British Columbia

CP NewsAlert: B.C. government and its public service workers reach tentative deal

VICTORIA - Public service workers in British Columbia say they have reached a tentative contract agreement with the province. The B.C. General Employees Union says in a statement the proposed deal wit...

Sep 07, 2022

Federal cabinet ministers will focus on economy during retreat: LeBlanc

VANCOUVER - Federal cabinet ministers are in Vancouver for a three-day retreat where the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs says their discussions will focus on the economy, including housing affor...

Sep 07, 2022

U.K. PM Liz Truss' B.C. school days — pink jumper, big fringe and a sense of humour

VANCOUVER - Brenda Montagano, a teacher at Parkcrest Elementary School in Burnaby, British Columbia, had a special item for show-and-tell on Tuesday - her own class photo from the same school 34 years...

Sep 07, 2022

Canada provides $1.4 billion in deal with B.C. First Nation for 3,000 rental homes

VANCOUVER - The federal government is providing a $1.4-billion loan to a Vancouver First Nation to build 3,000 homes on land that was once an ancient village that was burned and expropriated a century...

Sep 06, 2022

B.C. to start fall COVID-19 booster campaign with recently approved bivalent vaccines

VANCOUVER - British Columbia residents can soon expect to receive an invitation to book a second COVID-19 booster shot as the province launches its fall immunization campaign. Health Canada recently a...

Sep 06, 2022

Crews keep close watch on one B.C. wildfire, as another delays school in northeast

Wildfire officials in British Columbia say they are working with BC Parks and the Transportation Ministry to prepare for the spread of a blaze that has charred 19 square kilometres of bush in a provin...

Sep 06, 2022

Make overdose education mandatory in B.C. schools amid drug emergency, advocates say

VANCOUVER - When a teenage girl collapsed on the SkyTrain in Coquitlam, B.C., passengers calling 911 thought she had fainted or was having an epileptic seizure. It was only when paramedics administere...

Alex Rawnsley Sep 06, 2022

U.S. wildfires prompt air quality advisory for Southeastern B.C.

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says smoky skies caused by wildfires burning locally and south of the border in Washington and Idaho sit over most of southeastern British Columbia, prompting the agency...

Sep 05, 2022

March honours 100-year anniversary of Chinese student school strike over segregation

VICTORIA - The first day of school in Victoria one hundred years ago marked the start of a student strike over segregation that helped Chinese-Canadians solidify their place in a country that was not ...

Sep 05, 2022

B.C. scientists hopeful in fight against mites that puncture and kill honeybees

SURREY, B.C. - Chemistry professor Erika Plettner gestures towards beehives surrounded by tall, dry grasses as she explains the multiple pressures facing honeybees worldwide. Pesticides, pathogens and...

Sep 04, 2022