British Columbia

B.C. is first in Canada to set emissions targets for industries, communities

VICTORIA - British Columbia has set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for most sectors in the provincial economy, including the oil and gas industry. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Ch...

Mar 26, 2021

No violation of Meng's charter rights in collection of device serial numbers: Crown

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says RCMP did not need a search warrant to obtain the electronic devices of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou or collect their serial numbers. John Gibb-...

Mar 26, 2021

Coal company Teck fined $60M for contaminating B.C. rivers

FERNIE, B.C. - Canadian mining company Teck Coal has been assessed $60 million in fines for contaminating waterways in southern British Columbia."It's the largest-ever penalty assessed under the Fishe...

Mar 26, 2021

B.C. labour minister concerned over recent workplace deaths

VICTORIA - British Columbia's labour minister says he has contacted the head of the province's workplace safety agency after six workers died on the job in the past four weeks. Harry Bains says he's r...

Mar 26, 2021

Romania OKs holding Easter celebrations despite virus surge

BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanian authorities announced Thursday that Easter celebrations in the deeply Christian country will go ahead in person this year, even though Romania is battling a surge of COVI...

Mar 25, 2021

800 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 58 in Northern Health

VICTORIA - The daily surge in COVID-19 cases continues. British Columbia's provincial government announced another 800 cases today, including 58 in the northern health region. There have been 191 new ...

Mar 25, 2021

Crown says burden is on Meng's lawyers to prove device information was wrongly shared

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says there's no evidence that the RCMP shared the serial numbers with U.S. investigators of the devices of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. John Gibb-C...

Mar 25, 2021

Province to ease restrictions on long-term care visitation

VICTORIA - Changes are coming to long-term care visitation in British Columbia.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says effective April 1, people in long-term care and their loved ones will hav...

Mar 25, 2021

B.C. raising fines for promoting, attending events that break COVID-19 rules

VICTORIA - The B.C. government is more than doubling the fines for those promoting and attending events against COVID-19 health rules in an effort to crack down on "selfish behaviour." The fine has in...

Mar 25, 2021

Romanian police protest cutbacks, poor conditions

BUCHAREST, Romania - Hundreds of police protested Thursday in the Romanian capital of Bucharest over cutbacks and poor working conditions. They converged in front of the Ministry of Internal Affairs b...

Mar 25, 2021