British Columbia

Horgan looking ahead during Wednesday's media availability

VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan opened his media availability this afternoon announcing the new government has had their first cabinet meeting. He says they will call on the legislature next week for a...

Dec 02, 2020

Military helicopter, plane dispatched to rescue Mountie and suspect in ravine

BRIDESVILLE, B.C. - The RCMP say two military aircraft rescued a police officer and an alleged trespasser after a foot chase led them into a steep ravine with no easy way out in British Columbia's sou...

Dec 02, 2020

NDP to put forward Raj Chouhan as B.C. legislature Speaker

VICTORIA - The New Democrats will nominate a longtime member of the B.C. legislature to serve as Speaker.Premier John Horgan says Raj Chouhan, who represents Burnaby-Edmonds, will be put forward on Mo...

Dec 02, 2020

Human activities, shipping, fishing, polluting, links to killer whale deaths: study

VICTORIA - A long-running study of more than 50 dead killer whales in the Pacific Ocean concludes human activities pose deadly threats to the orcas. Killer whale deaths from Alaska to British Columbia...

Dec 02, 2020

BC Hydro lowers rate

PRINCE GEORGE - Good news for BC Hydro customers.The public utility says customers will receive a one-time bill credit early next year as a result of an additional 0.61 per cent rate decrease that is ...

Dec 02, 2020

Vancouver home sales fall in November, but remain higher than a year ago

VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says November home sales were down from October - but still well above this time last year, as the market catches up to the effects of COVID-19.T...

Dec 02, 2020

Change made to insurance for B.C. condo owners amid rising premiums

VICTORIA - Insurance companies in British Columbia have agreed to end a pricing practice that has been identified as one of the key factors in skyrocketing property insurance premiums for condominiums...

Dec 01, 2020

Guitar made in 1950s worth more than B.C. family imagined

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - When Renee Latheur decided to take an old guitar into a music store in Kamloops, B.C., she didn't expect the instrument that had sat in a closet for years to be worth thousands of dol...

Dec 01, 2020

B.C.'s top doctor emotional in offering condolences to families of dead

VICTORIA - British Columbia recorded 46 more deaths over the last three days, its highest number of fatalities for that time period. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry became emotional Monday ...

Nov 30, 2020

73 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health

PRINCE GEORGE - There were 2,077 new cases of COVID-19 over the last three days in British Columbia, including 73 more in Northern Health.The majority of the new cases were in Fraser Health with 1,365...

Nov 30, 2020