British Columbia

Trudeau says carbon tax can help deal with extreme weather, Alberta fires

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal carbon tax will help deal with extreme weather events such as fires in northern Alberta. Trudeau says Canadians are seeing the impact of...

Jun 04, 2019

Trudeau accepts inquiry finding of genocide, but says focus must be on response

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he accepts the finding that Canada's treatment of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls amounts to genocide. Debate has erupted over the defini...

Jun 04, 2019

Train health-care providers to ditch racism as part of Canada's cancer strategy: report

VANCOUVER - When Dr. Evan Adams walked into an emergency room in Vancouver with a cut finger, a clerk taking his information made a racist remark that stung. "She said, 'Oh, you're First Nations....

Jun 03, 2019

Hatred of women creeping into public debate, Trudeau tells equality conference

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says gender equality is under attack and, in the age of social media, it's never been easier to taunt with abhorrent views. Trudeau told the Women Deliver 201...

Jun 03, 2019

West Fraser announces temporary forestry production curtailments in B.C.

VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says all mill activities will be curtailed temporarily for a week in June at five British Columbia sawmills due to weakening lumber prices and high log costs. T...

Jun 03, 2019

John Dean Provincial park gets a little bit of a rename to include indigenous name

VICTORIA-Students from U,WELEW Tribial School, along with First Nations Chiefs, Elders and representatives from the WSNE Leadership Council are celebrating their efforts in the successful name change ...

Jun 03, 2019 Courtesy of BC Parks

Victoria has new millionaires in town

VANCOUVER-Virginia and Donald Johnson matched all ten numbers in the Lotto 6/49 draw held on May 29, 2019 winning the one million dollar prize."The first person I told was my husband, I noticed the gu...

Jun 03, 2019

Mental health and addictions services for vulnerable seniors in BC

NEW WESTMINSTER-The province is providing $500,000 to the Seniors Services Society to help link vulnerable seniors to vital mental health and addictions services.The funding was announced on June 1st ...

Jun 03, 2019

Tough catch restrictions won't take bite out of B.C. salmon fishing experience

VICTORIA - The sign that welcomes anglers to Campbell River, B.C., "The Salmon Capital of the World," isn't going anywhere this summer despite tough, new federal catch restrictions protecting&nbs...

Jun 03, 2019

Canada announces new funding model to support women's equality globally

VANCOUVER - Canada's minister of gender equality has announced a new initiative aimed at creating a sustainable model to fund women's rights organizations in developing countr...

Jun 02, 2019