British Columbia

Federal government, B.C. and Indigenous nation sign care co-ordination deal

ENDERBY, B.C. - The delivery of child and family services grounded in Indigenous culture is being celebrated in British Columbia's north Okanagan with the signing of the province's first care co-ordin...

Mar 24, 2023

Former BC Liberal John Rustad turned Independent now seeks Conservative leadership

VANDERHOOF, B.C. - A former BC Liberal cabinet minister turfed from the party caucus last year for his climate change views says he's running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of British Co...

Mar 24, 2023

Feds give Kamloops, B.C., nation $12.5 million for healing centre

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The federal government is contributing $12.5 million to the construction of a healing centre at the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation almost two years after the nation announced the...

Mar 23, 2023

Squamish, B.C., LNG facility plans to achieve net-zero emissions at operation's start

SQUAMISH, B.C. - Proponents of a British Columbia liquefied natural gas export facility have unveiled plans to achieve net-zero emissions commitments in the construction phase and for its future opera...

Mar 23, 2023

B.C. government announces multi-year boost to subsidize veterinary education

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government says it is permanently doubling the number of subsidized seats for people who want to train to become veterinarians and practise in the province. Education ...

Mar 23, 2023

B.C. salmon farm closure decision was necessary, says DFO amid court challenges

VICTORIA - The federal government is standing by its decision not to renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia's Discovery Islands, despite recent court challenges. A st...

Mar 23, 2023

Let the Games begin! Over 1,300 participants in Vernon for BC Winter Games

VERNON - After months of planning, and a one-year postponement due to COVID-19 and other factors, Greater Vernon is finally ready to host the BC Winter Games.The four-day event will feature 900 athlet...

Mar 23, 2023

Surrey, B.C., murder victim unknown to police, just moved to the city, police say

SURREY, B.C. - Homicide investigators say the man who died in a shooting in Surrey, B.C., last week had no known ties to the ongoing gang conflict in Metro Vancouver. Thirty-eight-year-old Aren Smith ...

Mar 23, 2023

Saskatchewan First Nation says B.C. willing to keep talking to resolve concerns

VANCOUVER - Leaders of Saskatchewan's Key First Nation say they held a "productive discussion" with senior officials from British Columbia and have agreed to keep talking about critical outstanding is...

Mar 22, 2023

Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart wins $100,000 costs in NPA defamation case

VANCOUVER - A B.C. judge says former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart can recover more than $100,000 in legal costs related to a failed defamation case launched by political rivals in the once-dominant...

Mar 22, 2023