British Columbia

B.C. defers logging across an additional 1.7 million hectares of at-risk old growth

VICTORIA - British Columbia's forests minister says the province has worked with First Nations to defer logging across more than a million hectares of at-risk old-growth forests, an area greater than ...

Apr 01, 2022

More B.C. public workers now covered by whistleblower law protections

VICTORIA - Whistleblower protections are being extended to more public-sector employees in British Columbia as part of an expansion of the Public Interest Disclosure Act. The Ministry of Attorney Gene...

Apr 01, 2022

Public health notice warns of norovirus outbreak linked to B.C. oysters

VANCOUVER - The Public Health Agency of Canada says raw oysters from British Columbia have been linked to hundreds of cases of norovirus in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. The agency has issu...

Apr 01, 2022

B.C.'s health minister says update on potential fourth COVID-19 dose due Tuesday

VICTORIA - Health Minister Adrian Dix says the province is preparing to provide an update this Tuesday on potentially making a fourth COVID-19 dose available to vulnerable people in British Columbia. ...

Mar 31, 2022

Okanagan MP looks to scrap tax on low-alcohol beer

An Okanagan member of parliament is trying to get rid of the federal excise tax on low-alcohol beer.Richard Cannings, the NDP's critic for small business and tourism and MP for South Okanagan-West Koo...

Mar 31, 2022

Miscellaneous bill could move ticket battles out of court and online in B.C.

VICTORIA - British Columbia's government has introduced a bill that will close gaps in three pieces of legislation while potentially making it easier to dispute traffic violation tickets. A statement ...

Mar 31, 2022

New B.C. hydrogen office to help investment and emissions reduction: Horgan

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is creating a new office to help streamline decisions on hydrogen projects and proposals. Premier John Horgan says the BC Hydrogen Office will also help the...

Mar 31, 2022

‘Hope for change:’ First Nations delegates meet with Pope Francis

Chief Gerald Antoine says he hopes a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican can forge the beginning of an important relationship."Despite our collective grief and pain, there comes hope for change,"...

Mar 31, 2022

B.C. says focus on more than just low fees for universal child-care programs

VICTORIA - It was almost 40 years ago that Sharon Gregson says she became an advocate for child care out of necessity. The spokeswoman for $10-a-day child care at the Coalition of Child Care Advocates...

Mar 31, 2022

B.C. landslide caused 100-metre high tsunami, set off earthquake scale: study

VANCOUVER - A retreating glacier in a remote British Columbia valley caused a massive landslide that crested a 100-metre tall tsunami, wiped out kilometres of salmon habitat and was detected as far aw...

Mar 30, 2022