British Columbia

B.C. nursing student attacked with knife during first clinical placement: union

VANCOUVER - The president of the B.C. Nurses' Union says a student nurse was attacked with a knife during her first clinical experience at Vancouver General Hospital on Thursday. The Vancouver Police ...

Nov 16, 2024

Heavy rain mixed with strong winds hitting B.C. south coast over the weekend

VANCOUVER - Residents in Metro Vancouver will likely be getting out their umbrellas this weekend as the region faces heavy rain and wind. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for ...

Nov 16, 2024

Rockfall with large boulders closes Highway 7 west of Hope, B.C.

HOPE, B.C. - A rockfall has closed a stretch of Highway 7 in British Columbia's Fraser Valley. Drive BC, the province's traveller information service, says the slide is located west of Hope, B.C., bet...

Nov 15, 2024

Claims open in $12.5M class-action settlement over WestJet baggage fees

VANCOUVER - Some travellers who checked baggage on certain WestJet flights between 2014 and 2019 may now claim their share of a class-action settlement approved by the British Columbia Supreme Court l...

Nov 15, 2024

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal to expedite complaint from Jewish teachers' group

VANCOUVER - A group of teachers says British Columbia's Human Rights Tribunal has agreed to expedite a complaint of antisemitism against their union as more allegations surface. Vancouver labour lawye...

Nov 15, 2024

Joly, Blinken push to get B.C. river treaty through Congress before Trump government

LIMA - Top officials in both Canada and the United States are pushing for the need to finalize the Columbia River Treaty to manage water flowing between the two countries before the administration cha...

Nov 15, 2024

Insurance bureau estimates $110 million in damages from October storms in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Intense flooding that hammered British Columbia's coast last month has led to more than $110 million in insured damage claims. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says insurers have been workin...

Nov 15, 2024

Whistler, Pemberton, Sea-to-Sky Highway in B.C.to get 'significant snowfall'

VANCOUVER - Whistler, B.C., is expected to get its first "significant snowfall" of the season this weekend. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the winter resort as well as f...

Nov 15, 2024

What to know about bird flu, poultry and dairy farms

TORONTO - People have been hearing a lot about H5N1 bird flu - or highly pathogenic avian influenza - since a B.C. teen became the first human to get the virus in Canada and is in hospital. It's not y...

Nov 15, 2024

Vancouver police say one person taken into custody, later released, in hate case

VANCOUVER - One person was taken into custody over what Vancouver Police say is part of a hate-crime investigation. A statement from the department says officers from its Major Crime Section and Emerg...

Nov 14, 2024