British Columbia

BCWS predicts stable forecast following persistent lightning strikes across province

VANCOUVER - A spokesperson for the BC Wildfire Service says 80 per cent of the 212 new fires sparked across the province since Wednesday were caused by lightning. Briana Hill says the service was well...

Aug 14, 2022

High risk sex offender found, rearrested in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - A high risk sex offender who disappeared from his halfway house has been found and rearrested by police in Vancouver. Police said they were looking for 39-year-old Tony Okanase, who had be...

Aug 14, 2022

BC General Employees' Union issues strike notice on behalf of 33,000 public servants

BURNABY, B.C. - The union representing about 33,000 staff in the B.C. Public Service Agency has issued a strike notice to the government. BC General Employees' Union president Stephanie Smith issued a...

Aug 13, 2022

B.C. Premier John Horgan calls byelection in Surrey South on Sept. 10

SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier John Horgan has called a byelection for the Surrey South electoral district. The seat became vacant following the departure of Liberal Stephanie Cadieux, who re...

Aug 13, 2022

B.C. 'clear' there's not enough housing as Vancouver encampment ordered dismantled

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's acting attorney general says the province was "clear" with Vancouver officials that the Crown corporation responsible for subsidized housing does not have enough spaces ...

Aug 12, 2022

MP warns of repeating AIDS stigma with monkeypox, as Feds announce funding

Vancouver Centre member of Parliament Hedy Fry has warned about stigmatization in the battle against monkeypox, recalling the fear surrounding HIV-AIDS when she was a physician in the '80s. Fry says m...

Aug 12, 2022

Excitement in B.C. Indigenous communities as salmon get past Fraser slide zone

VANCOUVER - Thousands of migrating sockeye and chinook salmon appear to be making it through a massive slide area on the Fraser River on their way to spawn in central British Columbia. Fisheries and O...

Aug 12, 2022

Hundreds of lightning strikes hit B.C. as severe thunderstorms roll through

Severe thunderstorms have torn through British Columbia's Interior, delivering hundreds of lightning strikes to areas already ranked at a high to extreme risk for wildfires. The BC Wildfire Service we...

Aug 12, 2022

Charges in machete attack that seriously injured two in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

VANCOUVER - An appeal for information about a suspect in a machete attack on two people has led to charges against a Vancouver man. Vancouver police say the 37-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday ...

Aug 12, 2022

Assault charge laid after Vancouver police say officers were 'swarmed' by crowd

VANCOUVER - Police say a charge of assault with a weapon has been laid against a woman after officers in Vancouver were allegedly attacked in the same area as a tent encampment was being removed from ...

Aug 12, 2022