British Columbia

Lab confirms Canada's first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.

Canada's Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country's first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu. The agency says in a st...

Nov 13, 2024

Tributes to John Horgan as B.C. New Democrat members are sworn in

VICTORIA - Former British Columbia premier John Horgan loomed large over the swearing-in ceremony for 47 New Democrat members of the legislature, a day after his death. Before the ceremony, Songhees N...

Nov 13, 2024

Build vaccine stockpile, use wastewater testing for H5N1 bird flu, experts urge

TORONTO - Health Canada has authorized three influenza vaccines that could be used if bird flu became a pandemic, the agency says. The federal government also has an agreement with vaccine manufacture...

Nov 13, 2024

Beetles from B.C. settling in Nova Scotia, taking up the fight to rescue hemlocks

FREDERICTON - The offspring of beetles imported from British Columbia are ready to take up the fight against an invasive insect that is killing hemlock trees in Nova Scotia. Last fall and spring, abou...

Nov 13, 2024

Vancouver officer sexually assaulted colleague, but police group chat targeted victim

VANCOUVER - A disciplinary investigation has found a former Vancouver police sergeant shared "disrespectful" commentary on a fellow officer's court testimony about being sexually assaulted by a collea...

Nov 13, 2024

'Pacific frontal system' moving over B.C. prompts snow, rainfall warnings

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning drivers who intend to travel Highway 3 from the Paulson Summit and Kootenay Pass about hazardous conditions due to "rapidly accumulating snow." It says a Paci...

Nov 13, 2024

RCMP say three men arrested in B.C. have ties to Mexican drug cartels

SURREY, B.C. - RCMP federal investigators have arrested three men in British Columbia they believe are connected to a transnational organized crime group connected to Mexican drug cartels bringing coc...

Nov 13, 2024

Niigaan Sinclair, Jordan Abel among winners of Governor General's Literary Awards

When Niigaan Sinclair pitched his collection of articles to a Toronto publisher, he was told "Wnipk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre" was a "regional book." The Winnipeg-based Anishinaabe ...

Nov 13, 2024

What do you do when a goose dies in your backyard, amid concerns about avian flu?

Carolyn Law didn't think much of it when a snow goose landed in her Richmond, B.C., backyard, on Halloween. But hours later it had barely moved. Then it started bobbing its head repeatedly. About eigh...

Nov 13, 2024

Swearing in ceremonies at B.C. legislature mark start of new political season

VICTORIA - Two newly elected members of British Columbia's Green Party will officially take their seats in the legislature following the first of three swearing-in ceremonies after last month's provin...

Nov 12, 2024