British Columbia

Work resumes at British Columbia ports after 13-day strike

VANCOUVER - British Columbia port workers are back on the job after a tentative agreement was reached between the employers association and the workers union, ending a 13-day-old strike. A B.C. Mariti...

Jul 14, 2023

Alberta and B.C. in talks to expand Canadian LNG reach globally, Danielle Smith says

VANCOUVER - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her province has begun talks with British Columbia on expanding the reach of Canadian natural gas in the global market. Smith says she and B.C. counterp...

Jul 13, 2023

Telus revises 2023 guidance, citing technology sector cost-cutting

VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. revised downward its annual guidance for 2023, citing demand pressures as the technology sector looks to cut costs. The Vancouver-based company says it revised its guidance as ...

Jul 13, 2023

Mother of Amanda Todd, victim of cyberbully, frustrated by Dutch sentencing delay

RICHMOND, B.C. - The mother of Amanda Todd, the British Columbia teenager who took her own life after years of cyberbullying and sextortion by a man from the Netherlands, said the latest delay at a Du...

Jul 13, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Tentative deal reached in B.C. port strike

VANCOUVER - A tentative deal has been reached between employers and workers in the strike that's halted shipments in and out of British Columbia ports for nearly two weeks. A statement from the BC Mar...

Jul 13, 2023

B.C. expected to request Ottawa's help with worsening wildfires: minister

Canada's Emergency Preparedness Minister says he is expecting a "fairly substantive" request for help from British Columbia as wildfires worsen. Bill Blair tells The Canadian Press the government oper...

Jul 13, 2023

Drought update follows minister's call for B.C. residents to conserve water

VANCOUVER - British Columbia residents will get a clearer picture today about the status of the drought that has parched much of the province. Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Minister Bowin...

Jul 13, 2023

Lawyers cast doubt on phone data linking Ali to alleged scene of B.C. teen's killing

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Ibrahim Ali, who's accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago, have been trying to cast doubt on the reliability of cellphone data suggestin...

Jul 12, 2023

B.C. Mountie charged with dangerous driving causing bodily harm

VICTORIA - A British Columbia RCMP Highway Patrol officer has been charged with dangerous driving causing bodily harm. The BC Prosecution Service says the charge stems from an incident that is alleged...

Jul 12, 2023

More evacuations, alerts, reflect difficult wildfire season in B.C., Yukon

VANCOUVER - At least 12 new evacuation orders or alerts have been issued over the last day in British Columbia as lightning storms and drought conditions add to the challenge of fighting hundreds of w...

Jul 12, 2023