British Columbia

West Fraser Timber earns US$35 million in first quarter, up from loss last year

VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. says it earned US$35 million in its first quarter, up from a loss of US$42 million a year earlier. Earnings per diluted share were 42 cents US, compared with a loss ...

Apr 23, 2024

B.C. government sets November date for Surrey police transition

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's government has set Nov. 29 as the date when the Surrey Police Service will take over from the RCMP as the city's force of jurisdiction. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth ...

Apr 23, 2024

Ombudsperson calls B.C.'s handling of youth confinement an embarrassment

VANCOUVER - B.C.'s ombudsperson says the Ministry of Children and Family Development should be embarrassed by its neglect toward reducing the practice of isolating youth in custody. Jay Chalke says th...

Apr 23, 2024

B.C. places online harms bill on hold after agreement with Meta, X, TikTok, Snapchat

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is putting its proposed online harms legislation on hold after reaching an agreement with some of the largest social media platforms to make people safer onl...

Apr 23, 2024

B.C. to increase local milk production with $25-million factory investment

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The British Columbia government is spending up to $25 million toward the construction of a milk production plant aimed at boosting the supply of locally sourced food products. The p...

Apr 23, 2024

Baby lives after stroller hit and dragged by vehicle in Squamish, B.C.

SQUAMISH, B.C. - A baby in a stroller survived being struck and dragged for two blocks while it was lodged in the front of a vehicle in Squamish, B.C. Mounties say they received multiple calls that a ...

Apr 23, 2024

U.S. authorities searching for missing B.C. kayakers have found a body: RCMP

SAANICH, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say United States authorities searching for a pair of missing kayakers have found a body in the San Juan Islands of Washington state. RCMP spokesman Cpl. Jam...

Apr 23, 2024

‘Trying not to die’: Tourism operators face heavy debt, even as business roars back

Maureen Gordon has weathered hard times before. She and her husband began running ecotourism outfit Maple Leaf Adventures out of Vancouver about a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks devastated in...

Apr 23, 2024

'Historic' law recognizing Haida Aboriginal title introduced in B.C. legislature

VICTORIA - The B.C. government says legislation formally recognizing the Haida Nation's Aboriginal title over the archipelago of Haida Gwaii was introduced in the legislature Monday. The province says...

Apr 22, 2024

Singh noncommittal on keeping scheduled increases to Liberals' carbon price in place

COQUITLAM, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is raising eyebrows anew over his carbon pricing stance, refusing to say today whether or not he would keep scheduled increases in place if he becomes prime ...

Apr 22, 2024