British Columbia

B.C. First Nation faces COVID-19 outbreak; community leaders issue racism warnings

VICTORIA - A First Nations community on Vancouver Island hard hit by COVID-19 is facing intolerance from some members of the surrounding community while it fights to contain the outbreak. Cowichan Tri...

Jan 12, 2021

Meng's lawyers ask court to ease surveillance in bail agreement

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou have asked British Columbia's Supreme Court to ease her bail conditions as she fights extradition to the United States. Her husband, Liu Xia...

Jan 12, 2021

Homeless woman OK after man tries to set her blankets ablaze in Vancouver: police

VANCOUVER - A homeless woman is unhurt but police want to catch the man who tried to set her blankets on fire as she slept on a Vancouver street. A statement from the Vancouver Police Department on Tu...

Jan 12, 2021

Massive turbines trucked toward B.C.'s Site C dam in wide, slow convoy

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Two massive sections of turbine for the Site C hydroelectric project in British Columbia are being trucked slowly toward the dam and have reached Prince George.Two eight-metre-wi...

Jan 12, 2021

B.C.'s top doctor says gap between vaccine doses rooted in science

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says the first dose of a vaccine for COVID-19 gives "amazing" immunity, so the government's decision to allow for a 35-day gap before the second dose is admini...

Jan 11, 2021

Sister says brother's ashes that seemed lost in transit are now home

VANCOUVER - A woman says her little brother can now be laid to rest after his ashes reached her Metro Vancouver home from Edmonton weeks later than promised. Courtney Baker says her mother in Maple Ri...

Jan 11, 2021

Speculation tax increased long-term rentals in B.C., raised $88 million: ministry

VICTORIA - The Ministry of Finance says data from British Columbia's tax targeting property speculators shows it has helped increase the number of long-term rentals in the province. A statement from t...

Jan 11, 2021

Three units at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver linked to COVID-19 outbreak: memo

VANCOUVER - Officials at St. Paul's Hospital in downtown Vancouver confirm a COVID-19 outbreak has spread to two more units at its cardiac centre.In a memo to staff, the director of the St. Paul's Hos...

Jan 11, 2021

Lululemon says fourth-quarter sales and profit at top end of expectations

VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says revenue and earnings for its fourth quarter are forecast to come in at the top end of its earlier expectations.The athletic clothing retailer says it now expe...

Jan 11, 2021

Change needed for access, outreach: B.C. police complaints commissioner

VANCOUVER - Accessibility to British Columbia's municipal police complaints process can and should be improved, its commissioner says, as the office faces criticism from both legal advocates and the h...

Jan 11, 2021