British Columbia

Federal protection proposed for critically at-risk spotted owls in B.C., groups say

VANCOUVER - Two environmental groups and a British Columbia First Nation say the federal government is recommending an order to protect the critically at-risk northern spotted owl. Just three of the t...

Feb 23, 2023

B.C. study links killer whale decline to lack of energy-rich fatty salmon

VANCOUVER - Researchers say British Columbia's southern resident killer whales are not only threatened by the decline of the overall salmon population but also the reduction in high-quality fatty salm...

Feb 23, 2023

Federal minister to announce recovery funding after B.C.'s 2021 flood: government

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Canada's emergency preparedness minister is returning to the epicentre of flooding that devastated British Columbia's Fraser Valley in November 2021. Bill Blair, along with B.C. Min...

Feb 23, 2023

Former B.C. NDP cabinet minister Melanie Mark to resign Vancouver seat, cites health

VICTORIA - Melanie Mark, a former New Democrat cabinet minister, wiped away tears Wednesday as she gave what was likely her final speech in the British Columbia legislature. She held an eagle feather ...

Feb 22, 2023

Icy winds, snow, hit much of B.C., weekend snow possible for south coast: forecasters

VANCOUVER - Bitterly cold weather is gripping much of British Columbia and forecasters don't expect conditions in some areas to ease until at least Thursday, while the threat of snow lies ahead for ot...

Feb 22, 2023

Taseko Mines to increase its stake in the Gibraltar copper mine in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Taseko Mines Ltd. says it has signed a deal to increase its stake in its Gibraltar copper mine in B.C. in an agreement worth at least $60 million. Under the terms of the deal, Taseko will ...

Feb 22, 2023

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers reports Q4 profit and revenue up from year ago

VANCOUVER - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. reported its fourth-quarter profit and sales were up compared with a year earlier. The company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, reported a profit of $...

Feb 22, 2023

B.C. diver finds horseshoe crab: 'I knew immediately it wasn't supposed to be here'

VANCOUVER - A scuba diver cleaning part of the sea floor in a Vancouver inlet came across an animal that an expert says is a long way from home. The unusual find has been identified as a horseshoe cra...

Feb 22, 2023

'You're not the only one': Vancouver's Black population rising fast, census shows

VANCOUVER - Lenya Wilks says she felt like the "only Black person in Surrey" when she first moved to the city east of Vancouver last year. But the Black population in the region is growing fast and re...

Feb 22, 2023

A timeline of events since the detection of possible unmarked graves in Kamloops

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - The Tk'emlups te Secwepemc announced in May 2021 that ground-penetrating radar had revealed the possible remains of as many as 215 children around the former Kamloops Indian Resid...

Feb 21, 2023