Category Archives: British Columbia

'Support better care': Advocates argue need for mental health emergency service
Khalil Dorival knows what it's like to feel lonely. The Toronto-based mental health advocate has struggled with social anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts. "I really suffered in silence, and I u...
Jan 04, 2025

Person killed after being struck by train in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Mounties in Chilliwack, B.C., say a person was struck and killed by a train near an overpass in the city early this morning. They say officers responded to a report of a pedestrian ...
Jan 03, 2025

Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by Telegraph Cove fire
It takes years to rebuild a whale. Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the boardwalk of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Islan...
Jan 03, 2025

Cable ferries in B.C. Kootenays sailing on schedule despite escalating strike threat
VICTORIA - Cable ferries serving tiny communities in British Columbia's Kootenay region are providing regular scheduled service today despite the threat of an escalating strike that could cut sailings...
Jan 03, 2025

Uptick in Vancouver home sales last month caps 'pivot year' for market: board
VANCOUVER - Greater Vancouver home sales rose 31.2 per cent on a year-over-year basis in December, capping a "pivot year" for the market where the number of homes that changed hands in the region tick...
Jan 03, 2025

2024 was Vancouver's wettest year so far this century: Environment Canada data
VANCOUVER - Vancouver lived up to its soggy reputation last year, with Environment Canada data showing 2024 was the city's wettest year so far this century. Meteorologist Chris Doyle says more than 1,...
Jan 03, 2025

Case of B.C. teen with avian flu shows 'worrisome' mutation of virus
Infectious disease experts say the avian flu case that infected a 13-year-old in British Columbia shows "worrisome" signs that the virus could be mutating to more easily infect humans, but that the tr...
Jan 02, 2025

Up, down, unchanged? Here's how home values fared across B.C. in new assessments
Here's a look at how average residential property valuations changed in communities across B.C., in new data released by BC Assessment, based on the market situation on July 1, 2024. --- LOWER MAINLAN...
Jan 02, 2025

Canada primed for more severe wildfire days, driven by dry forest fuel: study
A new study suggests Canadian forests are increasingly primed for severe wildfires, underlining the pressing need to proactively mitigate the increased threat posed by climate change. The study by Can...
Jan 02, 2025

B.C. property values flat across much of province, especially in urban centres
British Columbia's latest property assessments show values have been relatively flat in many parts of the province, especially major urban areas such as Vancouver, Victoria and Kelowna. BC Assessment ...
Jan 02, 2025