British Columbia

Restrictions imposed to curb COVID-19 in B.C. as new cases strain the system

VICTORIA - British Columbia has taken a step backwards in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the province to impose circuit breaker measures for the next three weeks to slow the rapid sp...

Mar 29, 2021

B.C. university offers first bachelor's degree in Indigenous language fluency

VICTORIA - Students at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus will soon be able to receive an Indigenous language fluency degree. Anne Kang, B.C.'s minister of advanced education and ski...

Mar 29, 2021

B.C., federal governments allocate funds to operate BC Bus North through March 2022

VICTORIA - The federal and British Columbia governments are working together to ensure continued operation of a bus route described as a "crucial lifeline" for northern B.C. A joint statement from the...

Mar 29, 2021

Woman injured, suspect flees as RCMP report latest shooting in Surrey, B.C.

SURREY, B.C. - A woman has been hurt in a shooting late Sunday in a Surrey, B.C., home. RCMP say the attack happened just before midnight in a home in the Guildford neighbourhood. The suspect fled bef...

Mar 29, 2021

Bird strike, engine stall identified as causes in deadly Snowbirds crash

KAMLOOPS - A Canadian Armed Forces investigation into the deadly Snowbirds crash in Kamloops has concluded.On May 17, 2020, the Snowbirds aerobatics team took off from the Kamloops Airport when one of...

Mar 29, 2021

Lights returning after windstorm knocks out power to thousands across southern B.C.

VANCOUVER - Thousands of residents on British Columbia's south coast and southern Interior spent the night without power after a fierce windstorm blew through the region Sunday. BC Hydro says the outa...

Mar 29, 2021

Police expected to update investigation into stabbings at library in North Vancouver

VANCOUVER - Police are expected to release more details today in their investigation of a stabbing rampage that left a young woman dead and injured six others in and around a library on Saturday in No...

Mar 29, 2021

Establishing motive central focus in fatal library attack in North Vancouver: police

VANCOUVER - Police are working to determine the motive of a series of stabbings that left a woman dead and six others injured inside and around a public library in North Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday. ...

Mar 28, 2021

B.C. mining laws raise questions as province looks to implement UN declaration

VANCOUVER - The relationships between Indigenous nations and British Columbia's mining sector are set to change as the province works to match its laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Right...

Mar 28, 2021

Six protesting old-growth logging arrested as traffic stopped on Vancouver bridge

VANCOUVER - Six people have been arrested for refusing to end a blockade of Vancouver's Cambie Bridge. Vancouver police say in a statement that about 150 people marched to the bridge and stopped traff...

Mar 27, 2021