British Columbia

West Fraser results far below expectations as lumber prices, duties bite

VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co Ltd. reported a loss in its second quarter as it saw a substantial reversal compared with a year ago as lower lumber prices and export duties cut into its results. Th...

Jul 19, 2019

Gas price inquiry questions Trans Mountain capacity, company denies collusion

VANCOUVER - One of the largest fuel companies in British Columbia says there's no retail market more competitive than gasoline in Canada and an executive denies any price setting between com...

Jul 19, 2019

Trudeau says Ottawa open to proposals for B.C. refinery as gas prices soar

VICTORIA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is open to proposals from the private sector for a refinery in British Columbia, as a public inquiry into the province's soaring gas prices reviews...

Jul 18, 2019

B.C. posts $1.5B surplus as tax revenue increases and real estate market cools

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government ended its fiscal year with an operating surplus of $1.5 billion as the province collected more revenue from taxation and less money from a softening rea...

Jul 18, 2019

Work on rock slide continues in B.C.'s Fraser River says federal government

CLINTON, B.C. - The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans says work to clear a massive rock slide in British Columbia's Fraser River continues. A joint update from the B.C. governm...

Jul 18, 2019

U.S. firm fined $2.9M for fuel spill that soiled B.C. First Nation territory

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - The company responsible for a fuel spill that contaminated the fishing territory of a First Nation on British Columbia's central coast has been fined $2.9 milli...

Jul 18, 2019

Chiefs honour Indigenous leader wrongfully hanged in B.C. 154 years ago today

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Chiefs have gathered in New Westminster, B.C., to commemorate an Indigenous leader who was wrongfully tried and hanged 154 years ago. Chief Ahan was ha...

Jul 18, 2019

B.C. on right road with tougher ride-hailing driver rules, says expert

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government's firm position on tougher driver's licence requirements for ride-hailing is a move in the right direction, given the experiences from other jurisdictio...

Jul 18, 2019

Migration begins: blame toadlets if ground seems to move in Whistler, B.C.

WHISTLER, B.C. - An annual migration involving tens of thousands of creatures is underway in Whistler, B.C., but observers could miss it if they don't look down. Up to 40,000 tiny western to...

Jul 18, 2019

U.S. tug firm to be sentenced for 2016 spill in B.C. First Nation's territory

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A Texas-based company is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty to a diesel spill from a tug boat that ran aground and sank in a First Nation's fishing terr...

Jul 17, 2019