British Columbia

Taylor Swift to kick off final three Toronto shows as Eras Tour heads toward finale

TORONTO - Taylor Swift is throwing another party in Toronto as her celebrated Eras Tour heads into its final three nights in the city. The pop superstar will pack the Rogers Centre full of Swifties to...

Nov 21, 2024

BC Hydro says most power outages fixed after bomb cyclone, but new storm looms

VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says it has restored power to 90 per cent of customers who lost electricity this week when hurricane-force winds slammed into parts of the British Columbia coast, but forecasters ...

Nov 21, 2024

Border agency detained dozens of 'forced labour' cargo shipments. Now it's being sued

VANCOUVER - Canada's border agency says it has detained about 50 shipments of cargo over suspicions they were products of forced labour under rules introduced in 2020 - but only one was eventually det...

Nov 21, 2024

B.C. RCMP say multiple victims injured in single vehicle crash

SAANICH - Mounties on Vancouver Island say they are investigating a single-vehicle crash that left "multiple" people injured. Sidney North Saanich RCMP say officers were called to a shopping plaza in ...

Nov 20, 2024

Estate sale Emily Carr painting bought for US$50 nets C$290,000 at Toronto auction

TORONTO - An Emily Carr painting that sold for US$50 at an estate sale has fetched C$290,000 at a Toronto auction. Heffel Fine Art Auction House says "Masset, Q.C.I." sold for $290,000 at its fall sal...

Nov 20, 2024

Site of massive B.C. river slide remains unstable, effects on salmon not yet clear

A salmon task force examining the impacts of the massive landslide that temporarily dammed British Columbia's Chilcotin River last July says there have been three "significant" slope failures since th...

Nov 20, 2024

B.C. Conservative leader names shadow cabinet, gives job to controversial member

VICTORIA - B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has assigned jobs to 41 of his 44-member caucus, including giving a critic's position to MLA Brent Chapman, who faced calls to step down during the camp...

Nov 20, 2024

Eby's NDP cabinet 'bloated, expensive,' says B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad

VICTORIA - British Columbia Conservative Leader John Rustad says Premier David Eby's new cabinet appears to be a taxpayer-funded loyalty program that rewards NDP caucus. Eby introduced his new cabinet...

Nov 20, 2024

Investigation led to huge drug bust, which will disrupt Surrey drug trade, says RCMP

SURREY - Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say a year-long investigation has led to one of the largest drug seizures in the detachment's history and will "disrupt" the drug trade in the city. RCMP say they la...

Nov 20, 2024

B.C. government delegation jets to California to promote the province's film industry

Just days after being appointed to their new jobs, three members of the British Columbia government are off to California to promote the province as a hot spot for film production. Spencer Chandra Her...

Nov 20, 2024