British Columbia

Paramedics, dispatchers call for more resources as mental health issues spike

VANCOUVER - Groups representing Canada's paramedics are calling for improved mental health services as staff shortages and unprecedented call volumes fuelled by the pandemic and the overdose crisis ta...

Jan 25, 2022

Spending a 'marked departure' from former B.C. legislature clerk's duties, Crown says

VANCOUVER - A book on beekeeping, a wood splitter and a cushion decorated with the Union Jack and the words "God Save the Queen," are among the items that a special prosecutor alleges former B.C. legi...

Jan 24, 2022

B.C. reports 24 COVID-19-related deaths, 4,997 infections over a three-day period

VICTORIA - British Columbia officials say there are 64 health-care facilities across the province that have COVID-19 outbreaks. A statement from the Health Ministry released Monday says they include s...

Jan 24, 2022

B.C. Court rejects WestJet's appeal of class action certification about baggage fees

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed WestJet's efforts to overturn the certification of a class-action lawsuit on baggage fees. The Calgary-based airline is alleged to have between Septe...

Jan 24, 2022

'Remarkable' reconstruction on Highway 1 allows it to reopen in B.C.: minister

VICTORIA - Another patch in British Columbia's damaged highway system has been completed as the province reopened Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon on Monday. Large sections of the highway were dama...

Jan 24, 2022

B.C. driver curious about speed of mother's car faces fines: police

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A novice British Columbia driver faces numerous tickets and nine penalty points after police allege he was travelling in excess of 200 kilometres per hour in his mother's car. Polic...

Jan 24, 2022

Workers at Teck's Highland Valley Copper mine ratify new contract

VANCOUVER - Unionized workers at Teck Resources Ltd.'s Highland Valley Copper operations in British Columbia have ratified a new five-year collective agreement. United Steelworkers Local 7619 says the...

Jan 23, 2022

Sudden shift in COVID-19 guidance in B.C. 'led to confusion' says BC CDC

VANCOUVER - Guidance on the home management of COVID-19 symptoms and decisions about who should self-isolate and for how long could dominate today's pandemic update with British Columbia's health mini...

Jan 21, 2022

Utility says B.C.'s heat, rain and cold in 2021 underscore changing demand for power

VANCOUVER - British Columbia endured sizzling summer heat and bone-numbing cold to end 2021 and the province's electrical utility says the result was a record-breaking, year-round demand for power, la...

Jan 21, 2022

B.C. study links low river flows with lower chinook salmon productivity

VANCOUVER - A study that links low summertime water flows in a British Columbia river with lower productivity across 22 generations of a struggling salmon population could help guide how rivers are ma...

Jan 21, 2022