British Columbia

Air Canada flight makes emergency landing in Prince George

PRINCE GEORGE - An Air Canada Jazz flight made a successful emergency landing at the Prince George Airport Friday (May 6) evening.In a news release, the Prince George Airport Authority (YXS) says the ...

May 07, 2022

B.C. money laundering report granted extension until June 3 after COVID-19 delays

VANCOUVER - The deadline for the final report of British Columbia's public inquiry into money laundering has been extended until June 3. The B.C. government says in a statement the report's submission...

May 06, 2022

Last summer’s heat wave was among most extreme since 1960s, study shows

The record-breaking heat wave that scorched western North America last June was among the most extreme ever recorded globally, new modelling and analysis by researchers at universities in the United K...

May 06, 2022

Poaching probe begins after cougar kittens killed, dismembered on Vancouver Island

LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. - The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service is investigating a disturbing case on Vancouver Island that involves the killing of two cougar kittens. A post on the conservati...

May 06, 2022

Telus reports Q1 profit and revenue up from year ago, raises quarterly dividend

VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. reports that its first-quarter profit increased compared with a year ago as its revenue climbed more than six per cent. The telecom company has also raised its quarterly divide...

May 06, 2022

Suspects in separate murder, attempted murder cases died in same plane crash

VANCOUVER - A plane crash in Ontario that killed an alleged hit man also claimed the life of a man believed to be linked to a separate murder plot. A warrant for the arrest of Duncan Howard Bailey was...

May 05, 2022

Indigenous B.C. man, granddaughter settle with BMO over arrest while opening account

VANCOUVER - Standing amid the noise of traffic and hustle of pedestrians on the same Vancouver sidewalk where he was arrested and handcuffed in December 2019, Maxwell Johnson said he finally feels at ...

May 05, 2022

B.C. aims to support repeat offenders while protecting communities

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has hired two experts to investigate and report on how best to prevent cycles of crime involving prolific offenders and those who commit random violent attac...

May 05, 2022

Aritzia CEO Brian Hill stepping down after leading retailer for 38 years

VANCOUVER - Aritzia Inc. says founder and chief executive Brian Hill is stepping down from the role after leading the clothing retailer for 38 years. The Vancouver-based company, which went public in ...

May 05, 2022

Firefighters say recognition of cancer risk is tough battle, especially in Quebec

VANCOUVER - Jenn Dawkins remembers the spring day in 2016 when she joined four other female firefighters at British Columbia's legislature to lobby for the inclusion of breast cancer as a presumed occ...

May 05, 2022