British Columbia

Ranking atmospheric rivers premature, says Environment Canada, months after B.C. vow

VANCOUVER - When torrential rain caused widespread flooding and washed out major highways across British Columbia last fall, the provincial government was quick to flag the creation of a system to ran...

Jul 30, 2022

Deleted bookmark led to child pornography site that depicted Amanda Todd: Crown

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A Crown attorney says a device seized from the home of the Dutch man accused of harassing British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd contained a deleted bookmark to a child pornogra...

Jul 29, 2022

B.C. releases details of monkeypox vaccine availability as outbreak spreads globally

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says monkeypox vaccine is being made available to eligible patients in most areas of the province. A statement from the Ministry of Health says cases of the ...

Jul 29, 2022

Lightning, continuing heat wave raise wildfire concerns as fire danger climbs in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Lightning strikes have peppered British Columbia's southern Interior, raising wildfire concerns as yet another day of heat warnings blanket most of the province and the wildfire risk jumps...

Jul 29, 2022

Old growth protest group says it spray-painted Vancouver landmarks

VANCOUVER - An activist group opposed to old growth logging in B.C. says it has been spray-painting Vancouver tourist attractions and landmarks as an act of civil disobedience. The Save OId Growth gro...

Jul 28, 2022

Harassment of B.C. teen from 22 accounts came from one person, Crown attorney says

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A Crown attorney says similarities in messages from 22 online accounts that harassed and extorted British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd in the three years before her death prov...

Jul 28, 2022

BCCLA calls on other governments to join B.C. in ending immigration detention

VANCOUVER - A civil liberties group says the British Columbia government's decision to end immigration detention in provincial jails should not taken as an opportunity for the Canada Border Services A...

Jul 28, 2022

Police identify two people killed in series of shootings in Langley, B.C.

LANGLEY, B.C. - Police have identified two people who were killed in the Vancouver suburb of Langley, where two others were also wounded in a series of shootings on Monday. The Integrated Homicide Inv...

Jul 28, 2022

More B.C. heat records fall, conditions prompt flood watch, but no heat emergency

VANCOUVER - Temperature records are melting across British Columbia as a prolonged heat spell grips the province but Emergency Management BC says it is not anticipating an extreme heat emergency. A st...

Jul 28, 2022

Heat warnings cover most of B.C., as records set, Metro Vancouver air quality falls

VANCOUVER - High temperatures across much of British Columbia this week have seen communities step up measures to offer relief, in the aftermath of last year's heat dome crisis. Cooling centres, misti...

Jul 27, 2022