British Columbia

Researchers race to study probiotic before white-nose syndrome spreads to B.C. bats

VANCOUVER - Researchers say a deadly fungus that has nearly wiped out a North American bat species hasn't yet spread to British Columbia, giving them valuable time to study whether probiotics prevent ...

Feb 06, 2022

Judge rejects bid to delay the release of B.C. Liberal leadership results

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Liberal party can go ahead with the scheduled release of the results of its leadership contest later today after a judge rejected a last-minute bid to delay the process. Justice H...

Feb 05, 2022

Interfor caps off blockbuster year on a sour note as fourth-quarter profit plunges

BURNABY, B.C. - Interfor Corp. is reporting a near tripling in profits last year despite a weaker fourth quarter in which net earnings were cut by more than half. The Burnaby, B.C., lumber producer sa...

Feb 05, 2022

Judge to decide on petition over B.C. Liberal leadership vote

VANCOUVER - A judge was expected to deliver her decision today on a petition that asks the British Columbia Supreme Court to delay the release of results from the B.C. Liberal party's leadership vote....

Feb 05, 2022

Brain injury endemic among homeless populations: Vancouver research

VANCOUVER - Traumatic brain injury is so common among the homeless that prevention should be prioritized for people facing multiple challenges and worse outcomes compared with "affluent populations," ...

Feb 05, 2022

Cities in British Columbia prepare for trucker convoy protests

VICTORIA - British Columbia's public safety minister says Victoria residents should plan for a potential truck convoy protest against COVID-19 measures this weekend at the legislature as the governmen...

Feb 04, 2022

B.C. reports 946 patients in hospital, 19 more deaths due to COVID

VICTORIA - Health officials in British Columbia say 19 more people have died due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities in the province to 2,675. In a statement Friday, the Health Minist...

Feb 04, 2022

Tk’emlups chief prepares to carry emotion of gravesite revelation into meeting with Pope Francis

KAMLOOPS - Indigenous leaders from across Canada are preparing to meet with the Pope at the end of March, to address the confirmation of the thousands of possible gravesites confirmed at former reside...

Feb 04, 2022

Unions reach pattern contract with Canfor paying 8% wage increase, signing bonus

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Two of Canada's largest pulp and paper unions say Canfor employees have ratified a new collective agreement it hopes will set the pattern for 18 contracts in British Columbia and...

Feb 04, 2022

Police say one male dead after suspected targeted shooting in North Delta, B.C.

DELTA, B.C. - A person has been killed in a shooting in Delta, B.C. A statement from Delta Police says officers responded to a call of shots fired just after 2 a.m. at a home on the northeast side of ...

Feb 04, 2022