British Columbia

Parkland produces first batch of low carbon jet fuel made in Canada

VANCOUVER - The first commercial batch of made-in-Canada low-carbon aviation fuel sourced from non-food grade canola and tallow has been produced and quickly purchased. Fuel retailer Parkland Corp. sa...

Dec 10, 2024

Eight-year-old killed after crash with snowplow near Castlegar, B.C.

CASTLEGAR, B.C. - Police in British Columbia's southern Interior say a crash between an SUV and a snowplow dump truck has killed an eight-year-old boy. A statement from the RCMP's highway patrol divis...

Dec 10, 2024

National rent prices decline year-over-year to 15-month low: report

TORONTO - A new report says average asking rents fell nationally on a year-over-year basis to $2,139 in November, marking a 15-month low. The monthly report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation finds averag...

Dec 10, 2024

Fifteen fisheries charges laid a decade after Mount Polley dam breached in B.C.

VICTORIA - Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than a decade after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 ...

Dec 10, 2024

Sturko refuses to meet former police board vice-chair, defying B.C. Opposition leader

VANCOUVER - B.C. Conservative public safety critic Elenore Sturko is refusing to meet a former Vancouver Police Board vice-chair in defiance of the wishes of party leader John Rustad and a group of co...

Dec 10, 2024

Jerry Seinfeld, Kumail Nanjiani among headliners at Just For Laughs Vancouver

VANCOUVER - Jerry Seinfeld is among the big names set to headline Just For Laughs Vancouver. The comedy festival announced its lineup Tuesday morning. In addition to Seinfeld, who's due to perform twi...

Dec 10, 2024

BC Coroners Service sees 'significant decline' in drug deaths, but reason unclear

VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded its lowest monthly number of illicit drug overdose deaths in more than four years, part of what the BC Coroners Service says is a "significant decline" in fata...

Dec 09, 2024

B.C. selects nine wind power projects to boost energy supply by eight per cent a year

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has given the green light to nine wind energy projects that will boost the province's hydro-electric grid by eight per cent a year, enough to power 500,000 homes. Premier ...

Dec 09, 2024

Feds send $148 million to B.C. in disaster recovery funds for floods, wildfires

VANCOUVER - The federal government is paying out more than $148 million in disaster recovery funding to British Columbia in response to recent flooding and record-breaking wildfire seasons. Public Saf...

Dec 09, 2024

Métis National Council elects new president after months of internal turmoil

OTTAWA - The Mtis National Council says it has elected a new president after months of turmoil that saw the once-united organization splinter and have its legitimacy questioned. In a news release, the...

Dec 09, 2024