Category Archives: British Columbia

How Vancouver's urban orcas create connections and community among followers
VANCOUVER - Chatchawan Jaksuwong says he used to feel empty when he looked at the ocean. But after encounters with whales in the urban waters of Vancouver the photographer now feels a deep sense of co...
Jul 18, 2025

B.C. Health Ministry restores drug funding for girl with rare disease
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Minister Josie Osborne says she has reinstated funding for a nine-year-old girl who has an extremely rare disease. Charleigh Pollock has Batten disease, and the dr...
Jul 17, 2025

B.C. limits sales of two more diabetes drugs amid off-label use for weight loss
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Ministry is limiting the sales of two more diabetes drugs to curb their off-label use for weight loss and preserve supply for people who are diabetic. The limits o...
Jul 17, 2025

Country singer Josh Ross, 'American Idol' star Cameron Whitcomb lead CCMA Awards noms
TORONTO - Breakout country singer Josh Ross and "American Idol" star Cameron Whitcomb are the leading nominees heading into this year's Canadian Country Music Association Awards. Both musicians picked...
Jul 17, 2025

Ex-pilot called himself Messiah on climate-change mission, day before alleged Victoria plane hijack
The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver's airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he was a "mes...
Jul 17, 2025

B.C. Premier David Eby reshuffles cabinet to boost economy and jobs
VICTORIA - British Columbia's cabinet has been reworked in what Premier David Eby says is a strategic shift in order to focus on jobs and the economy. Former housing minister Ravi Kahlon takes over as...
Jul 17, 2025

Woman arrested in Langley, B.C., for assault causing severe burns
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley, B.C., say a 25-year-old woman has been charged with an assault that sent another woman to hospital with "severe burns." They previously said officers responded to a repo...
Jul 17, 2025

Man charged with impersonating North Vancouver Mountie
NORTH VANCOUVER - Mounties in North Vancouver say a man has been charged after allegedly pulling over a Tesla and falsely identifying himself as an RCMP officer. They say the man was driving a Ford F-...
Jul 17, 2025

E-scooter injuries are on the rise among both kids and adults, data and doctors say
TORONTO - The Canadian Institute for Health Information says e-scooter injuries are on the rise across the country. "We thought it was really important to shed light on this important topic, given tha...
Jul 17, 2025

Slow and steady progress in decade-long project to save B.C.'s only native turtle
Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't rate the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal." The director of animal care at Greater Vancouver Zoo says that's one reason why Briti...
Jul 17, 2025