British Columbia

Advocates aim to shape 'Vancouver model' for drug decriminalization

VANCOUVER - City councillors in Vancouver voted unanimously this week to ask the federal government to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs for personal use, a decision advocates hope will bla...

Nov 27, 2020

B.C. records 887 more cases of COVID-19, with death toll now at 384

VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded 887 new cases of COVID-19 as the province nears 30,000 infections from the illness. Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie H...

Nov 26, 2020

Mountie with airport knowledge says he warned against arresting Meng on plane

VANCOUVER - An RCMP officer who oversaw a small team based at Vancouver's airport says he dismissed a suggestion the night before Meng Wanzhou's flight landed to arrest the Huawei executive by boardin...

Nov 26, 2020

Indigenous groups criticize ABC series 'Big Sky' for insensitivity to MMIWG

VANCOUVER - Several Indigenous groups are lambasting ABC's "Big Sky" for a storyline about kidnapped women in Montana that fails to mention Indigenous victims. The Union of British Columbia Indian Chi...

Nov 26, 2020

Vancouver council unanimously endorses drug decriminalization, seeks federal approval

VANCOUVER - Councillors in Vancouver have voted unanimously to ask the federal government to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs. Mayor Kennedy Stewart put forward the motion ea...

Nov 26, 2020

Fresh off majority government win, B.C.'s Horgan to introduce new NDP cabinet

VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan will announce his new cabinet today with the expectation that the pandemic will occupy the duties of many of his ministers. Horgan's cabinet unveiling comes after t...

Nov 26, 2020

B.C. working on vaccine rollout plan as province records 738 new COVID-19 cases

VICTORIA - Provincial health officials say they are working on British Columbia's plan to handle COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says Dr. Ross Brown of Vancouver Co...

Nov 25, 2020

Vacancy taxes put more rental condos in Metro Vancouver market: CMHC study

VANCOUVER - The Canada Mortgage Housing Corp. says more than 11,000 condos were added to rental market in Metro Vancouver last year, spurred in part by taxes on empty homes. The CMHC report was ...

Nov 25, 2020

B.C. homework assignment asks for 'positive experiences with residential schools'

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A school superintendent in British Columbia is apologizing to an Indigenous mother who pointed out a homework assignment that asked students to find "positive experiences with resid...

Nov 25, 2020

Horgan's NDP cabinet built to tackle pandemic, economic recovery, says former premier

VICTORIA - Former B.C. premier Mike Harcourt says he understands the balancing act that John Horgan is facing as he is set to introduce his NDP government's new cabinet Thursday during a pandemic that...

Nov 25, 2020