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FORT ST. JOHN - Residents of Old Fort, B.C., are finally able to return home after a landslide last month blocked access to the only road in and out of the community. The Peace River Regional District...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026
VICTORIA - Former British Columbia premier John Horgan didn't like the idea of the Site C dam when he was alive and wouldn't like being named after it in death, but Premier David Eby says the massive ...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026
NANAIMO - Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., are investigating the unrelated drowning deaths of a man and woman in the waters in and around Departure Bay. Police responded to a report to check on the well-bei...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026
British Columbia researchers found more than 200 contaminants in water and chinook salmon tissue samples collected from five sites in the Lower Fraser River estuary including everything from cocaine a...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026
OTTAWA - The B.C. government needs clarity from the Supreme Court of Canada on a landmark mineral rights claim, Premier David Eby says. But the lawyer representing the challenger says that they would ...
The Canadian Press May 21, 2026
VANCOUVER - Fairy Creek anti-logging protesters have won an appeal against a court ruling that denied the certification of their proposed class-action lawsuit against the federal and provincial govern...
The Canadian Press May 20, 2026
CHASE - A man has been rescued after being trapped for two days in his vehicle that crashed on a remote forest service road northeast of Kamloops, B.C. RCMP say the man was reported missing Tuesday an...
The Canadian Press May 20, 2026
MAPLE RIDGE - A four-year-old is in hospital after falling from a second-storey window in Maple Ridge, B.C. Police say the boy was transported via air ambulance on Monday and is currently in stable co...
The Canadian Press May 20, 2026
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Columbia Premier David Eby have agreed to enter negotiations on B.C.'s economic priorities and Ottawa's role in national development projects. Carney...
The Canadian Press May 20, 2026
VANCOUVER - The sounds of Indigenous drums and song bounced off the walls of an East Vancouver banquet hall Tuesday evening as members of British Columbia's Heiltsuk Nation gathered for a traditional ...
The Canadian Press May 19, 2026