Category Archives: British Columbia
System brings heavy rain, warm weather to B.C. as temperature records fall
VANCOUVER - A weekend weather system in British Columbia brought record rain to some communities while others saw unseasonably high temperatures. Environment Canada says the daily highs fell in eight ...
Nov 10, 2025
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says plans to dredge Burrard Inlet remain uncosted
VICTORIA - A spokesperson for the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says plans to dredge Burrard Inlet remain in the preliminary stage with no costs currently attached to them. But the authority, which ...
Nov 09, 2025
As U.S. wine sales in Canada plummet, local wineries look to capitalize on market gap
HALIFAX - Over the summer, Narek Nersisyan saw more tourists and day trippers at his family's winery, Holland Marsh Wineries in Newmarket, Ont. Nersisyan, the vice-president of sales and marketing at ...
Nov 09, 2025
Animal sanctuary staff in Summerland, B.C., 'devastated' by avian flu case
VICTORIA - An animal sanctuary in B.C.'s interior says it is facing a "heartbreaking" experience after discovering a positive case of H5N1, also known as avian flu. Critteraid, based in Summerland B.C...
Nov 09, 2025
Police are investigating shots fired at Surrey home Saturday morning
VICTORIA - The Surrey Police Service is investigating after gunshots were fired at a residence. The service says officers responded to a call for possible gunshots fired at a home in the 17000 block o...
Nov 08, 2025
100 Mile House Mayor says mill closure at the end of 2025 underscores need for reform
VICTORIA - The mayor of a community in B.C.'s Cariboo region says U.S. tariffs on the softwood lumber industry "are the icing on the cake" for an industry in need of fundamental reforms as it prepares...
Nov 08, 2025
Official says test reveals no contamination of a local water system after derailment
VICTORIA - A local official said testing has revealed "no contamination" of a local water system on Kamloops Lake in B.C. after more than 80,000 litres of aviation fuel spilled on its shores in a trai...
Nov 08, 2025
B.C. ostrich farm is 'ground zero for change' as family reels from shooting cull
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - With the flock of several hundred ostriches on the British Columbia farm co-owned by her mother shot dead in a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency,...
Nov 08, 2025
3 people kicked out of Canada in extortion probe in B.C., border agency says
VANCOUVER - The Canada Border Services Agency says it has removed three people from the country as part of its work within the B.C. Extortion Task Force. The agency says in a statement that it is also...
Nov 07, 2025
Biggest landowner in Cowichan area wants Aboriginal title case reopened, in rare move
A company that says it is the biggest private landowner in the Cowichan Tribes' Aboriginal title area in Richmond, B.C., said it will ask the British Columbia Supreme Court to take the rare step of re...
Nov 07, 2025