Category Archives: British Columbia

Rules-based order hangs in the balance as Ukraine fights back against Russia: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is making a multi-year financial commitment to Ukraine to give it more predictable and stable support over the next three years. Trudeau made the ple...
Sep 22, 2023

First days of autumn expected to be cool and damp over most of British Columbia
VANCOUVER - Much of British Columbia will welcome the first week of fall with wet, cool conditions after enduring a summer of drought. Autumn officially begins at 11:50 p.m. Pacific time on Friday and...
Sep 22, 2023

West Fraser selling two pulp mills to Atlas Holdings for US$120 million
VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has signed a deal to sell two pulp mills in Western Canada to Atlas Holdings for US$120 million. The sale includes West Fraser's Quesnel River Pulp mill in Ques...
Sep 22, 2023

Four B.C. firefighters who died in crash worked for Kamloops company
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The four British Columbia firefighters who died in a highway crash this week all worked for a Kamloops-based contractor, whose owner says they were like family. Aaron Duczak, owner of...
Sep 21, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Destructive West Kelowna, B.C., wildfire now considered 'held'
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - The large wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes in West Kelowna, B.C., is now considered "held," after raging out of control since mid-August. The 139-square-kilometre McDougall...
Sep 21, 2023

Ibrahim Ali trial: Sex assault expert compares dead girl's injuries to childbirth
VANCOUVER - A sexual assault expert testifying at the trial of a man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl in a B.C. park says she suffered injuries more consistent with childbirth that would have mad...
Sep 21, 2023

B.C. court cites Korean filial tradition in payout to parents over son's death
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has awarded more than $327,000 to the parents of a teenager killed in 2019 for the "likely hypothetical future" care their son would have provided un...
Sep 21, 2023

McDougall Creek fire no longer 'out of control'
Five weeks after it started, the McDougall Creek fire near West Kelowna is now classified as being held.That's a major change from the earlier designation as 'out of control,' and comes as a big relie...
Sep 21, 2023

Four firefighters heading home die in vehicle crash on B.C. road: government
VICTORIA - Four firefighters travelling home after battling British Columbia's wildfires have died in a road crash. Premier David Eby and Forests Minister Bruce Ralston say in a joint statement the fi...
Sep 20, 2023

Canada 'gravely concerned' about Azerbaijan military escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says it's "gravely concerned" about Azerbaijan escalating its military intervention in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, and the Tories are warning of ethnic cleansing. Bot...
Sep 20, 2023