B.C.

RCMP say several people have life-threatening injuries after crash on Highway 93
RADIUM HOT SPRINGS, B.C. – Police say a serious head-on collision has closed Highway 93…

B.C. staff who failed to check on two abused foster children lose jobs: ministry
Staff members at the British Columbia Children’s Ministry who failed to check on two Indigenous…

Canadian Chamber of Commerce wants B.C. port strike averted, cites economic impact
VANCOUVER – The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says it is “deeply disturbed” the British Columbia…

Reconciliation sparks a reckoning for Canada Day fireworks displays
VANCOUVER – Chief Don Tom of the Tsartlip First Nation on Vancouver Island says he’s…

Searchers look for B.C. teen missing in provincial park since Tuesday
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. – A helicopter, a drone and teams of rescuers from across the…

Emergency department reopens after man shot dead by police in B.C. hospital
HOPE, B.C. – The Fraser Health authority says the emergency department at a Hope, B.C.,…

Man dies after being shot by police at B.C. hospital
HOPE, B.C. – British Columbia’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who…

$500M fund in B.C. to help non-profits buy rental buildings, keep rent affordable
VICTORIA – A $500-million rental-protection fund that will help non-profit groups purchase rental buildings has…

B.C. to launch website to book appointments with pharmacists to treat minor ailments
VANCOUVER – In an attempt to ease some of the pressure on British Columbia’s health-care…

Eby ‘profoundly worried’ as B.C. port union issues strike notice covering 7,400 staff
VANCOUVER – Federal ministers and British Columbia Premier David Eby are urging the province’s port…

Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., probe theft of German shepherd puppies
NANAIMO, B.C. – The RCMP are investigating the theft of 10 German shepherd puppies from…

Protection coming for large tract of threatened grassland south of Kamloops, B.C.
VANCOUVER – More than 60 square kilometres of at-risk grassland in British Columbia’s southern Interior…

Western premiers disappointed by delay to federal bail reform on repeat offenders
WHISTLER, B.C. – Premiers from Western Canada said Tuesday they are “extremely disappointed” in the…

B.C. agrees to delay ending immigration detention in correctional centres
VICTORIA – British Columbia has agreed to give Canada’s border agency more time to come…

B.C. to provide up to 8,000 free air conditioners to low-income and vulnerable people
British Columbia will provide up to 8,000 free portable air-conditioning units to keep vulnerable people…