British Columbia

Teck Resources cutting steelmaking coal sales guidance after equipment failure

VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. is cutting its steelmaking coal sales guidance after an equipment failure at its Elkview operation in B.C. and a strike at Westshore Terminals. The Vancouver-based mine...

Sep 21, 2022

Woman who survived deadly torrent released from B.C. dam sues regional district

VANCOUVER - A woman whose husband saw a "wall of water rushing toward them" as the pair fled a huge torrent released from a North Vancouver dam is suing Metro Vancouver's regional district for neglige...

Sep 21, 2022

B.C. youth representative calls for data on mental health of children in care

VICTORIA - British Columbia's representative for children says she's concerned that neither the province nor the country gathers data on the rate of mental health disorders for children in care, espec...

Sep 20, 2022

As wildfire risk fades, the last remaining campfire ban is lifted in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Campfires are now permitted in all six of British Columbia's fire centres, as the only remaining campfire ban is lifted across the Coastal Fire Centre. However, bans still apply to any fir...

Sep 20, 2022

Amber Alert cancelled for missing Vancouver child, found in Alberta

VANCOUVER - An Amber Alert has been cancelled for the child who authorities say was taken from BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver on Monday. A statement from Vancouver police says the three-year-old ...

Sep 20, 2022

Canfor temporarily reducing production capacity in B.C. due to market conditions

VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. is temporarily cutting production in British Columbia due to what it says are challenging market conditions. The lumber producer says it is taking a two-week curtailment start...

Sep 20, 2022

Amber Alert issued for three-year-old boy last seen at Vancouver hospital

VANCOUVER - An Amber Alert has been issued for a three-year-old boy who Vancouver police say was abducted from a local hospital. Vancouver police are asking for assistance locating Phaivanh Correia-Ch...

Sep 20, 2022

Sentencing hearing begins for Dutch man convicted of extorting B.C. teen Amanda Todd

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A sentencing hearing is expected begin today for a Dutch man found guilty of harassing British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd in the years before her suicide. A B.C. Supreme Cou...

Sep 20, 2022

Queen honoured in procession, commemorative service in Victoria, B.C.

VICTORIA - Dignitaries including British Columbia Premier John Horgan and Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin have joined a commemorative service in honour of Queen Elizabeth II in the capital city named after her ...

Sep 19, 2022

Criminal probe begins after violence, arrests at rap music festival in Vancouver

Vancouver police say seven people were arrested and a criminal investigation is underway after a disturbance Sunday night by fans attending a rap music festival at Hastings Park in east Vancouver. Pol...

Sep 19, 2022