Category Archives: British Columbia
What's in the multi-billion-dollar B.C.-Canada prosperity MOU?
VANCOUVER - An economic deal between Canada and British Columbia that was unveiled in Vancouver on Thursday describes commitments that Prime Minister Mark Carney says will help unlock more than $200 b...
Jul 02, 2026
B.C. nurses start limited job action as strike deadline passes
VANCOUVER - Nurses in British Columbia started targeted job action at work sites across the province on Thursday in an effort to push to government to improve its offer to union members, the British C...
Jul 02, 2026
Alberta update on West Coast oil pipeline postponed
CALGARY - The Alberta government has postponed a planned update on its planned million-barrel-a-day oil pipeline to the West Coast. A news conference with Premier Danielle Smith had been scheduled for...
Jul 02, 2026
Alberta submits plans and announces partners for new pipeline to B.C. coast
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced Thursday that her government has a route - and builders - for a new pipeline to the B.C. coast, just hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a deal wi...
Jul 02, 2026
B.C. journalist, tormented by followers of Chinese tycoon, relieved at jail sentence
A British Columbia journalist who was targeted for months by followers of Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui says he's feeling "tremendous relief" after Guo was sentenced to 30 years in a U.S. jail for fraud. ...
Jul 01, 2026
Victor Dodig succeeds Darren Entwistle as Telus CEO after 25-plus years at helm
One of Canada's largest telecommunications companies has officially transitioned to new leadership after more than 25 years, with Victor Dodig succeeding Darren Entwistle as president and CEO of Telus...
Jul 01, 2026
B.C. Conservative leader Findlay retains former rival Milobar in shadow cabinet
VICTORIA - New B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay has kept former rival Peter Milobar and his supporters in her shadow cabinet, a day after installing a caucus leadership team that skewed to...
Jun 30, 2026
Victoria police arrest two men in trafficking, sexual assault of woman
VICTORIA - Police in Victoria say they arrested and charged two men in connection with a case of trafficking and sexual assault of a woman. Jamie McRae, the department's deputy chief, said during a ne...
Jun 30, 2026
Glacier lake bursts northeast of Pemberton, B.C., after evacuation over
PEMBERTON - A glacier lake has burst and is sending floodwaters towards a community northeast of Pemberton, B.C. The melting glacier triggered an evacuation order for two dozen homes last week over th...
Jun 30, 2026
B.C. sailors tell of harrowing choices in rescue of charter sinking survivors
Brian Angus and Dorothy Stauffer set out from Vancouver's Coal Harbour on Sunday morning to embark on their annual months-long sailing trip aboard their 33-foot yacht Malaika. But within hours they we...
Jun 30, 2026