British Columbia

Special avalanche warning for central Rockies with 'highly volatile' conditions

Avalanche Canada has issued a public warning for the central Rockies saying there have been several large avalanches over the last two weeks. It says two slides have been fatal and the snowpack "remai...

Mar 21, 2025

Premium Brands reports Q4 profit more than doubles, revenue up

VANCOUVER - Premium Brands Holdings Corp. reported its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled compared with a year earlier as it saw record revenue for the quarter. The specialty food company says it...

Mar 21, 2025

Nearly half of landslides during B.C. disaster linked to logging, wildfire: study

VANCOUVER - A study has found nearly half of the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia's atmospheric river disaster in November 2021 originated in areas that had ...

Mar 21, 2025

Man convicted of manslaughter in 2023 stabbing of teen on Surrey, B.C., bus

Homicide investigators say a man has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2023 stabbing death of a 17-year-old boy on a bus in Surrey, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a sta...

Mar 20, 2025

Fire chief says blaze in Burnaby, B.C., highrise injures 15, three seriously

BURNABY, B.C. - A fire in a highrise in the Metro Vancouver suburb of Burnaby has sent 15 to hospital, three of them with serious injuries. Fire Chief Ian Hetherington says about four dozen firefighte...

Mar 20, 2025

B.C. Wildfire Service sees record number of applications for 2025 season: province

VICTORIA - The British Columbia Wildfire Service has recorded its highest-ever number of applicants ahead of the 2025 season while expanding First Nations recruitment. A statement from the Forests Min...

Mar 20, 2025

One of 126 urban deer tests positive for wasting disease in B.C.

VICTORIA - One of 126 urban deer culled in southeastern British Columbia to determine if they were sick has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The government culled the animals in Cranbrook ...

Mar 20, 2025

Trade war windfall for B.C. food bank — hundreds of kilograms of unsold U.S. produce

The trend toward buying Canadian has created a silver lining for a food bank in Nanaimo, B.C., which has been flooded with hundreds of kilograms of American produce. Peter Sinclair, executive director...

Mar 20, 2025

B.C. Greens want answers about New Democrats' emergency powers legislation

British Columbia's Green Party says the NDP government needs to "explain why" its proposal for broad-reaching emergency cabinet powers is needed before its two members support the legislation. Interim...

Mar 20, 2025

Feds give millions to B.C.'s STEMCELL Technologies and HTEC for facility construction

VANCOUVER - The federal government says it's pumping nearly $100 million into two B.C. firms to support the construction of a hydrogen fuel facility and two "cutting-edge biomanufacturing facilities" ...

Mar 19, 2025