B.C.

B.C. helps Williams Lake First Nation buy property at former residential school site
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – A former British Columbia residential school site being investigated as a…

Mother tells B.C. murder trial she regrets leaving her daughter home alone
VANCOUVER – The mother of a 13-year-old girl killed six years ago told a British…

Stock market today: Wall Street ends lower following two weeks of gains
NEW YORK – Stocks closed lower on Wall Street as traders return from a long…

Political pressure to stop rate hikes now coming from premiers, as BoC decision nears
OTTAWA – Two premiers have sent letters to Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem urging…

Some evacuation orders to lift in B.C., but wildfire disruptions drag on
VANCOUVER – Residents of British Columbia’s Shuswap region must wait another day for evacuation orders…

Some Canadian students going back to school face heat wave, post-wildfire landscape
TORONTO – When Alicia White accompanied her daughters to their first day of class on…

Unionized Starbucks store in Vancouver to close as lease expires
VANCOUVER – One of the few unionized Starbucks stores in British Columbia is closing at…

Vancouver on track to see home price stabilization amid higher borrowing costs: board
VANCOUVER – The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says higher borrowing costs combined with…

Essential workers head back early to Yellowknife to be ready for everyone else
YELLOWKNIFE – Officials in Yellowknife, as well as staff with the Northwest Territories, are getting…

B.C. Coroner’s inquest jury recommends police body cameras after fatal shooting
NELSON, B.C. – A jury in a coroner’s inquest into the police killing of a…

Weekend weather in central B.C. causes ‘very aggressive’ fire activity
British Columbia’s wildfire service says long weekend weather conditions caused “very aggressive fire activity” on…

Back-to-office plans fall flat amid arbitrary rules, lack of communication
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamie Burke was happy with her job. Working in property management,…

First Nation, regional district in central B.C. Interior orders wildfire evacuations
VICTORIA – Weekend winds in British Columbia’s central Interior resulted in increased wildfire activity and…

Tribe getting piece of Minnesota back more than a century after ancestors died there
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. (AP) — Golden prairies and winding rivers of a Minnesota state park…

Biden tells Idalia’s Florida victims ‘your nation has your back.’ DeSantis rejects meeting with him
LIVE OAK, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday saw from the sky Hurricane…