British Columbia

Vancouver family who lost son to overdose donates $20 million to recovery centre

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver family known for its philanthropy is making a $20 million donation to a British Columbia substance use treatment centre in memory of their adult son and brother who died of an ...

Jun 12, 2023

U.S. border towns still wait on buyers from B.C., as Vancouver shopping buses vanish

VANCOUVER - Cross-border shopping buses filled with Chinese and Korean Canadian consumers were once ubiquitous outside Washington state malls, but they have all-but disappeared from the commercial lan...

Jun 11, 2023

B.C. fire officials hope wind shift will help save Tumbler Ridge from intense blaze

Fire officials are hoping a wind change will help save the community of Tumbler Ridge in northeastern British Columbia, after an intense wildfire pushed within a few kilometres of the town. The commun...

Jun 10, 2023

B.C. to require licence for asbestos abatement contractors by 2024

VICTORIA - British Columbia will soon be the first jurisdiction in Canada to implement a licensing requirement for asbestos abatement contractors. The Labour Ministry says workers must be licensed by ...

Jun 09, 2023

Eyes on the weather as fierce wildfire rages, forces evacuations in northeastern B.C.

VANCOUVER - Showers on Saturday could sprinkle an aggressive wildfire that has forced more than two-thousand people from their homes in northeastern British Columbia, but forecasters say thunderstorms...

Jun 09, 2023

Fire on bus carrying school children cuts road and power in Chilliwack, B.C.

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A bus carrying elementary school students on a field trip has caught fire on a road in Chilliwack, B.C., spreading to a nearby structure and cutting power to the area before being e...

Jun 08, 2023

Rate hike prompted by higher risk of sticky inflation: BoC's Beaudry

VICTORIA - Bank of Canada deputy governor Paul Beaudry says recent economic data suggests the risk of sticky inflation has gone up, prompting the central bank's decision to raise interest rates on Wed...

Jun 08, 2023

Working smoke alarm in just 45% of 2022 home fires in B.C.: report

VICTORIA - A report from British Columbia's fire commissioner says there were 86 deaths due to fires in the province last year, a toll that has tripled in three years. The report says there were more ...

Jun 08, 2023

B.C. government taps veteran mediator to resolve Fraser Valley bus strike

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has appointed veteran mediator Vince Ready to help resolve what it says is an "incredibly challenging" bus strike in the Fraser Valley. CUPE Local 561 has be...

Jun 08, 2023

Showers likely for southern B.C., as wildfires cut air quality, challenge control

VANCOUVER - For the first time this year, air quality advisories are posted for part of Vancouver Island and a large section of the Lower Mainland as smoke from several wildfires wafts over the region...

Jun 08, 2023