British Columbia

Carney confirms possibility of lumber quotas in trade deal with the United States

HAMILTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney says any future trade deal with the United States could include "some element of managed trade," including quotas, on softwood lumber exports. Carney's comments c...

Jul 16, 2025

B.C. First Nation says plan to move Tex the grizzly was underway before it was killed

TEXADA ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A First Nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says it is "deeply saddened" by the shooting death of a grizzly bear on Texada Island this week. The Tla'amin Firs...

Jul 16, 2025

'Big relief': Alerts lifted on multiple B.C. wildfires

British Columbia's Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has rescinded multiple evacuation alerts as the threat from a series of wildfires appears to have passed. The August Lake wildfire near Pri...

Jul 15, 2025

RCMP arrest alleged hijacker at Vancouver airport after airspace shut down

RICHMOND - RCMP say they've arrested the pilot of a small aircraft that was allegedly hijacked from Victoria and flown to Vancouver International Airport, where other flights had to be temporarily hal...

Jul 15, 2025

Advocate says progress being made since B.C. child torture death, more work required

British Columbia's representative for children and youth says some progress is being made to improve the child welfare system, but she's concerned "fiscal limitations" will prevent timely help from ge...

Jul 15, 2025

No talk of custody when man was convicted of choking. Then, his ex-partner was killed

When James Plover was convicted on July 4 of choking someone and uttering threats, in a rage that also saw him destroy a table with a machete, his defence lawyer and the prosecutor took no issue with ...

Jul 15, 2025

Crime Stoppers takes 'unusual step' of accepting tips from extortion victims

SURREY - Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers says it's taking the "unusual step" of accepting tips from extortion victims amid ongoing threats and violence targeting South Asian businesses in Surrey, B.C.,...

Jul 15, 2025

Steel barriers to protect Vancouver fireworks crowds, police say

VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say the annual Celebration of Light fireworks competition that begins Saturday will be protected by steel barriers to prevent vehicle incursions in the most crowded areas....

Jul 15, 2025

Problem grizzly shot and wounded, B.C. conservation officer service says

TEXADA ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA TEXADA I - British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says it's investigating a report that a grizzly bear on Texada Island, off B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, has been sh...

Jul 15, 2025

Plan to fence off Nanaimo, B.C., city hall to protect from overdose site disorder

VICTORIA - The City of Nanaimo, B.C., is considering building a 1.8-metre-high fence to protect its staff from "congregations" of people, violence and disorder associated with an overdose prevention s...

Jul 15, 2025