Category Archives: British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia says it deeply regrets its handling of the case of retired judge and former law professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, who was the subject of a CBC investig...

Vancouver councillors have unanimously approved funding for its Uplifting Chinatown Action Plan, in an attempt to revive the historic neighbourhood. The plan focuses on enhanced cleaning and sanitatio...

VERNON, B.C. - An RCMP major crime unit has been called in to investigate after the discovery of two bodies inside a home in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley. A police statement says North Okanagan ...

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The British Columbia government is promising up to $90 million over three years to support new industrial and manufacturing projects in communities hurt by the downturn in the fo...

VICTORIA - The president and CEO of the Insurance Corporation of B.C. is leaving to take on the same job at BC Ferries. The insurance corporation says in a news release that Nicolas Jimenez has been w...

CASTLEGAR, B.C. - A newborn baby is among three people who died in a highway crash near Castlegar in southeast B.C. on Monday. RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark says in a news release that police were called...

VANCOUVER - The woman appointed to work with Indigenous communities as they search for unmarked graves around former residential schools says additional records must be shared in order to answer "hard...

NELSON, B.C. - The City of Nelson, B.C., says a police officer who suffered critical injuries in an avalanche that killed a colleague last week is making "incremental progress" but faces a long road t...

VICTORIA - Thousands of health-care support workers in British Columbia have a tentative contract agreement after a year of talks. The BC General Employees' Union and Health Employers Association anno...

VANCOUVER - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says it expects copper and gold production for 2022 to be down from 2021, at 4.9 per cent and 8.3 per cent respectively, while it expects nickel production to b...