British Columbia

B.C. issues bulletin for people travelling abroad to get vaccinated against measles

VANCOUVER - Measles outbreaks internationally have health officials in British Columbia encouraging people to check their immunization records if they plan to travel abroad during spring break. A join...

Alex Rawnsley Mar 04, 2024

BoC expected to hold interest rates this week as grey cloud hangs over economy

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is expected to preach patience at its interest rate announcement this week as economists say weakening economic conditions are setting the stage for rate cuts in the coming...

Mar 04, 2024

City of Prince Rupert says 19 eagles dead at landfill due to 'deleterious' substance

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - The City of Prince Rupert says 19 eagles are dead after someone dumped an unknown "deleterious substance" at a local landfill on Friday. The city says it's investigating and tryi...

Mar 03, 2024

Inaccurate data on forest fuels may stoke B.C. wildfires, study finds

VANCOUVER - Wildfire fighting and forest management decisions are potentially being hampered by inaccurate government data that misrepresents forest fuel loads in British Columbia's Interior, a new st...

Mar 03, 2024

B.C. announces minimum nurse-to-patient ratios, $237M to recruit and retain staff

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has established minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for a range of different hospital settings and is investing $237 million to ensure they are met. They include a minimum of ...

Mar 01, 2024

Fire that gutted Metro Vancouver school caused by humans, police say

COQUITLAM, B.C. - Police say they believe a fire last October that destroyed an elementary school in Port Coquitlam, B.C., was human caused. Coquitlam RCMP say the investigators are now asking those r...

Mar 01, 2024

Orchard expansion in Canada's wine country stirs fears a key wildlife corridor will be harmed

KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) - Just below the fog line hanging over the central Okanagan Valley, rows of saplings for a cherry orchard expansion span the eastern stretch above Highway 33 on the outs...

Mar 01, 2024

Injured white raven found in Qualicum; third rare bird to be treated locally in three years

ERRINGTON - For the third time in as many years, a rare white raven has come under the care of a mid-Island wildlife refuge centre. The unnamed leucitic raven was brought to the North Island Wildlife ...

Mar 01, 2024

198 people died from toxic illicit drugs in B.C. in January, coroner says

VICTORIA - Toxic drugs killed 198 people in British Columbia in January, adding to an unrelenting toll that has killed more than 14,000 people since a public health emergency was declared eight years ...

Feb 29, 2024

Wintry weather, heavy snow shut down two major highways in B.C.'s Interior

HOPE, B.C. - Heavy snowfall and winter storm conditions have shut down high-elevation stretches of a pair of major highways in the British Columbia Interior. The Ministry of Transportation's DriveBC i...

Feb 29, 2024