Category Archives: British Columbia

CP NewsAlert: B.C. to get about $3.5 billion in tobacco lawsuit settlement
VICTORIA - British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma says B.C.'s share of a landmark settlement for health damages from the big tobacco firms will be about $3.5 billion. It's part of a $32.5-billi...
Mar 06, 2025

B.C. Conservative attacks 'super angry' Indigenous colleague over residential schools
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition attorney general critic has railed against members of her own party in a row over residential schools, including a "super angry" Indigenous colleague she says ...
Mar 06, 2025

CP NewsAlert: B.C. to toll U.S. trucks travelling to Alaska through province
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province will introduce legislation in the coming days that would give it the ability to levy fees on commercial trucks travelling from the Unite...
Mar 06, 2025

B.C. signs $670-million pharmacare agreement with federal government
The British Columbia and federal governments have signed a four-year, $670-million pharmacare agreement, giving universal access to contraceptive and diabetes medications. The plan will support nearly...
Mar 06, 2025

Shots over the bow: Why provinces are using liquor leverage in trade war with U.S.
VANCOUVER - The dozens of Kentucky bourbons listed on the BC Liquor Stores website range from a two-ounce bottle of Maker's Mark, priced at $5.29, to a $2,400 bottle of Woodford Reserve, aged in cogna...
Mar 06, 2025

Another earthquake felt on B.C.'s south coast, third in two weeks
VICTORIA - Another earthquake has shaken Victoria, becoming at least the third felt in British Columbia's capital in less than two weeks. Earthquakes Canada says the magnitude 3.9 earthquake occurred ...
Mar 05, 2025

Eby says B.C. making contingency plans to reduce reliance on U.S. electricity
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the government is making contingency plans to reduce the province's reliance on electricity from the United States after the start of the continental...
Mar 05, 2025

Vancouver police say officer slashed while on patrol, man faces multiple charges
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say an officer on patrol was slashed on the leg with an "edged weapon" in the city's Downtown Eastside. A statement from the Vancouver Police Department says the office...
Mar 05, 2025

Three-year-old child dies in pedestrian accident in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - RCMP in Chilliwack, B.C., say a three-year-old child has died in a "tragic motor vehicle collision." Police say the child was a pedestrian at the intersection of Vedder and Petewawa...
Mar 05, 2025

Five years after COVID upended tourism, the industry's revival is still up in the air
MONTREAL - Michael Hale still recalls the moment COVID-19 upended his world. "I can feel this pit in my stomach even as I recount that day," said the CEO of Northern Vision Development, which owns sev...
Mar 05, 2025