Category Archives: British Columbia

VICTORIA - The British Columbia Coroners Service is reporting 16 suspected heat-related deaths in late July and early August, coinciding with heat warnings over much of the province during the same pe...

VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it is cutting a shift at three B.C. mills for a loss of 147 jobs as it reduces production in part because of lack of timber supplies. The wood products com...

VICTORIA - The summer of 2022 is shaping up to be a bumper season for both pink and sockeye salmon in British Columbia rivers, with one veteran Indigenous fisherman reporting the biggest catches of so...

SURREY, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia say there is a connection between the discovery of two bodies in a burned vehicle in Summerland and the deaths of two people in a police chase in Abbotsford...

Crews battling the wildfire that has forced the evacuation of more than 500 properties in British Columbia's southern Okanagan are taking advantage of calm winds and stable conditions to bolster fire ...

DELTA, B.C. - British Columbia is increasing funding incentives for businesses to $10 million to develop products to reduce plastic pollution. Environment Minister George Heyman says the province is a...

VANCOUVER - Hootsuite Inc. says it will lay off 30 per cent of its staff as part of a global restructuring. The Vancouver-based social media business did not say what triggered the job cuts, but tech ...

VANCOUVER - People living in a growing street encampment along a busy street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside have been handed notices advising that the tents and other structures are about to be remo...

KEREMEOS, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says it is using a combination of tools to control a blaze on the outskirts of the southern Okanagan region. Information officer Mikhail Elsay had said control...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government's handling of the health-care file has prompted a Vernon, B.C., resident to launch a recall campaign against her local New Democrat member of the legislature...