British Columbia

Another earthquake felt on B.C.'s south coast, third in two weeks

VICTORIA - Another earthquake has shaken Victoria, becoming at least the third felt in British Columbia's capital in less than two weeks. Earthquakes Canada says the magnitude 3.9 earthquake occurred ...

Mar 05, 2025

Eby says B.C. making contingency plans to reduce reliance on U.S. electricity

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the government is making contingency plans to reduce the province's reliance on electricity from the United States after the start of the continental...

Mar 05, 2025

Vancouver police say officer slashed while on patrol, man faces multiple charges

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say an officer on patrol was slashed on the leg with an "edged weapon" in the city's Downtown Eastside. A statement from the Vancouver Police Department says the office...

Mar 05, 2025

Three-year-old child dies in pedestrian accident in Chilliwack, B.C.

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - RCMP in Chilliwack, B.C., say a three-year-old child has died in a "tragic motor vehicle collision." Police say the child was a pedestrian at the intersection of Vedder and Petewawa...

Mar 05, 2025

Head-on crash injures child, two adults near Parksville, B.C.

PARKSVILLE, B.C. - Police say it was "miraculous" that no one was killed in a head-on collision that destroyed two vehicles near Parksville, B.C. A statement from B.C. Highway Patrol says three people...

Mar 05, 2025

Five years after COVID upended tourism, the industry's revival is still up in the air

MONTREAL - Michael Hale still recalls the moment COVID-19 upended his world. "I can feel this pit in my stomach even as I recount that day," said the CEO of Northern Vision Development, which owns sev...

Mar 05, 2025

B.C. finance minister to speak to business group a day after budget amid tariffs

VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister is starting to sell her budget to the public complete with a record deficit in the early days of a trade war with the United States. Brenda Bailey is exp...

Mar 05, 2025

Former B.C. MLA Mike de Jong ousted from federal Conservative nomination race

Former B.C. finance minister Mike de Jong says he's been told by the Conservative Party of Canada that he is no longer in the running to be a candidate for the party in the next federal election. He s...

Mar 04, 2025

What people have to say about B.C.'s budget as the U.S. applies tariffs

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government released a budget Tuesday with Finance Minister Brenda Bailey saying it defends the province from an unfolding North American trade war triggered by U.S. Pre...

Greg Fry Mar 04, 2025

Groups say B.C.’s tariff budget is defensive, with an economic growth plan needed

VICTORIA - Industry and labour groups say the British Columbia government is hunkering down in its budget in response to the tariffs from United States, but it should be more clear on how it plans to ...

Mar 04, 2025