Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. lowers deficit projection to $11.2 billion on higher quarterly tax revenues
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it's now projecting an $11.2 billion deficit this fiscal year, still a record but down from a projected $11.6 billion in its last quarterly report. The ...
Nov 27, 2025
Five takeaways on Alberta-Ottawa pipeline memorandum of understanding
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday to grow Alberta's oil exports while also committing to making it ...
Nov 27, 2025
RCMP say no survivors in plane crash near Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO - RCMP say no one has survived a plane crash on Vancouver Island near Nanaimo, B.C. Mounties say in a news release that the crash was reported at around three this morning in the area near Twi...
Nov 27, 2025
Vancouver police cleared in fatal shooting of youth who had air pistol
SURREY - British Columbia's independent police watchdog agency has cleared Vancouver police officers of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a youth in 2023. The Independent Investigations Office says ...
Nov 27, 2025
Eby brands pipeline 'energy vampire' as First Nations vow it will never happen
British Columbia Premier David Eby and First Nations have thrown up a wall of opposition to a proposed northern oil pipeline, after Alberta and the federal government signed a memorandum of understand...
Nov 27, 2025
Drax to shut B.C. wood pellet plant by year's end, says not 'commercially viable'
WILLIAMS LAKE - A company operating a wood pellet plant in the British Columbia Interior says the facility will be shuttered by the end of the year due to a lack of available fibre. U.K.-based Drax, w...
Nov 27, 2025
Carney, Smith sign pipeline deal, open door to changing B.C. tanker ban
CALGARY - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement that commits them to working toward building an oil pipeline to the West Coast - and opens the door to ...
Nov 27, 2025
Pipeline agreement includes new target of 75 per cent cut in methane emissions
OTTAWA - An agreement between Ottawa and Alberta that could clear the path for a new oil pipeline to the Pacific will also require a 75 per cent cut in methane emissions over the next decade, a source...
Nov 27, 2025
B.C. drug club co-founder surprised by lack of 'urgency' from Health Canada on crisis
VANCOUVER - A co-founder of Vancouver's Drug User Liberation Front said he was surprised by Health Canada's lack of "urgency" about the deadly toxic drug crisis, and the absence of a pharmaceutical-gr...
Nov 26, 2025
Hong Kong Canadians reeling after deadly highrise inferno
VANCOUVER - Canadians with roots in Hong Kong have been watching in horror at news of the fire that tore through seven highrise towers in the Chinese special administrative region, leaving dozens dead...
Nov 26, 2025