Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. premier wants to better understand bail reform failing in woman's murder
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's premier says the province worked with the federal government to change its bail rules, so he is not sure why a man with a long and violent criminal history was releas...
Jul 09, 2024
B.C. to provide more funding for new medical school, founding dean appointed
SURREY, B.C. - Premier David Eby says the province is providing millions more in funding for the new medical school at Simon Fraser University in Surrey, B.C., that aims to start classes in September ...
Jul 09, 2024
Fort Nelson First Nation orders remote B.C. site evacuated by boat due to wildfire
FORT NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The Fort Nelson First Nation in northeast British Columbia has issued a wildfire evacuation order for a remote riverside reserve, telling residents and visitors...
Jul 09, 2024
Residents of Merritt, B.C., told to conserve water as city well has 'major failure'
MERRITT, B.C. - There has been a "major failure" in a well in Merritt, B.C., prompting the city to ask its residents to stop all non-essential water use. The city says in a statement that the failure ...
Jul 09, 2024
Daily heat records tumble in B.C., temperatures in southern Interior to remain high
More daily temperature records have fallen in British Columbia, with temperatures forecast to remain in the high 30s for the rest of the week in much of the southern Interior. A summary from Environme...
Jul 09, 2024
Western Canada heat wave to stretch into Saskatchewan, then Manitoba
A blistering heat wave is moving across Western Canada, pushing record temperatures and the threat of wildfires into Saskatchewan today. Environment Canada meteorologist Jennifer Smith says a ridge of...
Jul 09, 2024
Three bodies recovered from B.C. park where mountaineers went missing: RCMP
SQUAMISH, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Mounties in Squamish, B.C., say three bodies have been recovered from the area of Garibaldi Provincial Park where three mountaineers went missing last month. In a statemen...
Jul 08, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protest camp at UBC has been dismantled
VANCOUVER - A pro-Palestinian protest camp that had occupied a sports field at the University of British Columbia's Vancouver campus for more than two months has been dismantled. Dozens of tents had b...
Jul 08, 2024
Four dead after crash involving semi-trailer carrying timber in B.C.'s West Kootenays
NEW DENVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Mounties in British Columbia's West Kootenay region say four people are dead after a crash that closed a stretch of Highway 6 for 11 hours. Slocan Lake RCMP say it happe...
Jul 08, 2024
Scorching summer heat hits Canada, remnants of hurricane Beryl on the way
Sweltering summer weather blanketed much of the country Monday, with Environment Canada issuing heat warnings for parts of eight provinces and the Northwest Territories. In British Columbia, a record-...
Jul 08, 2024