B.C.

Container shipments plummet at Port of Vancouver in step with falling consumer demand
The number of shipping containers passing through Canada’s largest port fell sharply in the first…
B.C. cities condemn posters found touting ‘whites only’ kids’ playtime
COQUITLAM, B.C. – Two Metro Vancouver cities have issued statements about posters popping up that…

Most evacuation orders, alerts lifted in B.C.’s Okanagan wildfires
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. – Evacuation orders and alerts have been lifted for all but one…

Report from seniors advocate blasts for-profit long-term care delivery in B.C.
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s advocate for seniors is calling for “fundamental reform” in how the…

Flag raising at B.C. legislature honours residential school survivors, lost children
VICTORIA – A brisk wind helped mark a flag-raising ceremony Monday at the British Columbia…

Environment Canada warns B.C. coast to prepare for heavy winds, rain after drought
VANCOUVER – Coastal British Columbia is experiencing its first fall storm of the season and…

Toxic drugs leading cause of death in B.C. for those age 10 to 59: coroner
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s coroner says drug toxicity is the leading cause of death in…

B.C. premier in Ottawa to discuss wildfires, infrastructure, clean energy
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby and six of his cabinet ministers are in…

Canfor’s Vida signs deal to buy sawmill in Sweden for $6 million
VANCOUVER – Canfor Corp. says a Swedish company in which it owns a 70 per…

Friend, community members remember ‘humble,’ ‘genuine’ Mountie killed in shooting
LANGLEY, B.C. – Brittni Drummond’s three-year old daughter, Rikki, doesn’t understand why her “police officer…

B.C. mule deer stressed by wildfire, but still much to learn about wildlife impacts
Proof that deer experienced elevated stress in response to wildfires in British Columbia’s southern Interior…

B.C. frog relocation project aims to better understand conservation practice
VANCOUVER – Almost every day this summer, University of British Columbia master’s student Megan Winand…

RCMP ‘gutted’ by death of Const. Rick O’Brien, 51, shot in B.C.: deputy commissioner
COQUITLAM, B.C. – The death of another Mountie in British Columbia less than a year…

Ibrahim Ali murder trial: Expert defends opinion dead girl was sexually assaulted
VANCOUVER – A lawyer for Ibrahim Ali at his B.C. murder trial highlighted part of…

B.C. premier suspects Ottawa holding back information about foreign interference
VANCOUVER – British Columbia Premier David Eby said he “strongly” suspects that the federal government…