Category Archives: British Columbia

VICTORIA - British Columbia's former chief coroner says a new study linking safer supply and decriminalization to a rise in opioid overdose hospitalizations doesn't provide the full picture on the eff...

VANCOUVER - Large sections of southern B.C. have been warned to prepare for heavy rain, and possible thunderstorms and hail. A special weather statement issued by Environment Canada says Metro Vancouv...

VICTORIA - A study and poll from the office of British Columbia's seniors' advocate says ageism is a problem in the province and more than half of those surveyed say they have been victims of age disc...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it is introducing a new framework for First Nations consultations on mining claims. It says the changes to B.C.'s mineral tenure system are required to ...

NORTH VANCOUVER - ICBC says those $110 rebates on their way. The 3.7 million rebates of $110 total $410 million and apply to all personal and commercial customers who had an active eligible basic insu...

KELOWNA, B.C. - Mounties in Kelowna, B.C., say a 61-year-old man has been charged after an explosives scare that shut down a bridge across Okanagan Lake for about 11 hours earlier this year. In a prev...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Energy Minister Adrian Dix says U.S. President Donald Trump's claims about Canada supplying water through the Columbia River Treaty are "not accurate," and the U.S. can man...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's government says it will table legislation on Monday that eliminates the consumer carbon tax in the province. It says in a statement that the tax will be removed April 1, ...

VANCOUVER - A study into safer supply and drug decriminalization policies in British Columbia has found that both were associated with increased opioid overdose hospitalizations. The report says that ...

KASLO, B.C. - Three men have been killed in an avalanche on the east side of Kootenay Lake in southeast B.C. RCMP say the avalanche happened in an alpine area on Monday, sweeping away a group of four ...