British Columbia

Equinox Gold signs all-stock deal worth about $2.6B to acquire Calibre Mining

VANCOUVER - Equinox Gold Corp. has signed an all-stock deal to acquire Calibre Mining Corp. and its Valentine gold mine in Newfoundland and Labrador in a proposal that values the company at about $2.6...

Feb 24, 2025

Pamela Anderson is back and busier than ever: 'I hope people don't get sick of me'

Pamela Anderson recently watched "Barb Wire" for the very first time. The B.C.-born actor says her son had asked if she'd ever seen the 1996 dystopian action flick - her first starring role in a movie...

Feb 24, 2025

B.C. Conservative MLA backs lawyer in residential school row with Law Society

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Opposition attorney general critic is questioning the "apparent mistreatment" of a lawyer after he asked for the rewording of Law Society training material about residen...

Feb 24, 2025

Gusts reaching 80 km/h expected in Victoria, parts of Metro Vancouver

VANCOUVER - Heavy rain over the weekend brought more than 100 millimetres of precipitation to parts of British Columbia's South Coast while gusts reaching 80 kilometres an hour are in the forecast. En...

Feb 23, 2025

B.C. earthquake triggers concerns over sporadic alerts from national warning system

Southwestern British Columbia is recovering from the shock of Friday's earthquake, which has triggered some concern about the consistency and timing of alerts sent to residents. A federal seismologist...

Alex Rawnsley Feb 22, 2025

High avalanche risk in parts of B.C. coast due to rain, winds and warm temperatures

VANCOUVER - Heavy rain, high winds and warm temperatures along British Columbia's south coast are creating dangerous avalanche conditions on slopes across the region this weekend. Avalanche Canada say...

Feb 22, 2025

Burnaby Now, New Westminster Record, Tri-City News set to close in B.C.

Glacier Media has announced the upcoming closure of three Metro Vancouver community news websites. A statement posted online says Burnaby Now and the New Westminster Record will close no later than Ap...

Feb 21, 2025

Rain and possible snow melt set off high-water warnings for parts of B.C.

VANCOUVER - A series of wet weather systems bringing rain and a warming trend has prompted high streamflow advisories for waterways on B.C.'s south coast and the lower half of Vancouver Island. Enviro...

Feb 21, 2025

RCMP conduct board rejects claim that calling officers 'three amigos' showed bias

A police conduct board has decided not to recuse itself from a hearing for three British Columbia RCMP officers who are facing possible dismissal over alleged racist group chats. Wes Dutcher-Walls, a ...

Feb 21, 2025

B.C. plans 'substantive changes' for interprovincial trade

VICTORIA - British Columbia's economic development minister says the government plans to enter next week's meeting with other provinces prepared to make "substantive changes" to its interprovincial tr...

Feb 21, 2025