British Columbia

RCMP start criminal investigation into trail derailment near Field, B.C.

FIELD, B.C. - The RCMP say a criminal investigation has been launched into a fatal Canadian Pacific train derailment near the boundary between B.C. and Alberta in February 2019. Sgt. Janelle Shoihet s...

Dec 17, 2020

B.C. finance minister schedules economic and fiscal update

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is scheduled to update the province's financial situation today amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Finance Ministry's economic and fiscal update comes after it ...

Dec 17, 2020

Advocates share fear of worsening overdose crisis in 2021, want national safe supply

VANCOUVER - With overdose deaths rising across Canada, advocates for drug users are calling for the implementation of a national safe supply program as part of an effort to save lives. Failing to do s...

Dec 17, 2020

B.C. mom who gave birth in a coma due to COVID-19 awake, able to meet son

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A mother who gave birth while in a coma due to complications from COVID-19 is awake and has met her newborn son for the first time. Gillian McIntosh was given an emergency C-section...

Dec 16, 2020

B.C. expanding enforcement measures in effort to crack down on COVID-19 rule breakers

VICTORIA - New enforcement measures are coming into effect as part of British Columbia's crackdown on those who refuse to follow COVID-19 restrictions. Mike Farnworth, minister of public safety and so...

Dec 16, 2020

B.C. behind on climate goals, sets new 2025 emissions target to stay on track

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is setting a new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 after determining it is further from reaching its goals than previously forecasted. The ...

Dec 16, 2020

Woman walking with kids killed by runaway cargo vehicle in Surrey: RCMP

SURREY, B.C. - Police say a woman who had been walking with two children is dead after being struck by a cargo vehicle with no driver. RCMP in Surrey, B.C., received a report on Tuesday of a crash inv...

Dec 16, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Front-line workers named Canada's Newsmaker of the Year by editors

VANCOUVER - Shortly after COVID-19 reached Canada, the meaning of "essential work" began to crystalize as people like nurses and grocery store clerks remained on the job at great risk to themselves an...

Dec 16, 2020

Equinox Gold Corp. signs all-stock deal to acquire Premier Gold Mines Ltd.

VANCOUVER - Equinox Gold Corp. has signed a friendly agreement to acquire Premier Gold Mines Ltd. which will spin out its Nevada assets in a new U.S.-focused gold miner to be called i-80 Gold Corp.Und...

Dec 16, 2020

Stricter enforcement coming to COVID-19 rule breakers, B.C. premier says

VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan warns tighter enforcement is coming to those who refuse to follow British Columbia's COVID-19 restrictions. Horgan says B.C. has shown itself to be more successful in ma...

Dec 15, 2020