British Columbia

Bodies of Port Alberni murder suspects recovered in Manitoba

NANAIMO - The Canada-wide manhunt for two Port Alberni teens accused of murder is now over. Manitoba RCMP Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy announced search teams found bodies believed to be Kam M...

Maria Doty Aug 07, 2019 Manitoba RCMP searched through difficult terrain in northeastern stretches of the province to find the pair. (RCMP)

B.C. jail added to properties under alert as southern Okanagan wildfire grows

VANCOUVER - A wildfire burning in steep and rocky terrain in British Columbia's southern Okanagan is defying containment efforts and has grown to nine square kilometres in size. BC Wildfire Serv...

Aug 07, 2019

Three southern resident killer whales declared dead plunging population to 73

VANCOUVER - Three southern resident killer whales have been declared dead by the Center for Whale Research, bringing the population down to 73. The dead killer whales are a 42-two-year-old m...

Aug 07, 2019

Finning Q2 profit up on strong sales across its regions and efficiencies in Canada

VANCOUVER - Finning International Inc. says its second-quarter net income was up 11 per cent from the same time last year amid strong sales in all its regions and improved efficiencies following restr...

Aug 07, 2019

Three federal leaders march together at Vancouver Pride

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extolled on the importance of unity as he marched in Vancouver's annual Pride parade with two of his political rivals on Sunday. The prime minister took the o...

Aug 06, 2019

Time of essence as Fraser River slide blocks spawning salmon: Wilkinson

VANCOUVER - Time is critical to find a solution to a massive obstruction in British Columbia's Fraser River as 90,000 salmon wait downstream and an estimated two million more sockeye are abo...

Aug 06, 2019

Evacuation alert for 206 properties as wildfire grows in southern Okanagan

VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says a fire burning in British Columbia's southern Interior doubled in size over a 24-hour period to about 2.5 square kilometres. More than 100 peopl...

Aug 06, 2019

Mount Polley mine disaster five years later; emotions, accountability unresolved

VICTORIA - People are swimming and fishing in Quesnel Lake five years after the largest environmental mining disaster in Canadian history, but residents of Likely, B.C., are still struggling with...

Aug 06, 2019

Three federal leaders march together at Vancouver Pride

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extolled on the importance of unity as he marched in Vancouver's annual Pride parade with two of his political rivals on Sunday. The prime minister took the o...

Aug 04, 2019

Sicamous, B.C. riding newfound 'Old Town Road' fame 'til it can't no more

SICAMOUS, B.C. - Can't nobody tell a British Columbia town nothin' about how to capitalize from one of its streets sharing a name with the smash hit song "Old T...

Aug 04, 2019