British Columbia

B.C. First Nation to develop salmon hatchery with Fisheries Department

VANCOUVER - The Tsilhqot'in National Government in British Columbia says it has formed a "historic partnership" with the federal Fisheries Department to develop a permanent salmon conservation hatcher...

Dec 11, 2024

Union in B.C. port dispute seeks judicial review of federal back-to-work order

VANCOUVER - The union representing British Columbia port supervisors in a dispute with their employers has applied for a judicial review of federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon's decision last mon...

Dec 10, 2024

Passenger from B.C. had 10 kg of Christmas-wrapped meth: New Zealand border agency

VANCOUVER - New Zealand's border agency says a woman is in custody after arriving on a flight from Vancouver with more than 10 kilograms of methamphetamine wrapped as Christmas presents. The New Zeala...

Dec 10, 2024

Parkland produces first batch of low carbon jet fuel made in Canada

VANCOUVER - The first commercial batch of made-in-Canada low-carbon aviation fuel sourced from non-food grade canola and tallow has been produced and quickly purchased. Fuel retailer Parkland Corp. sa...

Dec 10, 2024

Eight-year-old killed after crash with snowplow near Castlegar, B.C.

CASTLEGAR, B.C. - Police in British Columbia's southern Interior say a crash between an SUV and a snowplow dump truck has killed an eight-year-old boy. A statement from the RCMP's highway patrol divis...

Dec 10, 2024

National rent prices decline year-over-year to 15-month low: report

TORONTO - A new report says average asking rents fell nationally on a year-over-year basis to $2,139 in November, marking a 15-month low. The monthly report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation finds averag...

Dec 10, 2024

Fifteen fisheries charges laid a decade after Mount Polley dam breached in B.C.

VICTORIA - Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than a decade after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 ...

Dec 10, 2024

Sturko refuses to meet former police board vice-chair, defying B.C. Opposition leader

VANCOUVER - B.C. Conservative public safety critic Elenore Sturko is refusing to meet a former Vancouver Police Board vice-chair in defiance of the wishes of party leader John Rustad and a group of co...

Dec 10, 2024

BC Coroners Service sees 'significant decline' in drug deaths, but reason unclear

VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded its lowest monthly number of illicit drug overdose deaths in more than four years, part of what the BC Coroners Service says is a "significant decline" in fata...

Alex Rawnsley Dec 10, 2024

Jerry Seinfeld, Kumail Nanjiani among headliners at Just For Laughs Vancouver

VANCOUVER - Jerry Seinfeld is among the big names set to headline Just For Laughs Vancouver. The comedy festival announced its lineup Tuesday morning. In addition to Seinfeld, who's due to perform twi...

Dec 10, 2024