British Columbia

Vancouver home sales fall in November, but remain higher than a year ago

VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says November home sales were down from October - but still well above this time last year, as the market catches up to the effects of COVID-19.T...

Dec 02, 2020

Change made to insurance for B.C. condo owners amid rising premiums

VICTORIA - Insurance companies in British Columbia have agreed to end a pricing practice that has been identified as one of the key factors in skyrocketing property insurance premiums for condominiums...

Dec 01, 2020

Guitar made in 1950s worth more than B.C. family imagined

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - When Renee Latheur decided to take an old guitar into a music store in Kamloops, B.C., she didn't expect the instrument that had sat in a closet for years to be worth thousands of dol...

Dec 01, 2020

B.C.'s top doctor emotional in offering condolences to families of dead

VICTORIA - British Columbia recorded 46 more deaths over the last three days, its highest number of fatalities for that time period. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry became emotional Monday ...

Nov 30, 2020

Owner of missing diamond-covered eagle loses latest round in insurance fight

VANCOUVER - A legal battle over a missing diamond-encrusted eagle statue valued at nearly $1 million will continue, more than four years after the artwork was stolen during a robbery in Delta, B.C. In...

Nov 30, 2020

Review finds no evidence of alcohol game at B.C. ERs, but vast Indigenous profiling

VICTORIA - A former judge says she found widespread systemic racism in British Columbia's health-care system, but she could not confirm allegations of an organized game to guess the blood-alcohol leve...

Nov 30, 2020

B.C.'s economic recovery minister says getting through pandemic will be team approach

VICTORIA - The British Columbia cabinet minister appointed to lead the province's COVID-19 pandemic recovery says he plans to mount a large team effort from inside and outside of government spur econo...

Nov 29, 2020

Mountie says he suggested meeting with CBSA on Meng arrest to avoid 'problems'

VANCOUVER - The Mountie who says he warned against arresting Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou by boarding her plane when it landed in Vancouver says he made his own decision to come into the airport and ...

Nov 27, 2020

B.C.'s top doctor says shop online or stay home if you don't wear mask where required

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor has a message for people who don't follow a provincial order to wear a mask in indoor public spaces: order takeout, shop online or stay home. Dr. Bonnie Henry ...

Nov 27, 2020

COVID-19 rapid test study launches at Vancouver airport for departing passengers

RICHMOND, B.C. - A study has launched to investigate the safest and most efficient way to rapidly test for COVID-19 in people taking off from the Vancouver airport. The airport authority says the stud...

Nov 27, 2020