Category Archives: British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Heat warnings and air-quality advisories are persisting in parts of British Columbia after daily high temperature records fell in a dozen communities, and the mercury rose to 40 C in the F...

VANCOUVER - The company that runs the Hullo Ferries service between downtown Vancouver and Nanaimo says it has agreed to return to negotiations with the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers' Union. The Vanco...

COLWOOD - RCMP on Vancouver Island say a 43-year-old Victoria man has been hit with more than $1,000 in fines after allegedly fleeing police who were trying to stop him for suspected impaired driving....

VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says there were just 74 lightning strikes on Labour Day compared with thousands that peppered the province at the end of August. The number of wildfires has jumped ...

VANCOUVER - A ridge of high pressure has prompted more heat warnings in British Columbia and broken temperature records, including one that was nearly a century old. Environment Canada has issued heat...

VANCOUVER - The deadline has passed for possible strike action to begin in British Columbia by an array of public service workers that includes liquor store staff, community college instructors and mu...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia General Employees' Union (BCGEU) says a portion of its members who work for the province's public service will begin walking picket lines Tuesday after the union issued...

VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says there were more than 1,000 more lightning strikes across the province on Sunday, most of which happened in the Cariboo region. That comes after nearly 4,400 li...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., are investigating an early morning shooting at a home in the city. They say officers responded to reports of gunfire in the 32000 block of Balfour Drive just a...

The number of wildfires in British Columbia continues to swell as hot, dry weather continues to grip the province. The BC Wildfire Service says 142 wildfires are burning across the province as of Sund...