British Columbia

Multiple Christmas Day sailings cancelled as stormy weather set to hit B.C. coast

VANCOUVER - BC Ferries says it has cancelled several Christmas Day sailings on multiple routes and many more are at risk as stormy weather whips up high winds on the province's coast. The ferry corpor...

Dec 25, 2023

BC Ferries cancels northern sailings over mechanical issue, 'hurricane-force winds'

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - BC Ferries says it's cancelling sailings to and from Prince Rupert until Dec. 28 due an engine issue coupled with forecasted "hurricane-force winds." The company says it had to c...

Dec 24, 2023

University researchers confirm fire-generated tornado over B.C. lake in viral video

LONDON, Ont. - Researchers at Western University say they've confirmed that a fire-generated tornado occurred in British Columbia this summer after a video of the "rarely observed" event went viral ba...

Dec 23, 2023

Social housing wait-list grows 27 per cent in Metro Vancouver

VANCOUVER - Data from Metro Vancouver show the queue for social housing in the region has spiked in the past year, with 18,865 households on the wait-list, mostly seniors and families. Metro Vancouver...

Dec 22, 2023

Health authorities warn of rise in strep infections among B.C. children

VANCOUVER - Health authorities in British Columbia are warning the public about higher levels of strep bacterial infections among children. A joint statement from the Provincial Health Services Author...

Dec 22, 2023

Eby to target predators after talking to dad of sextortion victim Carson Cleland, 12

VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says an emotional conversation with the father of a 12-year-old British Columbia boy who killed himself after falling prey to online sextortion has prompted him to push fo...

Dec 21, 2023

TSX rises more than 150 points as markets gain back some of Wednesday's losses

TORONTO - Strength in base metal and utilities stocks helped Canada's main stock index rise more than 150 points on Thursday, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher. Markets made a partial recov...

Dec 21, 2023

Vintage gun for teacher's presentation triggers police lockdown at Vancouver school

VANCOUVER - A prop for a teacher's presentation at a Vancouver secondary school set off a lockdown and an emergency response by police on Thursday. Police say a teacher at Lord Byng Secondary called 9...

Dec 21, 2023

B.C. Green Leader Furstenau looks to push 'reality' politics in 2024 election year

VICTORIA - The approaching 2024 election in British Columbia is an opportunity for the Green Party to put forward issues that raise the bar for the province without worrying about wins and losses, Gre...

Dec 21, 2023

B.C. woman faces multiple charges for under-18 sex trafficking, say Langley RCMP

LANGLEY, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say a woman faces more than a dozen charges related to an alleged human trafficking scheme involving sexual exploitation of people under 18. Langley RCMP say...

Dec 21, 2023