Category Archives: British Columbia
Animal sanctuary staff in Summerland, B.C., 'devastated' by avian flu case
VICTORIA - An animal sanctuary in B.C.'s interior says it is facing a "heartbreaking" experience after discovering a positive case of H5N1, also known as avian flu. Critteraid, based in Summerland B.C...
Nov 09, 2025
Police are investigating shots fired at Surrey home Saturday morning
VICTORIA - The Surrey Police Service is investigating after gunshots were fired at a residence. The service says officers responded to a call for possible gunshots fired at a home in the 17000 block o...
Nov 08, 2025
100 Mile House Mayor says mill closure at the end of 2025 underscores need for reform
VICTORIA - The mayor of a community in B.C.'s Cariboo region says U.S. tariffs on the softwood lumber industry "are the icing on the cake" for an industry in need of fundamental reforms as it prepares...
Nov 08, 2025
Official says test reveals no contamination of a local water system after derailment
VICTORIA - A local official said testing has revealed "no contamination" of a local water system on Kamloops Lake in B.C. after more than 80,000 litres of aviation fuel spilled on its shores in a trai...
Nov 08, 2025
B.C. ostrich farm is 'ground zero for change' as family reels from shooting cull
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - With the flock of several hundred ostriches on the British Columbia farm co-owned by her mother shot dead in a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency,...
Nov 08, 2025
3 people kicked out of Canada in extortion probe in B.C., border agency says
VANCOUVER - The Canada Border Services Agency says it has removed three people from the country as part of its work within the B.C. Extortion Task Force. The agency says in a statement that it is also...
Nov 07, 2025
Biggest landowner in Cowichan area wants Aboriginal title case reopened, in rare move
A company that says it is the biggest private landowner in the Cowichan Tribes' Aboriginal title area in Richmond, B.C., said it will ask the British Columbia Supreme Court to take the rare step of re...
Nov 07, 2025
Carney tells business crowd a new pipeline project is 'going to happen'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney came close to telling a Bay Street audience Friday that he will secure a new pipeline for Alberta, offering his strongest endorsement of the idea yet. During an arm...
Nov 07, 2025
B.C. government workers voting through to Thursday on tentative agreement
BURNABY - Members of the British Columbia General Employees' Union have begun voting on the tentative agreement reached last month with the provincial government. The union says in a statement that vo...
Nov 07, 2025
West Fraser to shut mill in 100 Mile House, B.C., amid market challenges
100 MILE HOUSE - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. will permanently close its mill in 100 Mile House, B.C., by the end of this year, putting roughly 165 people out of work. It says in a statement that the m...
Nov 07, 2025