British Columbia

B.C. imposes interim moratorium on resource development to protect caribou

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government announced an interim moratorium on resource development in parts of the south Peace region on Thursday, giving itself more time to sign a long-ter...

Jun 22, 2019

Father and son unveil reconciliation pole in B.C. on Indigenous Peoples Day

VANCOUVER - A father and son carving team unveiled their 13-metre reconciliation pole outside the Vancouver School District's Education Centre to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day. ...

Jun 21, 2019

B.C. home support for seniors is unaffordable, which boosts care costs: advocate

VICTORIA - Most seniors in British Columbia can't afford the public home support system to keep them in their own homes for as long as possible, says a report from the province's advoca...

Jun 21, 2019

Surrey RCMP seek public help in locating three-year-old and parents

SURREY, B.C. - RCMP in Surrey, B.C., want to find a three-year-old child who has not been seen since Tuesday. Sgt. Shawn Baly says Brycein Toane was last seen in Surrey's Bridgeview neighbourhood...

Jun 21, 2019

Purchase of watershed in southeast B.C., protects land, species at risk

NELSON, B.C. - A southeastern British Columbia watershed including a rare inland temperate rainforest has been purchased by the Nature Conservancy of Canada, protecting it from development. The n...

Jun 21, 2019

Family doctor tells B.C. inquest teens have right to privacy about their health

VICTORIA - The family doctor who delivered Elliot Eurchuk as a baby and saw him as a patient until 18 months before his death told a British Columbia's coroner's inquest that teens have the right...

Jun 20, 2019

B.C. imposes interim moratorium on resource development to protect caribou

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government plans to sign a caribou protection strategy while it imposes an interim moratorium on new resource development in areas where the animals are stru...

Jun 20, 2019

Scorpion gives birth after travelling to Canada in Vancouver woman's luggage

VICTORIA - A scorpion that turned up in a Vancouver resident's home last month following a recent trip to Cuba has now given birth. Staff at the Victoria Bug Zoo confirm in an online post that the sco...

Jun 19, 2019

B.C. mom tells inquest of son's descent into drugs, finds him 'gone' in bedroom

VICTORIA - Rachel Staples let out the dog, started brewing coffee and then immediately felt panic as she walked up to her son's room on April 20 last year, she told a coroner's inquest Monda...

Jun 19, 2019

Seniors advocate says home support for elderly fails to meet needs, unaffordable

VICTORIA - British Columbia's advocate for seniors says the provincial home-support system falls short for those who want or need it most. Isobel Mackenzie says most seniors ...

Jun 19, 2019