British Columbia

Inpatient admissions suspended at Delta Hospital due to COVID-19 outbreak

DELTA, B.C. - The hospital in Delta., B.C., is not admitting new inpatients due to an outbreak of COVID-19, though the emergency department remains open and all scheduled surgeries will continue. ...

Oct 05, 2020

Penticton, B.C., man accused in 4 deaths to plead guilty: defence

KELOWNA, B.C. - The lawyer for a man accused in a shooting that left four people dead in Penticton, B.C., says his client plans to plead guilty next week. John Brittain was charged with three co...

Oct 05, 2020

Liberal leader's promise to put hold on Surrey police move away from RCMP criticized

SURREY, B.C. - An election promise by British Columbia Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson to intervene in the city of Surrey's transition away from the RCMP is drawing fire. Wilkinson has promised ...

Oct 05, 2020

New faces bring renewal, political opportunity after B.C.'s Oct. 24 election

VICTORIA - It's still a long way from election day in British Columbia, but one thing is certain after the Oct. 24 vote, there will be at least 15 new faces in the legislature.The number of people not...

Oct 04, 2020

Another minority government would be good for British Columbia: Green leader

VICTORIA - The ideal outcome of British Columbia's looming provincial election would involve another minority government, the head of the province's Green Party said Saturday. Sonia Furstenau said no ...

Oct 03, 2020

Hearing over controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline resumes at B.C. Supreme Court

VANCOUVER - Arguments over the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a controversial natural gas pipeline resumed today in British Columbia Supreme Court. Lawyers for the Office of...

Oct 02, 2020

No alarm before deadly volume of water gushed from dam, killing man in B.C.: CEO

VANCOUVER - The CEO of a dam operator says there were no alarms to warn a group of people fishing on the banks of the Capilano River in North Vancouver that a deadly torrent of water was heading their...

Oct 02, 2020

One new case of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 161 in B.C.

VICTORIA-One new case of COVID-19 in Northern Health was reported this afternoon (Oct.2).The north's total is now at 318 cases since the start of the pandemic. While Northern Health may only have seen...

Oct 02, 2020

Greens fall short of full slate of candidates for B.C. election

VICTORIA - B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau says her party is fielding a team of 74 candidates in the provincial election. The deadline for submitting candidate nominations was on Friday and sh...

Oct 02, 2020

Horgan commits to net-zero emissions by 2050, Greens want plan to get there

SQUAMISH, B.C. - John Horgan says a re-elected NDP government would commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Horgan made the campaign promise during a stop in Squamish today as Liberal Leade...

Oct 02, 2020