Category Archives: British Columbia

Writer, poet and past soldier Benjamin Hertwig is among six finalists for the $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award. Edmonton's Hertwig made the list for "Juiceboxers," about four young soldiers ser...

LYTTON - Lorna Fandrich recalled walking into the burned out site of the Lytton Chinese History Museum in October 2021, about four months after it and most of the village were destroyed by a wildfire ...

VANCOUVER - The number of wildfires in British Columbia has roughly doubled over the past several days, but an information officer with the BC Wildfire Service says the activity can be attributed to t...

British Columbia legislator Mable Elmore says people must "continue to wrap our arms around" the Filipino community as it deals with the burden of the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy that claimed 11 lives. Elmo...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it's seeking new clean energy projects to provide enough electricity to power 500,000 homes, helping protect the province and reduce reliance on the Uni...

VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby says the provincial film industry should not "panic" over a plan by U.S. President Donald Trump to put a 100 per cent tariff on foreign films, adding that the impleme...

TORONTO - A new study says visits to emergency departments for asthma spiked during a first wave of unprecedented wildfire smoke in 2023, but patient numbers returned to normal during a second wave we...

Residents in parts of Mission, B.C., have been told to shelter in place with their windows closed after a derelict ferry caught fire. A statement from the city says its emergency operations centre has...

VANCOUVER - Rev. Francis Galvan was supposed to attend the Lapu Lapu Day street festival last Saturday, but he was grieving the death of Pope Francis and wasn't in the mood for celebrating.Galvan, the...

VANCOUVER - In January last year, Cirque du Soleil usher Alexander Lo made his final public post on his Facebook timeline, promoting the circus' Kooza show. Four days later, his brother responded. "Br...