British Columbia

B.C. conservation officers find invasive mussel in aquarium moss in retail stores

VICTORIA - For years, British Columbia conservation officers have been checking boats coming into the province for invasive zebra mussels, but now it turns out they're coming through local pet stores....

Mar 09, 2021

Bull moose behind fence at B.C. airport feasts on fresh trees before coaxed to leave

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A bull moose that managed to wander inside the fenced perimeter at the Prince George, B.C., airport ended up staying after finding itself alone in what an animal researcher says ...

Mar 09, 2021

About 15,000 COVID-19 shots booked on Day 1 in B.C., more than half in Fraser Health

VICTORIA - British Columbians eligible to make a COVID-19 vaccination appointment are being urged to keep trying if they failed to get through Monday on phone lines overwhelmed by calls. The Health Mi...

Mar 09, 2021

Herschel Supply Co. names former Arc'teryx president Jon Hoerauf chief executive

VANCOUVER - Herschel Supply Co. is ushering in a new chief executive, freeing up the founders of the backpack brand to focus on product innovation and business expansion. The Vancouver company tapped ...

Mar 09, 2021

B.C.'s universities to start preparing for a return to in-person education this fall

VICTORIA - British Columbia's minister of advanced education and skills training says universities and colleges will begin to prepare for a full return to campus starting this fall. In a news release ...

Mar 08, 2021

Police respond to calls as spider in vehicle causes a 'scramble' in B.C.

SURREY, B.C. - Police say an "itsy-bitsy" intruder inside a vehicle caused "scramble" on the weekend in Surrey, B.C. It also led concerned members of the public to call police about the possibility of...

Mar 08, 2021

Hosts of Vancouver parties are arrested and charged, say police

VANCOUVER - Two hosts of what police say were repeated parties in a condominium in Vancouver's West End have been arrested on allegations of violating public health orders. Vancouver police say office...

Mar 08, 2021

Castlegar, B.C., man charged with manslaughter in death of off-duty police officer

NELSON, B.C. - A manslaughter charge has been laid following an investigation into the death of an off-duty police constable from Abbotsford, B.C. Fifty-five-year-old Const. Allan Young died in July l...

Mar 08, 2021

Construction starts on new St. Paul's Hospital in False Creek Flats area of Vancouver

VANCOUVER - Construction has kicked off for the new St. Paul's Hospital at the Jim Pattison Medical Centre, which the province says is the largest hospital redevelopment project in British Columbia's ...

Mar 08, 2021

Federal, B.C. governments announce $517-million rent aid program to help vulnerable

VICTORIA - A joint federal and B.C. government housing program announced today aims to help pay the rent for up to 25,000 people living in vulnerable situations. Ahmed Hussen, federal families, childr...

Mar 08, 2021