Category Archives: British Columbia
Metro Vancouver says population growth is accelerating and will hit 4 million by 2045
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver's projected population growth is accelerating, with an average of 50,000 new residents expected per year. That's 40 per cent higher than the previous projection under a "me...
Dec 18, 2024
Winter storm brings heavy rain then snowfall warnings to B.C.
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says a moisture-laden Pacific front weather system that pelted coastal regions with rain on Tuesday will bring snow to parts of the southern B.C. Interior. The weather o...
Dec 18, 2024
A list of the 88 new appointees to the Order of Canada
OTTAWA - Governor General Mary Simon has made 88 new appointments to the Order of Canada. Here is the list of notable Canadians: Companion Pierre Boivin - Montreal (This is a promotion within the orde...
Dec 18, 2024
Boater clinging to capsized skiff rescued by B.C. ferry near terminal
TSAWWASSEN, B.C. - A British Columbia ferry had to be diverted to rescue a person clinging to their overturned boat near a ferry terminal on Monday. BC Ferries says the Joint Rescue Coordination Centr...
Dec 17, 2024
Two Saanich, B.C., police officers charged with sexual assault
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say two Central Saanich Police officers have been charged with sexual assault after an investigation into alleged unlawful sexual contact with a woman they met while on du...
Dec 17, 2024
B.C.'s projected deficit grows again to $9.4 billion in latest fiscal update
British Columbia's forecasted record deficit for this fiscal year has grown by another $429 million, reaching $9.4 billion. The province unveiled the latest quarterly update, the first under new Finan...
Dec 17, 2024
Wind, snow, rain to pummel parts of B.C. again as search goes on for missing person
VANCOUVER - Another storm is rolling off the Pacific, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to British Columbia's coast and a blanket of snow to the Interior. It comes as the search continues for a per...
Dec 17, 2024
Eight-year-old boy hit by vehicle in school parking lot in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - An eight-year-old boy is in hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle in Nanaimo, B.C. RCMP say it happened in a school parking lot just before eight on Tuesday morni...
Dec 17, 2024
Poilievre hails B.C. byelection win for Conservatives as Liberal vote collapses
LANGLEY, B.C. - Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is hailing a decisive British Columbia byelection victory in Cloverdale-Langley City, where Tamara Jansen has won with about two-thirds of ...
Dec 17, 2024
Historic plane's final trip to U.S. interrupted by emergency landing near Victoria
VICTORIA - A rare and historic water bomber that was on its final journey from British Columbia to a museum in Arizona was forced to make an emergency landing near Victoria due to mechanical issues. T...
Dec 16, 2024