Category Archives: British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Mosquito traps have been set up across the Sea-to-Sky region in British Columbia as health officials launch a pilot project to understand the area's mosquitoes and the illnesses they sprea...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's public service union representing 34,000 members says it's preparing for a strike vote after months-long negotiations fell apart. Paul Finch, president of the B.C. Genera...

BURNABY - A release of toxic bromine gas into the air in an industrial area of Burnaby, B.C., sent four workers to hospital and forced the evacuation of 80 others. The Burnaby Fire Department says in ...

VICTORIA - The mother of a 10-year-old Vancouver Island girl who has an extremely rare disease says the "nightmare is over" after the government restored funding for her daughter's drug for as long as...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say a train derailment has forced the closure of 4th Avenue near the Canada-U.S. border crossing. The department says in a post to social media that the road i...

VANCOUVER - Chatchawan Jaksuwong says he used to feel empty when he looked at the ocean. But after encounters with whales in the urban waters of Vancouver the photographer now feels a deep sense of co...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Minister Josie Osborne says she has reinstated funding for a nine-year-old girl who has an extremely rare disease. Charleigh Pollock has Batten disease, and the dr...

PRINCE GEORGE -Update: Early Thursday evening, the provincial government announced it was reinstating drug coverage for Charleigh Pollock.Minister Josie Osborne released the following statement Thursd...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Ministry is limiting the sales of two more diabetes drugs to curb their off-label use for weight loss and preserve supply for people who are diabetic. The limits o...

TORONTO - Breakout country singer Josh Ross and "American Idol" star Cameron Whitcomb are the leading nominees heading into this year's Canadian Country Music Association Awards. Both musicians picked...