Category Archives: British Columbia

LAVAL, Que. - The head of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says lower income consumers feeling strained by economic headwinds are cutting back on how often they visit the chain's convenience stores. Bria...

VANCOUVER - Drivers of electric vehicles in British Columbia can expect another 500 public charging stations to come online, adding to more than 5,000 available across the province. A statement from t...

VICTORIA - The Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board says a complaint filed against the Victoria department by a former board member will be handled by investigators from Surrey and Delta. Former member...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is funding a pilot project that it says offers the mining industry a path to significantly reduce the environmental impacts of extracting critical minerals....

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada expects it will be able to cut interest rates sometime this year, but officials are split on timing. That's according to the central bank's summary of deliberations which d...

PORT ALBERNI - The Coastal Fire Centre received their first forest fire call of the year. A small fire was spotted Monday morning northeast of Kitsuksis Creek, and just North of Port Alberni, accordin...

SURREY, B.C. - The BC Coroners Service has called an inquest into a police shooting in 2019 that left two people dead, including the hostage officers were trying to save. B.C.'s police watchdog cleare...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general has released a report on two key government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic-drug crisis. The first audit examined the implementati...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general is expected to release two independent audits on government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic drug crisis. Michael Pickup's office h...

VANCOUVER - The COVID-19 lockdown for humans was not an opportunity for wildlife to run free, in fact a new study found herbivores tend to be more active around people, while carnivores remained hidde...