British Columbia

Liberal election plane damaged in Victoria after media bus drives under wing

VICTORIA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's election plane sustained some damage in Victoria after a media bus drove under one of its wings Wednesday night. The plane had just landed in the Britis...

Sep 12, 2019

Trudeau launches Liberal election campaign in Vancouver, just like in 2015

VANCOUVER - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau headed Wednesday to what he calls his "second home" in British Columbia for his first event of the 2019 election campaign - a province full of both ...

Sep 12, 2019

Invasive hornet found on Vancouver Island for the first time: B.C. government

VICTORIA - An insect that is listed as an invasive species in British Columbia has been found in the Nanaimo area, which the provincial government says is the first time Asian giant hornets&...

Sep 11, 2019

Pipeline construction hampered by hearings, permits, court action: report

VANCOUVER - A report from environmental group Stand.earth says it expects construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to be delayed by detailed route hearings, outstanding provincial permits...

Sep 11, 2019

Asian giant hornets found in Nanaimo

NANAIMO-Three large insects found in the Nanaimo area earlier in August have been identified by Canadian and international experts as Asian giant hornets.This is the first time the hornet has been fou...

Sep 11, 2019

Filmmaker Michael Moore will attend Vancouver film fest to mark "Roger and Me"

VANCOUVER - Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is attending the Vancouver International Film Festival next month to take part in its Creator Talk event. The festival says the Oscar and...

Sep 11, 2019

Forest industry cuts continue in B.C. as Teal-Jones halts harvesting on coast

VICTORIA - The latest shutdown announcement from a wood products firm in British Columbia threatens the jobs of 800 employees in what the province's forests minister concedes is an industry "correctio...

Sep 10, 2019

Construction of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion still faces hurdles

VANCOUVER - Barbara Gard calls her three-hectare property, nestled below the forested peak of Sumas Mountain, a "miniature Stanley Park." Its lush trees and flowing creek reminded her of Vancouver's m...

Sep 10, 2019

New searches fail to find any trace of B.C. family missing since 1989

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A renewed search by RCMP for a British Columbia family who vanished three decades ago has found no trace of them on several properties. Officers and civilian consultant...

Sep 10, 2019

Spring forward, fall back– may be no more?

VICTORIA-Spring forward, fall back. Something according to a survey conducted by the province, British Columbians want to stop doing.More than 93 percent of the 223,273 British Columbians who complete...