British Columbia

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

'Very different Christmas' for those affected by B.C. wildfires this season

British Columbia's 2023 wildfires were a life-changing disaster for many, and their impact has echoed into the holiday season. The fire season was already breaking records by mid-August when forecaste...

Alex Rawnsley Dec 21, 2023

Woman, 72, uses shovel to chase naked intruder from her Vancouver home, police say

VANCOUVER - Police say a 72-year-old woman used a shovel to chase a combative and naked man from her Vancouver home on Tuesday night. Vancouver police say in a statement the man entered the home by sm...

Dec 20, 2023

Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors boosting B.C. family medicine: Dix

RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says almost all of the 666 international medical graduates registered in the province this year are now working as doctors, with more than ...

Dec 20, 2023