British Columbia

Gas firm says a contractor is dead in a gas plant fire near Fort St. John, B.C.

FORT ST. JOHN - A contractor has been killed and another person hurt in a fire in a gas plant north of Fort St. John, B.C. Alberta-based Tourmaline Oil, which runs the Gundy oil and gas extraction fac...

Apr 15, 2025

B.C. changes law to stop employers from asking for 'unnecessary' doctor sick notes

VICTORIA - British Columbia is changing its employment standards legislation to stop employers from asking employees for what the labour minister says are "unnecessary" sick notes. Jennifer Whiteside ...

Greg Fry Apr 15, 2025

B.C. accepting only 1,100 new immigrant applications, nominations to focus on health

The British Columbia government says the odds of new applications from immigrants looking to be accepted into its nominee program this year have dropped to near zero for anyone other than health worke...

Apr 15, 2025

First Nation launches challenge of B.C.'s approval to raise Mount Polley mine dam

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation has filed a legal challenge over the plan to allow the Mount Polley mine to raise its tailings dam a decade after a similar storage site at the mine gave wa...

Apr 15, 2025

Man accused of three sexual assaults on transit faces charges: police

NEW WESTMINSTER - The British Columbia Prosecution Service has approved charges relating to three alleged sexual assaults on Metro Vancouver's transit system. A statement from the region's Transit Pol...

Apr 15, 2025

First Nations Health Authority backs harm reduction on B.C. overdose anniversary

WEST VANCOUVER - The top doctor at British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority says deaths from toxic drugs may have dipped, but now is not the time to pull back on life-saving measures, especia...

Apr 14, 2025

Loaded dump truck impounded in B.C. after driver found intoxicated, police say

CHILLIWACK - The British Columbia Highway Patrol says a loaded dump truck is sitting in an impound, while the driver faces allegations of impairment. Officers received a call about the truck being dri...

Apr 14, 2025

B.C. civil liberties group joins Supreme Court challenge of N.L. COVID restrictions

ST. JOHN'S - The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association is intervening in a Supreme Court of Canada case this week examining the constitutionality of Newfoundland and Labrador's COVID-19 pandemi...

Apr 14, 2025

Six-year-old dead, two others injured in hit and run in Surrey, B.C.

A six-year-old is dead and two other children are injured after a hit and run in Surrey. RCMP say they were called out to the Fraser Heights neighbourhood of the city around 4 p.m. Sunday for reports ...

Apr 13, 2025

Missing driver and vehicle found 47 metres deep in water, says search and rescue

KELOWNA - A search and rescue team in Kelowna, B.C., says a missing person was found about 47 metres deep in a lake after being swept away in a "massive mudslide" earlier this month. Central Okanagan ...

Apr 13, 2025