Category Archives: British Columbia

Vancouver's iconic, three-decade-old fireworks festival cancelled due to finances
VANCOUVER - The iconic Vancouver waterfront fireworks festival that has been held for more than three decades has been cancelled indefinitely due to financial difficulties. In a statement, the Vancouv...
Nov 26, 2025

'December to remember': Winter will get off to an abrupt start, Weather Network says
Blasts of frigid Arctic air could send temperatures tumbling in December and herald the arrival of a more "traditional Canadian winter," a meteorologist for the Weather Network predicts as it releases...
Nov 26, 2025

Maya, 17, got mental health records by FOI, then killed herself. Her mom wants reform
VANCOUVER - Maya Cassady was just two months away from graduating high school with honours when she obtained her mental health records through a freedom of information request. Just hours after readin...
Nov 26, 2025

B.C. Coastal First Nations vow oil pipeline to north coast 'will never happen'
OTTAWA - The president of the Coastal First Nations in British Columbia said Wednesday an oil pipeline to the province's north coast "will never happen" and slammed Ottawa for negotiating with Alberta...
Nov 26, 2025

Alberta-Ottawa pipeline accord unlikely to be "champagne-popping moment:' Enserva CEO
CALGARY - Oil and gas industry advocates say they're heartened by an expected agreement between Alberta and Ottawa on a new West Coast pipeline, but their optimism is tempered by the long list of obst...
Nov 26, 2025

Search goes on for bear that attacked B.C. pupils, two other grizzlies to be freed
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says two grizzlies captured in Bella Coola will be fitted with tracking collars and relocated far from the community, while the search goes on for the bear that a...
Nov 25, 2025

Police clear protesters from Vancouver Island logging blockade
Police say they have arrested four people during enforcement of a court injunction prohibiting anyone from blocking or interfering with forestry activities in the Carmanah Valley of southwestern Vanco...
Nov 25, 2025

Lawsuit seeks damages against B.C., federal government over Cowichan title ruling
NEW WESTMINSTER - A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court says the provincial and federal governments had "long-standing" knowledge that unresolved Indigenous land claims threatene...
Nov 25, 2025

External review latest to call for more B.C. home-share funding years after death
An external review of British Columbia's home-sharing program for adults with developmental disabilities says the government needs to increase funding to the Crown corporation in charge if it wants to...
Nov 25, 2025

Trouble in 'Team Canada' as B.C.'s deputy premier raises spectre of pipeline lawsuit
VICTORIA - Rifts in "Team Canada" appear to be widening on the brink of a federal announcement on a potential pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast, with B.C.'s deputy premier even raising the prosp...
Nov 25, 2025