British Columbia

Studies on B.C. safer supply emerge, finding different answers to different questions

VANCOUVER - Peer-reviewed research is emerging about the possible impacts of British Columbia's safer supply program, which provides prescription alternatives to toxic illicit drugs, with two studies ...

Apr 11, 2024

Two dead in northern B.C. First Nation, suspect hurt after standoff with police

TSAY KEH DENE, B.C. - Two people are dead after a reported shooting in a northern B.C. First Nation. Mounties in the community of Tsay Keh Dene, roughly 360 kilometres north of Prince George, responde...

Apr 10, 2024

B.C. plans law allowing police to arrest or ticket over school disruptions

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has introduced legislation that it says will put in place 20-metre access zones around schools to protect students from disruptive behaviour, including aggre...

Apr 10, 2024

Strawberries in space: North Vancouver firm wins $380,000 with out-of-this-world menu

VANCOUVER - Space food doesn't have to mean Tang and pured meat in a tube, with a North Vancouver company instead coming up with a menu including mushroom bacon and fresh strawberries to win a contest...

Apr 10, 2024

Punk rock drummer Jon Card dead at 63, played with SNFU, D.O.A. and the Subhumans

VANCOUVER - Drummer Jon Card, who played stints with Canadian punk rockers D.O.A., SNFU, The Subhumans and Personality Crisis, has died at the age of 63 in Vancouver. Card was a staple in the Canadian...

Apr 10, 2024

Unifor applies to represent two Amazon fulfilment centres in Metro Vancouver

VANCOUVER - Unifor says it has filed two applications to represent Vancouver-area Amazon workers with the B.C. Labour Relations Board. The union says it's filed applications for two Amazon fulfilment ...

Apr 10, 2024

B.C. has lowest snowpack on record, drought a concern: BC River Forecast Centre

VANCOUVER - A hydrologist with British Columbia's River Forecast Centre says the April snow survey shows the lowest snowpack on record in the province. Jonathan Boyd says the snowpack is 63 per cent o...

Apr 10, 2024

B.C. building code to allow mass timber in buildings up to 18 storeys, up from 12

VANCOUVER - The use of mass timber in British Columbia is moving up and expanding to schools, libraries and other construction. The province says it's making building-code changes allowing for the use...

Apr 10, 2024

B.C. makes it easier to salvage timber damaged by wildfires

VICTORIA - The B.C. government says it's making it easier for forestry companies to salvage timber damaged by wildfires. Sustainable Forestry Innovation Minister Andrew Mercier says in a statement tha...

Apr 10, 2024

Canfor closing Jackson mill as part of restructuring in Alabama

VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. is closing its Jackson mill in southern Alabama at the end of June as part of a restructuring of its operations in the state. The forestry company says as part of the changes ...

Apr 10, 2024