British Columbia

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

B.C. finance minister to speak to business group a day after budget amid tariffs

VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister is starting to sell her budget to the public complete with a record deficit in the early days of a trade war with the United States. Brenda Bailey is exp...

Mar 05, 2025

Former B.C. MLA Mike de Jong ousted from federal Conservative nomination race

Former B.C. finance minister Mike de Jong says he's been told by the Conservative Party of Canada that he is no longer in the running to be a candidate for the party in the next federal election. He s...

Mar 04, 2025

What people have to say about B.C.'s budget as the U.S. applies tariffs

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government released a budget Tuesday with Finance Minister Brenda Bailey saying it defends the province from an unfolding North American trade war triggered by U.S. Pre...

Mar 04, 2025

B.C. budget brings record deficit, billions in trade-war contingencies

The days leading up to British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey's first budget had been a blur, she said, each "blended into the other" as she and her staff tried to keep up with unspooling dev...

Mar 04, 2025

Groups say B.C.’s tariff budget is defensive, with an economic growth plan needed

VICTORIA - Industry and labour groups say the British Columbia government is hunkering down in its budget in response to the tariffs from United States, but it should be more clear on how it plans to ...

Mar 04, 2025

By the numbers as British Columbia releases its 2025 budget

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Finance Minister Brenda Bailey has handed down a budget she says will defend the province against "unjustified" U.S. tariffs. Here's a look at some of the budget's key nu...

Mar 04, 2025

Gang-related homicide investigators deployed to Surrey, B.C., after shooting

SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's Homicide Investigation Team has been deployed to Surrey after a fatal "targeted, brazen shooting" earlier this week. Police say officers with the Surrey Police Servic...

Mar 04, 2025

'Team Rustad' prevails at B.C. Conservative AGM, leader says difference is strength

NANAIMO, B.C. - "Team Rustad" has prevailed at the B.C. Conservatives' first annual general meeting since storming into the province's mainstream political scene in last year's election and becoming t...

Mar 04, 2025