British Columbia

Teck Resources reports Q3 profit and revenue down from year ago mark

Teck Resources Ltd. reported its third-quarter profit and revenue fell compared with a year ago.The Vancouver-based mining company says it earned a profit attributable to shareholders of $61 million o...

Oct 27, 2020

Too rural, not enough diversity, soul searching needed, say B.C. Liberals

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Liberal party should view the election results as a wake-up call from voters who punished the free-enterprise coalition for refusing to renew itself in changing times, sa...

Oct 27, 2020

North District RCMP respond to police arrest circulating social media

WILLIAMS LAKE-Chief Superintendent, Warren Brown North District Commander of the RCMP released a statement this afternoon (Oct.26) in regards to an arrest captured on video in Williams Lake over the w...

Oct 26, 2020

817 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. over the weekend

VICTORIA - The number of people contracting the COVID-19 virus in B.C. continues to surge.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there were 817 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend: A recor...

Oct 26, 2020

West Fraser Timber swings to $350-million Q3 profit on higher lumber prices

VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it swung to a large profit in the third quarter on higher lumber prices. The Vancouver-based forestry company says it earned $350 million or $5.09 per shar...

Oct 26, 2020

Canadian Press NewsAlert: B.C. Liberal leader stepping down after losing seats

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson is quitting the party's top job, saying he'll step down as soon as a replacement is selected. Wilkinson says the party is beginning t...

Oct 26, 2020

Wilkinson steps down

VANCOUVER-Andrew Wilkinson is stepping down.The BC Liberal Candidate who ran for Premier in the 2020 B.C. Elections made his brief announcement this afternoon (Oct.26).Wilkinson will stay on as leader...

Oct 26, 2020

Voter turnout in B.C. election sinks to 92-year low of 52.4 per cent

VICTORIA - Voter turnout in the British Columbia election dropped to just 52.4 per cent, the lowest participation rate in more than 90 years. Statistics from Elections BC going back to 1928 show the s...

Oct 26, 2020

Fraser Health reports more COVID-19 cases at two other assisted-living sites

SURREY, B.C. - Fraser Health has confirmed outbreaks of COVID-19 at two more assisted-living or long-term care homes in the hard-hit region. The health authority says in a statement individual staff m...

Oct 26, 2020

Massive drug cooking operation found by police in Lumby, B.C.

LUMBY, B.C. - Provincial and federal police have uncovered what they say is one of the largest illicit drug laboratories ever found in British Columbia. RCMP say in a news release that officers ...

Oct 26, 2020