Category Archives: British Columbia
After highway death of a beloved bear in B.C., experts look for lessons
FIELD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - In the spring of 2023, a Parks Canada team strung electric fence along a section of the Trans Canada Highway from Lake Louise to the B.C.-Alberta boundary. It was par...
Jul 07, 2024
Heat warnings expand in B.C. as heat expected to intensify
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says a heat wave covering more than three dozen regions in British Columbia is expected to intensify today. It says elevated temperatures pose a risk to public health, s...
Jul 07, 2024
B.C. port employer requests 'urgent strike intervention' by the CIRB
VANCOUVER - The BC Maritime Employers Association says it is requesting urgent intervention by the Canada Industrial Relations Board to divert a looming strike by a union representing ship and dock fo...
Jul 06, 2024
B.C. woman faces terrorism charges for travelling to Syria to join ISIS in 2015
VANCOUVER - Mounties in British Columbia say they have charged a 51-year-old woman with two terrorism-related offences after she reportedly travelled to Syria in 2015 to join ISIS. They say Kimberly P...
Jul 06, 2024
‘close associate’ of Quebec gang leader arrested by B.C. RCMP
MONTREAL - Police in Quebec City say a man suspected of having close ties to the leader of Quebec street gang Blood Family Mafia has been arrested. City police spokesperson Pierre-Olivier Lvesque says...
Jul 06, 2024
B.C. heat wave may increase wildfire activity but reduce lightning starts: BCWS
VANCOUVER - As sweltering heat sets in over much of British Columbia, the province's wildfire authority is warning that dry conditions will increase the potential for wildfire activity. But the BC Wil...
Jul 06, 2024
Whale researcher says orphan orca 'likely' seen off Vancouver Island at Friendly Cove
VICTORIA - A whale researcher says a lone young killer whale spotted surfacing Friday at Friendly Cove off the remote west coast of Vancouver Island is likely the orphan orca calf that was trapped in ...
Jul 06, 2024
Police investigate early-morning drowning in Okanagan Lake
KELOWNA, B.C. - Mounties in Kelowna say they are working to recover the body of a man who drowned in Okanagan Lake early Saturday morning. They say officers, alongside Central Okanagan Search and Resc...
Jul 06, 2024
Heat wave expected to hit Vancouver Island, interior B.C. in the coming days
VANCOUVER - Heat warnings are covering more than two dozen regions in British Columbia as temperatures could creep into the low 40s in the coming days. Environment Canada says the worst of the heat wa...
Jul 06, 2024
B.C. ship and dock foremen issue 72-hour strike notice to employer
VANCOUVER - A union representing ship and dock foremen in British Columbia has issued 72-hour strike notice against their employer. The BC Maritime Employers Association says ILWU Local 514 has served...
Jul 05, 2024