Category Archives: British Columbia

VICTORIA - The federal government's decision to delay its ruling on a planned transition away from open-net salmon farms from British Columbia coastal waters is being welcomed by opponents on both sid...

NANAIMO, B.C. - A group of British Columbia scuba divers on Vancouver Island spotted a bluntnose sixgill shark on a recent dive in Alberni Inlet, capturing what they say is rare footage of the animal ...

VANCOUVER - Job action has halted all classes at Capilano University in North Vancouver. A statement on the university's website says classes are suspended at its main campus and its Sechelt campus on...

VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. says it has received a number of indications of interest regarding potential transactions involving the company's steelmaking coal business as it works to split the ope...

VICTORIA - British Columbia officials have rebutted claims that drugs prescribed through the province's safe supply program aimed at curbing overdoses are being re-sold to young people, helping fuel t...

The BC Wildfire Service says the Donnie Creek wildfire has grown into one of the largest blazes over the last century in the province. The fire, which is burning north of Fort St. John, is currently e...

Underlying drought, unseasonably warm temperatures last month and hot, dry conditions in the June forecast mean "the table has been set" for significant wildfire activity this summer, an official with...

VANCOUVER - Some members of Canada's Chinese diaspora are feeling the pressure to carry the torch as Hong Kong's renowned vigil commemorating the June 4, 1989, massacre in Beijing's Tiananmen Square f...

SURREY, B.C. - Police say a person has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a plane caught fire in a field in the Metro Vancouver community of Surrey. RCMP say officers were assisting fi...

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say at least two people were sent to hospital after a shooting in the city's Downtown Eastside. They say officers responded to reports of shots fired Thursday afternoon...