British Columbia

B.C's pink sea urchins are on the move to shallower waters thanks to climate change

VANCOUVER - Pink sea urchins off the coast of Vancouver Island are expanding into shallower waters, in what researchers say is an indication of how rapidly climate change is affecting ocean life. Rese...

Feb 07, 2023

COVID critic had illness but died of drug overdose, B.C. coroner says

VICTORIA - A report from British Columbia's coroner says a prominent anti-vaccine and COVID critic died in 2021 of a drug overdose, although he also tested positive for the illness post-mortem. The re...

Feb 07, 2023

National reconciliation day to become September statutory holiday in B.C.

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has introduced legislation to make Sept. 30 a paid statutory holiday marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Labour Minister Harry Bains intro...

Feb 07, 2023

U.S. actor facing sex charges in Nevada also facing charge in B.C.

KEREMEOS, B.C. - A former actor in the movie "Dances With Wolves" who is facing eight sex-related charges in Nevada is also facing a charge in British Columbia. Documents filed in B.C. show Nathan Cha...

Feb 07, 2023

First Nations, B.C. groups launch coalition to save Pacific salmon from extinction

VANCOUVER - A leader with the First Nations Fisheries Council of B.C. says collaboration, not politics, will be the only thing that saves dwindling Pacific salmon populations. Jordan Point says salmon...

Feb 06, 2023

RCMP investigate axe attack in Nanaimo, B.C., where one was hurt

NANAIMO, B.C. - RCMP in Nanaimo, B.C., are investigating after a 30-year-old man was struck with the blunt end of an axe blade. Police say the man suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries Sa...

Feb 06, 2023

B.C. fire tanker crashes in Australia, both on board safe: owner

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A Boeing 737 air tanker owned by a British Columbia company has crashed in western Australia while on deployment to a fire. Coulson Aviation, based in Port Alberni on Vancouver Is...

Feb 06, 2023

Water restrictions lifted on Sunshine Coast as disastrous drought sidestepped

SECHELT, B.C. - For the first time since last May, the Sunshine Coast Regional District has lifted water conservation regulations affecting a large part of its area north of Vancouver. A statement fro...

Feb 06, 2023

Canadian government announces $46.5 million for deep-sea research

VANCOUVER - The federal government is investing more than $46 million over the next five years to see what's under Canada's oceans and then protect it. Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray says understandi...

Feb 06, 2023

Fire alarm at Surrey, B.C., apartment building leads to homicide discovery

SURREY, B.C. - Homicide detectives have taken over an investigation after a dead woman and a critically injured man were found as fire crews answered an alarm at a Surrey, B.C., apartment. RCMP say fi...

Feb 06, 2023