British Columbia

Wildfire prompts evacuation orders near Spences Bridge, B.C., as hot spell continues

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued an evacuation order for 76 properties in the Venables Valley area north of Spences Bridge, B.C., due to the out-of-control Shetland Creek wildfire. The...

Alex Rawnsley Jul 18, 2024

A decade after Insite, drug policy landscape is still being shaped in B.C.

VANCOUVER - In 2021, the Vancouver-based Drug User Liberation Front approached Health Canada with a proposal. It wanted permission to buy heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine on the dark web, before ha...

Jul 18, 2024

B.C. braces for more wildfire activity with thunderstorms in the forecast

British Columbia's wildfire service says it's on the lookout for a surge in wildfire activity as hot weather continues with thunderstorms and wind in the forecast. The service's latest bulletin says s...

Jul 17, 2024

Heat warnings spread in B.C. as records tumble in second heat wave for July

VANCOUVER - Heat warnings have expanded across a broad swath of British Columbia, a day after temperatures reached into the low 40s in the Interior and daily heat records tumbled. Twenty-five heat ale...

Jul 17, 2024

Second abandoned sea otter pup rescued in B.C. in less than a month

TOFINO, B.C. - A second abandoned sea otter has been rescued in B.C. waters, marking the first time the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society has had to take care of two fragile pups at the ...

Jul 17, 2024

B.C. pledges support for court challenge over equalization, mulls its own claim

HALIFAX - British Columbia's premier says his government is providing "full support" to Newfoundland and Labrador's court challenge over federal equalization payments and mulling its own claim in an e...

Jul 17, 2024

B.C. caps international post-secondary student enrolment at 30 per cent of total

VICTORIA - British Columbia's government has introduced new guidelines for public post-secondary education institutions, capping the number of international students at 30 per cent of their total enro...

Jul 16, 2024

Husband sentenced to 16 years for killing, dismembering B.C. teacher Naomi Onotera

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man who admitted killing and dismembering his wife has been sentenced to 16 years in prison by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge. Obnes Regis initially pleaded not guilt...

Jul 16, 2024

Alberta, B.C. toast wine deal after tiff over taxing direct sales to consumers

EDMONTON - The premiers of Alberta and B.C. are celebrating an agreement to again allow direct sales to consumers after a tiff over taxes. With the temporary deal, Albertans can order wine directly fr...

Jul 16, 2024

B.C.'s 'massive error' part of web of inaction that could have saved boy: advocate

VICTORIA - The ministry that is supposed to be protecting British Columbia's kids made what the children's representative says was a "massive error," resulting in the torturous death of an 11-year-old...

Jul 16, 2024