British Columbia

Minister says dozens of firefighters from Alberta and B.C. to deploy in California

OTTAWA - Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says dozens of firefighters from Alberta and British Columbia will help fight wildfires in California, and the federal government is co-ordinatin...

Jan 12, 2025

Florence Girard was 55 pounds when she starved in home-share. Her sister wants change

The sister of a British Columbia woman with Down syndrome who starved to death in a Port Coquitlam home in 2018 says she believes more people will die if systemic changes aren't made to how people wit...

Jan 12, 2025

B.C. fire crews sent to fight Los Angeles wildfire: forests minister

British Columbia's forests minister says a crew from the province's wildfire service left for California Saturday afternoon to help battle the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area. Ravi Parmar says...

Jan 11, 2025

Former B.C. premier says she 'misspoke' when claiming she was never a Conservative

OTTAWA - Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark, who is considering a run for federal Liberal leader, has backtracked on her claim this week that she'd never been a member of the Conservative p...

Jan 11, 2025

West Kelowna fire chief says L.A. devastation a haunting reminder of B.C. blaze

The fire chief of a British Columbia community devastated by a fast-moving wildfire in 2023 says it's "haunting" to see similar circumstances playing out in Southern California. Jason Brolund, the fir...

Jan 11, 2025

Liberal leadership race: A look at the potential candidates

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade and their shortest in the party's modern history to replace Justin Trudeau. He announced Jan. 6 that he will...

Jan 10, 2025

Man dies after falling into a sinkhole while skiing at resort in southeast B.C.

FERNIE, B.C. - A skier has died after falling into what police say was a snow sinkhole at the Fernie Alpine Resort in British Columbia's East Kootenay region. RCMP say in a statement that an ambulance...

Jan 10, 2025

Flu driving spike in respiratory illness in B.C., but COVID-19 numbers low

VANCOUVER - New data shared by British Columbia's Centre for Disease Control shows the province has one of the worst flu rates in Canada, as a holiday-season spike in respiratory illnesses continues. ...

Jan 09, 2025

'Incalculably small' amount of diesel visible at site of 8,000-litre B.C. spill

Aerial surveillance over an area where thousands of litres of diesel was spilled last month off Vancouver Island shows most of the fuel is no longer visible on the water. An update from officials mana...

Jan 09, 2025

U.S. Capitol rioter arrested in B.C. ski resort after claiming political asylum

WHISTLER, B.C. - An American man convicted for his part in the riot on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has been arrested in the ski resort of Whistler, B.C. The Canada Border Services Agency says in a stat...

Jan 09, 2025