British Columbia

ICBC reinstating some knowledge tests by appointment

VANCOUVER-British Columbians looking to take an ICBC knowledge test will soon be able to, as ICBC implements additional physical distancing measures.Qualifying customers can call to book an appointmen...

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$11.8 million to support community crime prevention and remediation initiatives

VICTORIA-$11.8 million is being provided by the government to support community based crime prevention and remediation initiatives.Individuals experiencing gender-based violence, Indigenous communitie...

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B.C. woman whose disappearance sparked wide search found dead in Burnaby: police

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The body of a missing British Columbia woman has been found two months after she disappeared. A statement from New Westminster police says the body believed to be that of&...

Apr 27, 2020

Silvercorp Metals strikes $105-million deal to buy Guyana Goldfields

VANCOUVER - Silvercorp Metals Inc. says it has struck a deal to buy Guyana Goldfields Inc. in a cash-and-shares transaction worth about $105 million. The two Canadian miners say the transaction w...

Apr 27, 2020

Trans Mountain, LNG Canada say they are on track despite pandemic

VANCOUER, B.C. - Energy projects like an LNG Canada export terminal and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion may face short-term setbacks but the pandemic and oil price ...

Apr 26, 2020

B.C. to move homeless people into temporary shelters to protect from pandemic

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is looking to temporarily relocate people from tent encampments in Vancouver and Victoria to hotel and community centre accommodations to protect them from the ongoing pan...

Apr 25, 2020

Man wanted for murder in B.C. extradited back to Canada say police

SURREY, B.C. - Police say a man wanted in connection with a first-degree murder charge in British Columbia has been extradited back to Canada. Sgt. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investiga...

Apr 25, 2020

Stronger, more modern B.C. legal system to emerge from COVID pandemic: minister

VICTORIA - Attorney General David Eby says the COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in British Columbia's legal system, weaknesses that have forged a unified effort to build a stronger,...

Apr 24, 2020

29 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.; no new cases in Northern Health

VICTORIA - Twenty-nine new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. over the past 24 hours - none of those in the Northern Health region where the total number of infected remains at 42. 1853 cases total in the prov...

Apr 24, 2020

Order and guidelines in place to protect those working in silviculture

VICTORIA-B.C.'s Provincial Health Officer has released an order for industrial camps and guidelines to protect people working in the silviculture sector during the COVID-19 pandemic.This is aimed at h...

Apr 24, 2020 Photo Courtesy, Canadian Press