British Columbia

B.C. company sanctioned by U.S. Treasury Department wants Health Canada licences back

VANCOUVER - A chemical firm based in Port Coquitlam, B.C., claims Health Canada wrongfully cancelled its licences to make natural health products after being sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department...

Sep 27, 2024

Tribal Police officer charged with voyeurism in Whistler, B.C.

WHISTLER, B.C. - Mounties in the resort town of Whistler, B.C., say a Tribal Police officer has been charged with three counts of voyeurism for allegedly filming sexual acts with women without their c...

Sep 26, 2024

Wasp in fatal encounter with David Eby on B.C. campaign trail

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - British Columbia NDP leader David Eby has been upstaged by a wasp that flew down his shirt and stung him during a news conference. Eby was delivering remarks in Chilliwack on Thursd...

Sep 26, 2024

Grand Forks, B.C., remains on alert due to Washington State wildfire

GRAND FORKS, B.C. - The wildfire that prompted a now-rescinded evacuation order for the community of Grand Forks, B.C., has grown to about four square kilometres in size. That's up from two square kil...

Sep 26, 2024

Advocates say fate of B.C. public health hangs on election

A health-care advocacy group wants to know where British Columbia politicians stand on six key issues ahead of an election it says will decide the future of public health in the province. The BC Healt...

Sep 26, 2024

How much have consumer costs risen in B.C. since 2017, the year NDP came to power?

British Columbia's high cost of living has made it a pivotal issue in the provincial election on Oct. 19. Here is a look at changes in components of the consumer price index in British Columbia since ...

Sep 26, 2024

Party leaders of different stripes seem to agree on involuntary addiction treatment

FREDERICTON - As they both campaign for re-election, the premiers of British Columbia and New Brunswick appear to agree on one controversial issue: involuntary care for those with severe drug addictio...

Sep 26, 2024

Rising prices pinch B.C. households. Political parties feel the pressure, too

VANCOUVER - In the seven years since the NDP came to power in British Columbia, food prices have jumped by almost 30 per cent. Rent and transport costs are up by about a quarter, while the cost of fil...

Sep 26, 2024

Evacuation orders near Grand Forks, B.C., as U.S. wildfire threatens to cross border

GRAND FORKS, B.C. - Tactical evacuations are underway outside the B.C. southern Interior town of Grand Forks, as an out-of-control wildfire in Washington state surges north and threatens to cross the ...

Sep 25, 2024

B.C. helicopter pilot sick with fever in days before fatal crash, report finds

RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says a helicopter pilot killed in a crash in British Columbia almost two years ago was sick in the days leading up to the accident and reported "shiver...

Sep 25, 2024