Category Archives: British Columbia
External review latest to call for more B.C. home-share funding years after death
An external review of British Columbia's home-sharing program for adults with developmental disabilities says the government needs to increase funding to the Crown corporation in charge if it wants to...
Nov 25, 2025
Door-to-door pickups, students restricted to grounds amid search for bear in Bella Coola
BELLA COOLA - Students were allowed back to school today in Bella Coola, B.C., where a bear attacked a group of students and teachers last week, but the kids couldn't leave the grounds and the bus was...
Nov 25, 2025 A B.C. conservation officer measures a footprint in the mud during the search in Bella Coola on Saturday Nov. 22, 2025, for a bear that attacked a group of children and their teachers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout — B.C. Conservation Officer Service (Mandatory Credit)
Trouble in 'Team Canada' as B.C.'s deputy premier raises spectre of pipeline lawsuit
VICTORIA - Rifts in "Team Canada" appear to be widening on the brink of a federal announcement on a potential pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast, with B.C.'s deputy premier even raising the prosp...
Nov 25, 2025
B.C. launching review of post-secondary education in wake of declining stability
VICTORIA - British Columbia's public post-secondary institutions have seen a 70 per cent decline in international students, requiring the province to launch a review in a bid to stabilize the sector, ...
Nov 25, 2025
CBSA, PMO say they were not involved in MP announcing ban on Belfast band Kneecap
OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency and the Prime Minister's Office say they were not involved in an Ontario Liberal MP's announcement that members of the Belfast band Kneecap were banned from ...
Nov 25, 2025
Carney says B.C. 'has to agree' on pipeline plan from Alberta
OTTAWA - British Columbia "has to agree" on any pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific coast, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday, as his government edges closer to unveiling the details of a new en...
Nov 25, 2025
Two grizzlies caught in Bella Coola, B.C.; DNA tests may confirm any link to attack
Two grizzly bears have been captured in Bella Coola on British Columbia's central coast, and DNA tests may be conducted on one of them to determine if it was involved in last week's attack on a group ...
Nov 24, 2025
B.C. investigating possible case of deer disease in Okanagan
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it is investigating a potential case of chronic wasting disease in a deer harvested in the Okanagan region. If the disease is confirmed, the province sa...
Nov 24, 2025
Premier Eby tells Carney it's unacceptable B.C. has been cut out of pipeline talks
VICTORIA - For a project he says "doesn't actually exist," there was a lot British Columbia Premier David Eby had to say about a potential pipeline from Alberta to B.C.'s northern coast, in a phone ca...
Nov 24, 2025
B.C. woman sentenced to 18 months in jail for money laundering in "milestone" case
Securing a guilty plea in a British Columbia money laundering case that dates back to 2019 involved undercover officers and multiple search warrants, and organized crime investigators say they hope an...
Nov 24, 2025