Category Archives: British Columbia
NDP leaves spring sitting at legislature facing turmoil in public housing management
VICTORIA - The New Democrat government in British Columbia started the spring legislative session promising more affordable homes for vulnerable people, but it ends the sitting amid turmoil over its p...
May 11, 2023
B.C. sets record, delivers 350,000 surgeries last fiscal year, health minister says
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says the province set a record for the most surgeries performed in the last fiscal year. A report from the Health Ministry says from April 2022 to March 2023...
May 11, 2023
Hectares burned in B.C. wildfires four times higher as high heat moves in
Two major wildfires in British Columbia's Peace River region continue to burn out of control, as firefighters brace for the possibility that scorching weather may ignite more blazes. B.C.'s Ministry o...
May 11, 2023
Former NDP cabinet minister Harry Lali joins Opposition BC United, cites rural divide
VICTORIA - A former New Democrat cabinet minister says he is joining the Opposition BC United, saying his former party no longer champions rural British Columbia. Harry Lali, who was the NDP's transpo...
May 11, 2023
Heat advisories for Alberta and B.C., temperatures set to soar 15 degrees over normal
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has blanketed all of Alberta and most of British Columbia in special heat advisories as daytime temperatures are expected to soar up to 15 degrees above normal over the ...
May 11, 2023
B.C.’s Elephant Hill wildfire results in losses of $1B per year: Indigenous report
VANCOUVER - An Indigenous-led report into a massive wildfire nearly six years ago that destroyed more than 100 homes and scorched a vast swath of British Columbia's Interior says the blaze resulted in...
May 10, 2023
Township of Langley, B.C., votes to stop sharing RCMP services with City of Langley
LANGLEY, B.C. - The council for the Metro Vancouver Township of Langley, B.C., has voted for a plan to have its own RCMP detachment in a separation that the mayor says is over unfair costs. The townsh...
May 10, 2023
Flooding of Bonaparte River means more evacuation orders for Cache Creek, B.C.
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The risk of flooding has prompted more evacuation orders for residents in the Village of Cache Creek, B.C., as higher temperatures quickly melt of mountain snowpacks. In his latest...
May 10, 2023
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2019 drug death of teen in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY, B.C. - A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the high-profile death of a 14-year-old boy almost four years ago. The BC Prosecution Service says the accused, who cannot be named because ...
May 09, 2023
Opposition says B.C. NDP 'blame shifting' on housing; non-profit says no wrongdoing
VICTORIA - A non-profit housing provider in British Columbia says it won't give up on its management despite being embroiled in a report that highlights risks to public funds and criticizes leadership...
May 09, 2023