British Columbia

Health ministers expect details after promise of federal funding boost

VANCOUVER - Provincial and territorial health ministers have presented a united front as they seek more federal funding, and today expect to hear more details on cash promised by their federal counter...

Nov 08, 2022

Ken Sim sworn in as Vancouver's new mayor, promises co-operation

VANCOUVER - Ken Sim is officially Vancouver's new mayor and is promising to set a tone of co-operation - despite his ABC Vancouver party holding a strong majority on council. Sim and the new council w...

Nov 07, 2022

Officers cleared in Shuswap fatal crash

RCMP officers have been cleared of wrongdoing after deploying a spike belt that resulted in a fatal crash in the Shuswap.B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office (IIO) was tasked with looking into the...

Nov 07, 2022

Another 171 overdose deaths in B.C. for September from toxic drug supply: coroner

VICTORIA - Nearly six people a day are dying of overdoses in British Columbia, a toll the corner says puts the province on track to surpass 2,000 drug deaths for another year. The service says 171 peo...

Nov 07, 2022

Minister links chronic pain with toxic drug overdoses, commits $5M to pain network

VANCOUVER - The federal government is putting $5 million toward chronic pain resources in what Carolyn Bennett, minister of mental health and addictions, says is part of an effort to help stop people ...

Nov 07, 2022

Arctic chill, more snow for parts of B.C., following powerful weekend storm

VANCOUVER - Repair crews have made progress restoring electricity to the hundreds of thousands of British Columbia homes that were blacked out during powerful weekend storms, but Environment Canada sa...

Nov 07, 2022

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers buying IAA in deal worth US$7.3 billion, including debt

VANCOUVER - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. says it has signed a deal to acquire U.S. company IAA Inc. in a transaction valued at about US$7.3 billion including the assumption of US$1.0 billion of net ...

Nov 07, 2022

Provincial and territorial health ministers meeting with federal counterpart in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Canada's health ministers are set to meet in British Columbia this week, four months after premiers from across the country gathered in Victoria to show a united front of frustration over ...

Nov 07, 2022

Climate Changed: How homebuilders and residents are adapting to a warming world

VANCOUVER - The two-storey family home with a classic design and wooden cladding blends in with its neighbours, but its thick, insulated walls, airtightness, solar panels, heat pump and highly efficie...

Nov 06, 2022

Doctors, nurses call for action on crumbling care, health ministers meet in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - A family doctor who works in British Columbia and Alberta says patients who don't get the care they need before ending up in overburdened emergency rooms should be a focus for quick action...

Nov 06, 2022