British Columbia

Woman walking with kids killed by runaway cargo vehicle in Surrey: RCMP

SURREY, B.C. - Police say a woman who had been walking with two children is dead after being struck by a cargo vehicle with no driver. RCMP in Surrey, B.C., received a report on Tuesday of a crash inv...

Dec 16, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Front-line workers named Canada's Newsmaker of the Year by editors

VANCOUVER - Shortly after COVID-19 reached Canada, the meaning of "essential work" began to crystalize as people like nurses and grocery store clerks remained on the job at great risk to themselves an...

Dec 16, 2020

Equinox Gold Corp. signs all-stock deal to acquire Premier Gold Mines Ltd.

VANCOUVER - Equinox Gold Corp. has signed a friendly agreement to acquire Premier Gold Mines Ltd. which will spin out its Nevada assets in a new U.S.-focused gold miner to be called i-80 Gold Corp.Und...

Dec 16, 2020

Stricter enforcement coming to COVID-19 rule breakers, B.C. premier says

VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan warns tighter enforcement is coming to those who refuse to follow British Columbia's COVID-19 restrictions. Horgan says B.C. has shown itself to be more successful in ma...

Dec 15, 2020

B.C. must improve supports for youth 'aging out' of government care: watchdog report

VICTORIA - British Columbia's representative for children and youth is calling on the province to improve its support system for youth transitioning out of government care after they turn 19. The repo...

Dec 15, 2020

ICBC filing for 15% decrease on basic car insurance rates to prepare to switch to no-fault

VICTORIA - The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is set to file for the largest reduction in basic insurance rates in the province's history.ICBC is asking the B.C. Utilities Commission to app...

Dec 15, 2020

COVID-19 vaccine goes out Tuesday as 2,146 new cases recorded in B.C. over weekend

VANCOUVER - The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in British Columbia and will start to be administered on Tuesday.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monday the vaccine's a...

Dec 14, 2020

B.C. government says proposed insurance rate decrease is largest in 40 years

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public insurance company is applying for a 15 per cent decrease in its basic rates. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says if the request is approved by the B.C. Utilitie...

Dec 14, 2020

City, park board put plan in place to empty Vancouver tent encampment for homeless

VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver and the park board have released a plan to shut down a growing homeless encampment in Strathcona Park that has led to tensions in the surrounding neighbourhood. Two p...

Dec 14, 2020

Court hears senior RCMP officer emailed FBI after Huawei CFO arrested in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - A security analyst who monitors emails to and from the RCMP says a senior Mountie emailed the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation the day after a Huawei executive was arrested at Vancouve...

Dec 14, 2020