British Columbia

Vancity to offer carbon footprint tracker for its Visa credit cards

VANCOUVER - Vancity says it is launching a program that will allow its Visa credit card holders to track the estimated carbon emissions of their purchases. The Vancouver-based credit union says all Va...

Oct 19, 2022

BC NDP leadership hopeful Anjali Appadurai says report seeks her disqualification

VANCOUVER - The campaign of B.C. New Democratic Party leadership contender Anjali Appadurai says a report from the campaign recommends she be disqualified from the race. Campaign spokesman Erik Olesen...

Oct 19, 2022

A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund reports Q3 profit up, raises distributions

VANCOUVER - A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund has raised its monthly payment to unitholders as it reported its third-quarter profit and royalty income rose compared with a year ago. The hamburger ...

Oct 19, 2022

Police mourn death of RCMP constable fatally stabbed in Burnaby, B.C.

BURNABY, B.C. - Mounties are mourning one of their own after an RCMP officer was fatally stabbed at a homeless campsite in Burnaby, British Columbia. Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald says the death...

Oct 19, 2022

RCMP officer killed at Burnaby homeless camp

BURNABY, B.C. - An RCMP officer in Burnaby, B.C., has been killed in what Solicitor General Mike Farnworth calls a terrible tragedy. Media reports say the female officer was stabbed to death at a home...

Oct 18, 2022

Health care tops list of complaints to B.C.'s ombudsperson: report

VICTORIA - Complaints about British Columbia's health-care system to the provincial ombudsperson have reached a 10-year high. Jay Chalke's annual report for 2021-2022 says the office received almost 1...

Oct 18, 2022

Drought, lack of rain, high temperatures and wildfires by the numbers in B.C.

VANCOUVER - British Columbia should be well into its rainy season, but instead, persistent hot and dry weather has created drought conditions. Here are some of the numbers connected with the drought: ...

Oct 18, 2022

B.C. drought forces emergency order on Sunshine Coast, but officials urge calm

SECHELT, B.C. - Some businesses and amenities on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast have been told to stop using all treated drinking water later today due to severe drought, but officials say there's ...

Oct 18, 2022

McCallum not conceding in Surrey, B.C., considering judicial recount of vote: party

SURREY, B.C. - Mayor Doug McCallum's political party says he's not conceding the election in Surrey, B.C. The Safe Surrey Coalition says in a statement that with less than a 1,000-vote difference from...

Oct 17, 2022

B.C.'s Sunshine Coast declares state of emergency over drought

SECHELT, B.C. - A British Columbia community has declared a state of local emergency as a drought drags on and the area risks running out of drinking water. The Sunshine Coast Regional District, the D...

Oct 17, 2022