Category Archives: British Columbia

Search turns to recovery operation for missing B.C. boater presumed dead
MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Police and other rescue agencies say they're still looking for a 37-year-old boater who went missing near Mission, B.C., but local rescue crews say "it's unlikely he is sti...
Jun 15, 2024

Witnesses report pea-sized hail as storm hits parts of B.C.'s south coast
WHITE ROCK, B.C. - Environment Canada says storms tracking over British Columbia's south coast brought hail to the region today, with one witness reporting pellets the size of large peas blanketing hi...
Jun 15, 2024

Environment Canada issues rainfall warnings for parts of northeastern B.C.
FORT NELSON, B.C. - Parts of northeastern British Columbia are under rainfall warnings as a narrow band of intense storms moves through the area. Environment Canada says about 40 to 50 millimeters of ...
Jun 15, 2024

Environment Canada warns of snow for B.C.'s major Interior mountain passes
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning motorists of possible snow at mountain passes on a number of major highways across British Columbia's Interior. The agency says a weather system will bring a ...
Jun 14, 2024

City of Victoria provides $1.8 million to fund 'hub' of supports for homeless
VICTORIA - The City of Victoria is providing $1.8 million in operating funding for a new facility opening in the coming months aimed at addressing the risks and impacts of homelessness. It says in a s...
Jun 14, 2024

Canadian labour ministers say they want federal government training money back
VICTORIA - Canada's provincial and territorial labour ministers will be meeting with their federal counterpart on Monday to demand that the federal government reinstate $625 million that it cut from t...
Jun 14, 2024

B.C. establishes largest provincial park in a decade to protect threatened caribou
VICTORIA - A major provincial park expansion will create a protection zone of almost 2,000 square kilometres for caribou and other species in northeastern British Columbia. The Ministry of Environment...
Jun 14, 2024

Federal minister tells B.C. Ottawa continues to back RCMP contract policing
VICTORIA - Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Ottawa will continue to back the RCMP as British Columbia's contract police force that serves many communities as it moves towards a national for...
Jun 13, 2024

B.C. may work with N.L. on court challenge of federal equalization payments, Eby says
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby has found an ally in his claims of unequal funding from the federal government: Newfoundland and Labrador. Eby is hosting Newfoundland and Labrador Premi...
Jun 13, 2024

B.C. politicians ask for audit of $3.86 billion North Shore water treatment plant
VANCOUVER - A group of local politicians from B.C.'s Lower Mainland are asking the provincial auditor general to investigate how the cost of a wastewater treatment plant could balloon to $3.86 billion...
Jun 13, 2024