Category Archives: British Columbia
Ammonia leak at B.C. ice rink triggers shelter-in-place order, but no one hurt
LANGLEY - The City of Langley says an ammonia gas leak at an ice rink that triggered a shelter-in-place order has not resulted in any injuries. The city says the order was lifted early Friday afternoo...
Jun 19, 2026
Environment Canada cancels tornado watch for Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE - A tornado watch issued Friday for a section of central B.C. that includes Prince George has ended. Environment Canada had said conditions were ripe for severe thunderstorms that could ...
Jun 19, 2026
Red Chris mine in B.C. expands with safety in mind after previous collapse
VANCOUVER - The operator of the Red Chris gold and copper mine in northwestern B.C. says it is applying safety lessons learned from a collapse last year that trapped three workers to a planned expansi...
Jun 19, 2026
B.C. approves block-caving for Red Chris Mine, site where three workers were trapped
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved an amended environment assessment certificate for block-caving at the Red Chris Mine, the same site where three workers were trapped last July. ...
Jun 18, 2026
Federal and B.C. governments to pay $200M for Tumbler Ridge school and health centre
VANCOUVER - The federal and British Columbia governments have announced billions of dollars in combined investments to spur housing development and update infrastructure, including building a new high...
Jun 18, 2026
Confusion spreads as Ottawa defends orders to surrender citizenship certificates
OTTAWA - The immigration department says it's working "as quickly as possible" to resolve questions about citizenship by descent claims - even as some claimants say they did everything Ottawa asked th...
Jun 18, 2026
Evacuation alert over West Kelowna wildfire lifted, state of emergency over
WEST KELOWNA - Emergency officials in West Kelowna, B.C., say an evacuation alert covering 742 homes has been lifted and the community is no longer under a local state of emergency. Central Okanagan E...
Jun 18, 2026
Man convicted of shooting at pop star AP Dhillon's B.C. home is ordered deported
OTTAWA - A man convicted of arson and firing a gun at Indo-Canadian pop star AP Dhillon's British Columbia home in 2024 has been ordered deported from Canada. The Immigration and Refugee Board of Cana...
Jun 18, 2026
MPs head home for summer break after Liberals pass contentious lawful access bill
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament have wrapped up a spring sitting in the House of Commons that stretched over six months and saw the Liberals use their new majority powers to limit debate and push throu...
Jun 18, 2026
Montreal group proposes new downtown tower for NATO defence bank
QUBEC - Montreal's business community is coming together to sweeten the pot in the city's bid to host a multinational defence bank, offering several floors in a planned downtown tower for the highly s...
Jun 18, 2026