British Columbia

B.C. tribunal upholds condo fines against couple for doorbell camera insults

RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia's Civil Resolution Tribunal has upheld $800 in fines issued by a strata corporation against a Richmond, B.C., couple for yelling "profanity and insults" through their...

Jul 29, 2024

Coast Guard fines owner $13,500 after failure to remove 'hazardous' vessel

GOLD RIVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A British Columbia boat owner has been fined $13,500 after failing to remove the partially sunken vessel from a bay along the coast of Vancouver Island. Fisheries and Oc...

Jul 29, 2024

Two dead in crash of 'homebuilt amphibious' plane near Merritt, B.C.

MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Police say two people are dead after an amateur-built plane crashed north of the Merritt, B.C. airport, about 270 kilometres northeast of Vancouver. Merritt RCMP say emerge...

Jul 29, 2024

Province funds battery research centre at University of B.C.

KELOWNA, B.C. - The University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus is set to receive a $2 million investment by the province to start a battery innovation centre. The Ministry of Energy, Mines and L...

Jul 29, 2024

Work continues on six significant wildfires near B.C.'s Slocan Lake

The incident commander in charge of the fight to control six wildfires in British Columbia's Slocan Lake region says changing weather conditions in the area pose a challenge for crews. Jason Lawler, i...

Alex Rawnsley Jul 29, 2024

Slocan region in interior B.C. evacuated due to multiple wildfires

A small town in the B.C. interior has been evacuated due to wildfires raging nearby. The Regional District of Central Kootenay issued a statement Saturday night issued an evacuation order for the vill...

Jul 28, 2024

Vancouver police investigating homicide after two men shot in vehicle

VANCOUVER - Vancouver police are investigating a suspected homicide after two men were shot in a vehicle, which then collided with two other vehicles. A statement says police were called just before 9...

Jul 27, 2024

B.C. tree fruit grower co-operative shuts down after 88 years, citing low volume

OKANAGAN, B.C. - A British Columbia co-operative that has been selling and promoting the province's fruit for the last 88 years is shutting down. In a letter sent to members Friday and obtained by The...

Jul 27, 2024

Crews make 'good progress' fighting fire that destroyed six homes near Golden, B.C.

The BC Wildfire Service says crews are "making good progress" containing a 55-square-kilometre wildfire near Golden, B.C., that destroyed as many as six homes in the region earlier this week. The Dogt...

Jul 27, 2024

Department of Fisheries untangles gear from humpback whale off B.C.'s coast

VANCOUVER - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has successfully untangled fishing gear on a humpback whale off British Columbia's coast that was first spotted by a ferry passenger. Paul Cottrell, the...

Jul 26, 2024