Category Archives: British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Smoky overtones can ruin a nice bottle of wine, but researchers in British Columbia are finding that preventing grapes from capturing the flavour of wildfires can be difficult. Wine grapes...

VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has granted an environmental assessment certificate for an open-pit gypsum mine in the West Kootenay. The government says it considered a report from t...

VANCOUVER - Jan and Bob had a “love connection” the first time they met, but most days she wishes he would fly the coop. “A lot of people can’t handle Bob, he will bite them,&#...

Doctor Perry Kendall is resigning after nearly 20 years as B-C’s provincial health officer. Kendall declared a public health emergency over the overdose crisis in 2016 and has called the opioid ...

RICHMOND, B.C. - The fatal crash of a small float plane in central British Columbia was partly the result of an optical illusion associated with low-altitude flights, as well as overweight and imprope...

RICHMOND, B.C. - RCMP say a man who was performing a series of acrobatic manoeuvres was seriously injured at a Richmond, B.C., leisure facility and has since died. Extreme Air Park, an indoor trampoli...

EDGEWATER, B.C. - Celebrations and turkey often go hand in hand but growing flocks of wild turkeys in southeastern British Columbia are leaving area residents feeling anything but celebratory as the b...

Vancouver police say they are putting an end to an open-air marijuana market that sprung up and grew in a busy downtown plaza, fuelling concern among residents. Police and city officials have said the...

VANCOUVER - Tempers flared at the B.C. Liberal leadership debate in Vancouver as veterans butted heads over the future of the party with newer faces calling for change. Former cabinet ministers Mike d...

TRAIL, B.C. - RCMP say a body found in the trunk of a burnt out car in British Columbia is believed to be the victim of a targeted homicide. Mounties say the grey 1999 Honda Civic was found abandoned ...