British Columbia

Media consortium seeks Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting documents

VANCOUVER - A consortium of media outlets has gone to court in British Columbia to obtain information about guns used in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting and the firearms seized from the home of the at...

The Canadian Press Jul 10, 2026

Veteran mediator Vince Ready to step in to try to end B.C. nurses' dispute

PRINCE GEORGE - Two mediators have been appointed to help settle the British Columbia nurses' dispute but that won't stop the nurses from escalating their job action. Adriane Gear, president of the BC...

The Canadian Press Jul 10, 2026

Visitor fought B.C. wildfire with frying pan. But it became an inferno

BOSTON BAR - Fernando Balanta says he was on a trip to the landfill in Boston Bar, B.C., on July 2 when the journey took a surreal turn. He and others found themselves trying to extinguish a fire that...

The Canadian Press Jul 10, 2026

Second boat was with B.C. charter before fatal sinking, raising rescue questions

RICHMOND - Top Vancouver Fishing Charter company took to social media on June 28 to brag about how its two vessels had gone out together and would head back to port with a haul of fish. "This is what ...

The Canadian Press Jul 10, 2026

Amber Alert for six-year-old Alberta boy expands to all of B.C., most of N.W.T.

GRANDE PRAIRIE - RCMP say the search for an Alberta boy has been expanded to all of B.C. and into much of the Northwest Territories or the Yukon. Mounties near the Alberta-B.C. boundary issued an Ambe...