British Columbia

Classic cars galore in downtown Qualicum for storied Father's Day event

QUALICUM BEACH - Hundreds classic cars and thousands of people will invade downtown Qualicum Beach for the premiere Father's Day event. The 26th annual Seaside Cruizers Father's Day Show n' Shine take...

Jun 14, 2019 Downtown Qualicum will be lined with shiny and expensive cars in the beloved annual Show and Shine. (Seaside Cruizers)

Father says murder of daughter, 8, has shattered her brothers' innocence

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The father of an eight-year-old girl who was killed by her mother says he's felt the worst pain of his life watching her young brothers suffer profound grief, confusion and sha...

Jun 14, 2019

Shutdown, cuts at B.C. pulp and sawmills add to forestry job losses

VANCOUVER - Canfor Pulp Products is temporarily shutting down one of its northern British Columbia pulp mills - just days after parent company Canfor Inc. announced breaks at ...

Jun 14, 2019

Low levels of THC in marijuana don't increase crashes: study

VANCOUVER - Smoking marijuana containing low levels of the drug's main psychoactive ingredient does not increase most drivers' risk of a crash even though Canada's impair...

Jun 14, 2019

First Nations push for massive conservation area in northern British Columbia

LOWER POST, B.C. - First Nations in northern British Columbia are calling on the provincial government to endorse an ambitious proposal for a 40,000-square-kilometre conservation area to pro...

Jun 14, 2019

Offer made to pay for Remembrance Day in Victoria ahead of council debate

VICTORIA - A retail chain has stepped forward with an offer to cover the costs of Remembrance Day in Victoria, hours before city council was scheduled to debate funding for the annual ceremony. I...

Jun 13, 2019

17 temperature records Wednesday as southern B.C. sweltered in pre-summer heat

VANCOUVER - Temperature records tumbled across much of British Columbia's south coast Wednesday as Environment Canada says a strong ridge of high pressure kept clouds away. The weather office rep...

Jun 13, 2019

B.C.'s dirty money strategy to be highlighted at meeting of ministers

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's efforts to fight money laundering are expected to be front and centre today at a special meeting of federal cabinet ministers and their provincial counterparts to discus...

Jun 13, 2019

Data show alcohol the main cause of substance-related deaths in hospital

VANCOUVER - Heavy drinking landed Dawn Nickel in the emergency department four times - twice for alcohol poisoning and two more times when she took pills with alcohol to try and kill herself. "I had n...

Jun 13, 2019

Victoria police chief hands out hefty fine to driver who flicked lit butt

VICTORIA - A "lit"terbug was issued a hefty fine after Victoria's police chief caught him flicking a cigarette butt out his car window. Chief Const. Del Manak said he was travelling on a highway in hi...

Jun 12, 2019