British Columbia

Orcas use kelp tools to groom and bond off B.C.'s coast, study suggests

In pricey spas, kelp facials and body wraps can set the esthetically inclined human back hundreds of dollars. But in the Salish Sea off British Columbia, southern resident killer whales are also using...

Jun 23, 2025

Receiver planning sale of Yukon gold mine involved in contaminant release disaster

The court-appointed receiver of a Yukon gold mine that suffered a catastrophic heap-leach facility failure last year said it plans to sell the mine and will be seeking approval within the week to star...

Jun 22, 2025

Possible heavy rain, wet snow and storms in parts of B.C.'s southern Interior

Environment Canada is warning residents of British Columbia's southern Interior of possible heavy rain and thunderstorms as flood risks rise in the region. The weather agency says areas including the ...

Jun 21, 2025

Federal Transportation Minister Freeland 'dismayed' about choice of Chinese shipyard

VICTORIA - Federal Transportation Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is "dismayed" that BC Ferries has contracted a Chinese state-owned shipyard to build four new vessels in the current geopolitical ...

Jun 20, 2025

Life sentence with no parole for 12 years for killer of Chilliwack, B.C., man

CHILLIWACK - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man arrested for murder in January 2023 has been given a life sentence without the chance of parole for 12 years in the death of a man in...

Jun 20, 2025

Control zones set up in Fraser Valley, B.C., after Newcastle disease detected

CHILLIWACK - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has put up controls on the movements of birds around two commercial poultry farms experiencing the first outbreaks of virulent Newcastle disease in Can...

Jun 20, 2025

B.C. Public Safety Minister says program funding targets repeat violent offenders

SURREY - British Columbia's public safety minister says the provincial government is adding another $6 million to a policing initiative targeting repeat violent offenders. Gary Begg says the money for...

Jun 20, 2025

Wildfire of note downgraded in B.C., remains burning out of control

A recent soaking of rain in northeastern British Columbia has helped to remove the one remaining fire out of the so-called wildfire of note category, although the Summit Lake blaze is still labelled a...

Jun 20, 2025

B.C. mall owner's push to buy 25 Hudson's Bay leases faces landlord opposition: docs

TORONTO - New court documents show that the landlords of former Hudson's Bay properties overwhelmingly oppose the department store's sale of leases to a B.C. entrepreneur. The documents filed by a cou...

Jun 19, 2025

B.C. coroner won't call inquest into death of woman, hit by police anti-riot rounds

VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner is taking the unusual step of not calling an inquest into the death of Lisa Rauch, who died after being hit by two plastic bullets fired by a Victoria polic...

Jun 19, 2025