British Columbia

Ex-pilot called himself messiah on climate-change mission, day before alleged 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

No tsunami threat to B.C. after 7.3 earthquake off Alaska's panhandle

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's emergency information agency says there is no tsunami threat to the province after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake rattled Alaska's panhandle. The all-clear for B.C.'s coast ...

Jul 16, 2025

B.C. health minister praises U.S. recruitment, says 780 applications in 2 months

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's health minister says the province has received almost 780 job applications from qualified American health professionals as part of its recruitment campaign. Josie Osborn...

Jul 16, 2025

Air-traffic conversation suggests suspected B.C. hijacking was 'some type of protest'

VANCOUVER - A conversation involving a Vancouver International Airport air traffic controller suggests the alleged hijacking of a small aircraft that temporarily stopped landings on Tuesday may have b...

Jul 16, 2025

Surveyor working east of Mission, B.C., hit and killed by dump truck

HATZIC - Police in Mission, B.C., say a 48-year-old Abbotsford man has been killed after being hit by a "fully loaded" dump truck while doing surveying work east of the city. RCMP the man was working ...

Jul 16, 2025

Carney confirms possibility of lumber quotas in trade deal with the United States

HAMILTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney says any future trade deal with the United States could include "some element of managed trade," including quotas, on softwood lumber exports. Carney's comments c...

Jul 16, 2025

B.C. First Nation says plan to move Tex the grizzly was underway before it was killed

TEXADA ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A First Nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says it is "deeply saddened" by the shooting death of a grizzly bear on Texada Island this week. The Tla'amin Firs...

Jul 16, 2025

'Big relief': Alerts lifted on multiple B.C. wildfires

British Columbia's Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has rescinded multiple evacuation alerts as the threat from a series of wildfires appears to have passed. The August Lake wildfire near Pri...

Jul 15, 2025

RCMP arrest alleged hijacker at Vancouver airport after airspace shut down

RICHMOND - RCMP say they've arrested the pilot of a small aircraft that was allegedly hijacked from Victoria and flown to Vancouver International Airport, where other flights had to be temporarily hal...

Jul 15, 2025

Advocate says progress being made since B.C. child torture death, more work required

British Columbia's representative for children and youth says some progress is being made to improve the child welfare system, but she's concerned "fiscal limitations" will prevent timely help from ge...

Jul 15, 2025