RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Mounties say raising a sunken fishing charter in the Straight of Georgia near Richmond, B.C., where six people are presumed drowned, needs to be done carefully as the vessel is considered evidence in their investigation. P...

OTTAWA - The federal government is providing more than $4 million in funding to support people affected by the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., in February. A statement from Public Safety Canada says part of the funds will go to priorities identif...

NORTH VANCOUVER - Grinder, a massive grizzly bear who fascinated locals and tourists alike on Grouse Mountain, has died. He was adopted as a cub after being orphaned and became a longtime companion for Coola, another orphan who arrived around the same...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court has given the provincial government six months to reform laws that allow directors of mental health facilities to consent to psychiatric treatments for people who are involuntarily admitted for care. The ...

PINCHER CREEK - A British Columbia man who set out to hike the Great Divide Trail has been found dead in mountainous terrain in southern Alberta. The body of the 81-year-old from Golden, B.C., was located Thursday after a week of searching in Waterton ...

Pembina Pipeline Corp. says its participation in the proposed West Coast oil pipeline fits into the company's overall strategy ahead of the pipeline's potential designation as a project of national interest in the fall. During the second quarter, Pemb...

ST. JOHN'S - Fortis Inc. is reporting second-quarter net earnings attributable to common equity shareholders of $396 million, up from $384 million for the second quarter of last year. The Newfoundland and Labrador-based company says the increase was dr...

CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Pear Lake wildfire prompted a series of expanding evacuation orders for parts of British Columbia's south Cariboo region on Friday, while officials warned of gusty winds in the forecast that raise the risk of aggressive ...

CALGARY - Rough seas have been posing challenges for AltaGas Ltd. as construction on its propane and butane export terminal on British Columbia's north coast nears completion. The Ridley Island Energy Export Facility, or REEF, is 85 per cent complete ...

DELTA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has backed a proposal to expand a major port facility in Metro Vancouver, saying its existing capacity won't be enough to meet Ottawa's goals for growing and diversifying the economy. Carney outlined his support for t...

VANCOUVER - The executive director of the BC Conservatives, who helped orchestrate the party's climb from obscurity to official Opposition, is the latest departure from a prominent role under newly minted leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Angelo Isidorou sai...

A man from Boston Bar, B.C., says officials are "villainizing" those who defy evacuation orders, even though they have the expertise and willingness to pitch in to protect their communities. Attila Banhegyi said the decision to stay is a more nuanced ...

LANGLEY - Homicide investigators in British Columbia say they're releasing the name of a man found seriously injured in Langley on Canada Day who later died in hospital. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 75-year-old Larry Greig was found ...

German utility Uniper has locked down a formal long-term agreement to purchase liquefied natural gas from the Ksi Lisims project planned for the northern British Columbia coast. The Duesseldorf-based company will purchase two million tonnes per year of...

SURREY - British Columbia's gang squad says it has uncovered what would have been a sophisticated illicit drug production organization, seizing large quantities of drugs, dozens of firearms and 65 cubes of commercial explosives. RCMP Sgt. Sarbjit Sang...

The chair of the board in British Columbia's fire-stricken Thompson-Nicola Regional District says that for a lot of people, the wildfires burning in the area will be "one of the most traumatizing events" they'll live through. Barbara Roden told an onli...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has issued an order affecting more than 450 water licenses to protect fish in the Salmon River watershed, saying the Thompson-Okanagan region has been wracked with "severe" drought. A statement from the Water ...

NEW WESTMINSTER - British Columbia's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a 44-year-old woman has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for the death of her 18-month-old child. Police say the child died in July 2021 in New Westminster, B.C. T...

British Columbia Premier David Eby says he helped a cabinet minister write her statement denouncing plans for the expansion of a liquefied natural gas plant neighbouring her riding, despite his government advocating for the project. It's a break from t...

SURREY - Another 462 skilled-trades training seats are being added at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, B.C., this year to prepare people to become plumbers, millwrights and electricians. The move bumps that number of trade seats at the univer...

CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - There was little left besides twisted metal, blackened trees, the charred shell of a car and a tractor still burning in images taken at a property outside Clinton, B.C., by the owner, whose home was destroyed by a fe...

TORONTO - A patient in Alberta waited 16 days in an emergency department for a psychiatric hospital admission last year. Another in British Columbia waited just over nine days. These cases are extreme outliers, but mental health experts say they illu...

CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A video circulating on social media is providing insight into the wrath of a wildfire that triggered a battle to save the evacuated village of Clinton, B.C., and the surrounding community, where homes and other struc...

KELOWNA - A 97-year-old man from Kelowna, B.C., has died in a crash between his mobility scooter and a charter bus. RCMP say they were called at the same time as an ambulance on Sunday afternoon. Police say the man on the scooter was taken to hospita...

SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog has launched an investigation into the death of a suspect in a property crime probe after an officer fired their gun while attempting to make an arrest at a truck stop in Abbotsford, B.C. The Independent Inve...

VANCOUVER - The Defence Department says a $75,000 fine issued to the owner of a deteriorating vessel on the Fraser River in Richmond, B.C., will be registered with Federal Court after the owner failed to pay or request a review of the decision. A state...

CLINTON - A councillor for Clinton, B.C., said Monday that sad stories were emerging from the community where homes and other structures have been destroyed by wildfire. A photograph provided by the BC Wildfire Service appeared to show most of the vill...

WEST VANCOUVER - Police in West Vancouver, B.C., say a man has died while scuba diving in waters off a local park. A statement from police says officers responded to a report of a diver in distress at Whytecliff Park, near the Horseshoe Bay neighbourho...