has been recognized as reconciliation in action, coming on the same day tensions p...

Feb 23, 2020

Attempted theft of seaplane ends with collision in Vancouver harbour

VANCOUVER - An attempt to steal a float plane in Vancouver's harbour didn't make it out of the water, but three planes were damaged in the botched theft. Vancouver police Const. Tanya Visintin says of...

Feb 23, 2020