British Columbia

Health minister says stiffer regulations could prevent Ozempic-type prescribing

RICHMOND, B.C. - The federal health minister says regulations governing medical practice may have to be strengthened in each province to prevent "incompetence" by doctors who could write thousands of ...

Apr 13, 2023

B.C. may provide additional resources as transit police, RCMP step up patrols: Eby

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's premier says Mounties and Metro Vancouver Transit Police have increased their presence and stepped up patrols on bus and train lines so passengers can feel safe when tra...

Apr 13, 2023

Earthquake off B.C. coast measuring 6 little felt, no tsunami expected

VANCOUVER - An earthquake measuring 6 has shaken the seabed a few hundred kilometres off Vancouver Island. The National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska says a dangerous wave is not expected from the ...

Apr 13, 2023

Teck Resources board of directors rejects latest Glencore takeover bid

VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. says its board of directors has rejected the latest takeover offer from Swiss company Glencore. The Canadian mining company says the revised offer is not in the best in...

Apr 13, 2023

B.C. Chinese community tells Mendicino of intimidation by foreign powers and proxies

VANCOUVER - Federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says Chinese community members in Vancouver have told him of "intimidation, harassment and abuse" linked to foreign governments or their prox...

Apr 12, 2023

B.C. Liberal Party name change to BC United builds bridges to the future: Falcon

SURREY, B.C. - Opposition Leader Kevin Falcon lowered the curtain on the British Columbia Liberal Party Wednesday, ushering in BC United, a new name and branding for the political party once led by pr...

Apr 12, 2023

Canada's health minister calls mass exports of Ozempic to U.S. an 'outrageous' abuse

VANCOUVER - Canada's federal health minister says he's working with provinces to prevent the mass exportation of essential medications after thousands of doses of the diabetes and weight-loss drug Oze...

Apr 12, 2023

B.C. pledges $10M funding boost for Chinese Canadian Museum ahead of July 1 opening

Vancouver's Chinese Canadian Museum will open its doors on July 1 on the 100th anniversary of racist legislation known as the Chinese Exclusion Act, after the province pledged an additional $10 millio...

Apr 12, 2023

B.C. Court of Appeal quashes conviction of babysitter in toddler's drowning

VANCOUVER - An appeal court has quashed the conviction of a British Columbia woman in the drowning death of a toddler she was babysitting, saying the original outcome was "the product of a miscarriage...

Apr 12, 2023

Engineering firm fined $1M over B.C. spill linked to 85 trout deaths

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia court has ordered an international engineering firm to pay a $1-million fine for releasing a harmful substance that flowed into a Metro Vancouver creek, after an investi...

Apr 12, 2023