British Columbia

BC United Leader Kevin Falcon loses another candidate to Rustad's Conservatives

VICTORIA - BC United Leader Kevin Falcon has lost another member of his election team to British Columbia's Conservative Party. Business leader and former District of Sechelt councillor Chris Moore an...

Jun 19, 2024

Orphaned B.C. sea otter pup in critical condition, receiving 24-hour care

VANCOUVER - Animal rescuers at the Vancouver Aquarium say an orphaned sea otter pup is receiving 24-hour care to "ensure her survival," after it was found in critical condition. The Vancouver Aquarium...

Jun 19, 2024

Coalition of drug user groups wants court to quash B.C. drug 'recriminalization'

VANCOUVER - A coalition of drug user advocacy groups is taking the federal government to court, claiming the decision to recriminalize public drug possession in British Columbia puts users at increase...

Jun 19, 2024

Health firm settles with B.C. medical commission on extra-billing for health services

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Medical Services Commission says it has reached an agreement with a Vancouver company over allegations that it was extra-billing for health care paid for by the public sy...

Jun 19, 2024

LNG company plans to use 'floatel' near Squamish, B.C., without local permit

SQUAMISH, B.C. - The company behind a natural gas project near Squamish, B.C., has withdrawn its application for a local permit to house workers in a converted cruise ship, and is instead pressing ahe...

Jun 19, 2024

Neighbourly Pharmacy acquires six pharmacies across Canada

TORONTO - Neighbourly Pharmacy Inc. says it has acquired six pharmacies across Canada. Financial terms of the deals were not immediately available. The company says it has acquired five locations in S...

Jun 19, 2024

Federal government decision expected on controversial B.C. fish farms

OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to announce the way forward for fish farms along British Columbia's coast. The ocean-pen aquaculture operations have been a flashpoint between First Nations...

Jun 19, 2024

Body of second missing cousin found in Dawson Creek, B.C.

DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - Mounties in Dawson Creek, B.C., say they have identified human remains discovered in April as belonging to Darylyn Supernant, who was among four people to vanish from the area sin...

Jun 18, 2024

Police say shoplifting started at new B.C. store 40 minutes after first opening

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Police say a new grocery store in Prince George, B.C., has been hit by a spate of shoplifting that began 40 minutes after it opened its doors for the first time. The Buy-Low Food...

Jun 18, 2024

B.C.'s 'war in the woods' battlegrounds to be permanently protected

VICTORIA - Forests that were environmental and Indigenous rights battlegrounds over clearcut logging during British Columbia's "war in the woods" in the 1980s and 1990s are set to receive permanent pr...

Jun 18, 2024