British Columbia

Northern spotted owl found injured near B.C. train tracks two months after release

VANCOUVER - One of just four endangered spotted owls known to be in the wild in British Columbia is now recovering from an injury after being found along some train tracks, slowing the careful plans t...

Feb 17, 2023

12 charges laid against former B.C. teacher for alleged historical sex offences

VANCOUVER - A retired North Vancouver elementary school teacher is facing a dozen charges connected to alleged sex offenses. Brian Moore has been charged with 10 counts of indecent assault on a male, ...

Feb 16, 2023

Victoria officer's lost notebook obtained by criminals, used in alleged offence: cops

Victoria Police are warning dozens of people that their names and other personal information contained in an officer's lost notebook are now being "circulated among the criminal element." A statement ...

Feb 16, 2023

B.C.'s auditor general says data gaps during COVID-19 vaccine rollout posed risks

VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says the Ministry of Health should have access to a registry of residents and staff in long-term care facilities as well as heath-care workers after concl...

Feb 16, 2023

B.C. MLA the latest politician with mixed messaging for non-English media

VICTORIA - British Columbia Liberal leader Kevin Falcon says he supports supervised drug injection sites, but when member of the legislature Teresa Wat spoke to the audience of a Mandarin news show la...

Feb 16, 2023

Former B.C. Liberal MLA John Rustad joins provincial Conservatives

VICTORIA - A former British Columbia Liberal cabinet minister sitting as an Independent has now become the legislature's only provincial Conservative member. John Rustad, who represents the northern B...

Feb 16, 2023

B.C. high court orders three Hells Angels clubhouses forfeited to the province

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Appeal Court has overturned a lower-court ruling and ordered the Hells Angels motorcycle club to surrender three properties under the province's Civil Forfeiture Act. Th...

Feb 16, 2023

Teck reviewing alternatives for steelmaking coal business

VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. is evaluating alternatives for its steelmaking coal business, including the possible spin-out of an interest in that business to its shareholders. The Vancouver-based c...

Feb 16, 2023

Old-growth logging deferrals in B.C. increase to 2.1 million hectares: minister

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it's expanding the logging deferral of old-growth forests to 2.1 million hectares, while bringing in new innovations to better care for forests. Premier...

Feb 15, 2023

Richmond, B.C., drivers told to slow down as snow geese arrive on roads

RICHMOND, B.C. - Migratory birds have become a traffic hazard in Richmond, B.C., and RCMP are warning drivers to take precautions. Almost two dozen snow geese have been killed by vehicles in recent se...

Feb 15, 2023