British Columbia

Lifetime teaching ban for former B.C. school counsellor after child porn conviction

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A former high-school counsellor has been given a lifetime ban from teaching in British Columbia after he was convicted of possessing child pornography. A document outlining an ...

Feb 26, 2025

Ambulance with two paramedics and patient involved in crash in Nanaimo, B.C.

NANAIMO, B.C. - Police are investigating a crash between an ambulance and a vehicle in Nanaimo, B.C. A statement from the RCMP says officers were able to determine that the ambulance, with two paramed...

Feb 25, 2025

Audit of B.C. Crown corporation board appointments show 'gaps' in oversight

VICTORIA - An audit of board appointments at British Columbia's public-sector organizations shows that provincial oversight fell short when handling conflict-of-interest cases. The audit by the Office...

Feb 25, 2025

Rustad says B.C. Conservatives having 'family' issues, amid defiance and disunity

VICTORIA - B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad says the party is having "family" issues ahead of its annual general meeting, with his attorney general critic defying his wishes and a lack of unity on...

Feb 25, 2025

Predatory sales, unfair contract terms a focus of B.C.'s new consumer protection laws

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is making changes to its consumer protection laws to stop predatory sales and protect people from unfair business practices. The amendments to the law were i...

Feb 25, 2025

B.C. First Nation files Charter challenge over RCMP refusal to enforce bylaws

VANCOUVER - A small First Nation on British Columbia's Central Coast is taking the attorney general of Canada to court, arguing its Charter rights have been violated because the RCMP refuses to enforc...

Feb 25, 2025

Ontario shifts from Pap to HPV test for cervical cancer screening, but no at-home kits yet

TORONTO - Ontario will replace its main method of cervical cancer screening next week to a more accurate and less frequent test, but the dreaded speculum exam is not in the rear-view just yet. Human p...

Feb 25, 2025

Windstorm knocks out power to thousands of BC Hydro customers along south coast

VANCOUVER - An overnight windstorm along British Columbia's south coast has knocked out power for thousands. BC Hydro is reporting more 7,000 people along southern Vancouver Island woke up to outages ...

Feb 25, 2025

Ailing Pope Frances appoints new Archbishop of Vancouver

Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, has named a new archbishop for Vancouver. The Vancouver archdiocese says the Pope appointed Archbishop Richard Smith and ...

Feb 25, 2025

Second earthquake in four days strikes off B.C. coast

Another earthquake has struck off the British Columbia coast. A post on X from Emergency Info BC Monday night said a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck west of Port Alice, a community on northwest Vancou...

Feb 24, 2025