British Columbia

10-year-old recovering from bear bite in North Vancouver

British Columbia conservation officers say a young girl is recovering after being bitten by a black bear in North Vancouver. The Conservation Officer Service says the 10-year-old girl was walking alon...

Jul 25, 2020

2 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 27 in B.C.

VICTORIA-27 new cases including one epi-linked case of COVID-19 were reported today (July 24) in B.C., the Northern Health Authority accounts for two of those new cases.The joint statement by Provinci...

Jul 24, 2020

Explosive devices to scare bears banned in Vancouver over safety, noise issues

VANCOUVER - A popular backcountry item used to humanely deter bears has been banned from sale or use in Vancouver. City council approved the ban on the small explosive devices known as bear bangers fo...

Jul 24, 2020

Community Roundtable on Anti-Racism hopes to tackle racism in B.C. schools

VICTORIA-A Community Roundtable on Anti-Racism in education has been created to help support the development of an anti-racism action plan in B.C. as well as to strengthen the K-12 curriculum."There i...

Jul 24, 2020

Don't believe everything you read: UNBC Health Sciences Librarian tackles the spread of false COVID information

PRINCE GEORGE-Don't believe everything you read. That is the message from Dr. Trina Fyfe at UNBC.After a list that traversed social media, spreading false information allegedly relayed from Provincial...

Jul 24, 2020

Electric Vehicle charging station use takes climb after seeing a drop early in pandemic

VANCOUVER-While the use of public Electric Vehicle charging stations dropped at the beginning of the pandemic, things are looking up.According to BC Hydro in February, pre-pandemic, there were more th...

Jul 24, 2020

Trump used Huawei CFO as 'bargaining chip' in trade fight with China: documents

VANCOUVER - New court documents accuse the United States president of "poisoning" the extradition case against a Huawei executive being held in Canada. An application to B.C. Supreme Court b...

Jul 24, 2020

Canfor earns $60.7 million in Q2 due to improved demand and prices

VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. says its results turned positive in the second quarter on a large reversal of a writedown in its lumber operations due to improved demand and prices towards the end of the qua...

Jul 24, 2020

8 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 30 in B.C.

VICTORIA-Eight new cases of COVID-19 were announced in today's COVID-19 daily update.B.C.'s Health Minister, Adrian Dix saying that today's eight new cases in the Northern Health Authority are a "sign...

Jul 23, 2020

Noise that vibrates Earth dropped drastically after COVID-19 restrictions: study

VANCOUVER - An international team of researchers used data from seismic stations in 117 countries to determine that restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 led to an unprecedented...

Jul 23, 2020