Category Archives: British Columbia
Southeastern B.C. under flood watch due to storms, high temperatures
CRANBROOK - A wide swath of southeastern British Columbia is under a flood watch as risks rise from rainfall and warm weather accelerating snowmelt. B.C.'s River Forecast Centre says both the eastern ...
May 29, 2026
Heat records set, matched in five B.C. communities across province's Interior
KELOWNA - Five British Columbia communities reached record temperature highs on Thursday as warm weather blanketed much of Western Canada. The highest temperatures were reported in Pemberton and Trail...
May 29, 2026
Highway 1 reopens in B.C. Interior after overnight landslide closure
REVELSTOKE - A landslide shut down Highway 1 in the British Columbia Interior for hours before crews were able to reopen the key road link. The provincial Ministry of Transportation's DriveBC informat...
May 29, 2026
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VICTORIA - The B-C Conservatives will announce their new leader on Saturday in Vancouver six months after John Rustad was chased out of office, and two analysts say the final outcome will have long-te...
May 28, 2026
A First Nation treaty decades in making faces further delays, says B.C. minister
VICTORIA - B.C.'s minister responsible for Indigenous affairs says legislation to move a First Nation treaty forward won't pass this session, further delaying a treaty that has been more than three de...
May 28, 2026
B.C. woman returns home after 2 months in induced coma in China
VANCOUVER - The daughter of a British Columbia woman who slipped into a coma in China while visiting her family says her mom has returned home following a marathon journey. Elena Lanteigne says her mo...
May 28, 2026
Wildfire forecast anticipates high risk for new wildfires in B.C., Prairies, N.W.T.
OTTAWA - This year's wildfire season has been slow compared with 2025, but the overall risk remains high in certain parts of Canada because of warm and dry weather conditions. Federal officials told r...
May 28, 2026
Why the B.C. Conservative leadership contest is hinge moment for the NDP too
VICTORIA - The B.C. Conservatives are expected to announce their new leader on Saturday, nearly six months after John Rustad was chased out of office. But the announcement at a leadership convention i...
May 28, 2026
'Shattered': Daughters of murdered B.C. couple tell of anguish at sentencing hearing
ABBOTSFORD - Family and friends of Arnold and Joanne De Jong filled a courtroom in Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday for the reading of anguished victim impact statements, weeks after three men were convi...
May 28, 2026
'Someone was seriously hurt': B.C. Mountie testifies finding blood-stained Audi
A Mountie has told a B.C. murder trial about approaching an abandoned vehicle owned by a suspect and being struck by the amount of dried blood inside. Const. Clay Fixsen told Vitali Stefanski's second...
May 28, 2026