British Columbia

B.C. expands alcohol ban in its liquor stores to all U.S. booze

American beer, wine and all other alcohol is being removed from government stores in British Columbia in retaliation for U.S. tariffs, expanding a ban on liquor from so-called red states that voted fo...

Alex Rawnsley Mar 10, 2025

Eby: B.C. will remove consumer carbon tax as promised once federal barrier is down

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will move as quickly as it can to remove the consumer-based carbon tax once the federal law upholding it is removed. Eby's response co...

Mar 10, 2025

CP NewsAlert: 3 B.C. Conservatives kicked from the party will sit as Independents

VICTORIA - A group of three former B.C. Conservative legislators have announced they will sit as Independents in the provincial legislature. Dallas Brodie was kicked out of the party on Friday over he...

Mar 10, 2025

Port of Vancouver reaches record cargo volumes in 2024 as crude oil exports soar

The Port of Vancouver moved a record amount of goods through its gates last year, an increase fuelled largely by surging oil exports enabled by the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Total freight at ...

Mar 10, 2025

First Nation on Vancouver Island alarmed over fish farm firm's ship that hit a rock

The 'Namgis First Nation on Vancouver Island says it wants a "thorough investigation" into a shipping accident involving a vessel owned by a fish farming company that required help from the Canadian C...

Mar 09, 2025

Musqueam, Ottawa initial self-government agreement

VANCOUVER - The federal Crown-Indigenous relations minister and the chief of the Musqueam Indian Band have initialled an agreement they say brings the band one step closer to self-governance. Minister...

Mar 07, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Two new travel-related measles cases in B.C. as exposure areas increase

Health officials in British Columbia say two new travel-related cases of measles have been confirmed in the Lower Mainland, bringing the recent tally to four. Fraser Health says both infected people t...

Mar 07, 2025

B.C. shipyard awarded $3.15 billion government contract to build icebreaker

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia company has been given a $3.15 billion contract to build one of two icebreaker ships for the Canadian Coast Guard. Public Services and Procurement Canada says in a state...

Mar 07, 2025

Eby says electricity export tariffs similar to Ontario's are not 'priority' for B.C.

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province has no plan to follow Ontario and levy a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Eby says imposing such a fe...

Mar 07, 2025

Feds refuse protection order for southern resident orcas, rejecting ministers' advice

OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting the recommendations of two of its own ministers and refusing to issue an emergency order protecting southern resident killer whales from "imminent threats"...

Mar 07, 2025