British Columbia

B.C. housing plans could deliver 293,000 new units over next decade, says premier

VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says the New Democrat government's ambitious homebuilding agenda could result in up to 293,000 new housing units over the next decade. Eby provided details of the housing...

Dec 07, 2023

Hiker missing for a year near Sooke, B.C., found dead

SOOKE, B.C. - The remains of a hiker who disappeared near Victoria a year ago have been found. Sooke RCMP say the remains of 38-year-old Melissa McDevitt have been located, and police do not believe c...

Dec 07, 2023

Surge in newcomers putting pressure on inflation via housing demand: BoC deputy

WINDSOR, Ont. - A senior Bank of Canada official warns the recent surge in newcomers has propped up rent and home prices, adding pressure to inflation. In a speech in Windsor, Ont., deputy governor To...

Dec 07, 2023

Political shift underway in B.C., says confident Conservative Leader John Rustad

VICTORIA - B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad says Premier David Eby and Opposition BC United Leader Kevin Falcon are both looking over their shoulders at the political gains being made by the new k...

Dec 06, 2023

B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe retiring, saddened by overdose crisis policy

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe has announced she is leaving her post after 13 years, deeply saddened the province has been unable to reduce the "tragic impacts" of toxic dru...

Dec 06, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim moves to axe elected Park Board

VANCOUVER - Mayor Ken Sim says he's moving to abolish Vancouver's elected Park Board, which is the only such body in any British Columbia city. Sim says at a news conference in City Hall that he'll be...

Dec 06, 2023

Bank of Canada to announce interest rate decision today, expected to hold at 5%

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set to announce its interest rate decision this morning as forecasters widely expect the central bank to continue holding its key rate steady. The Bank of Canada opted t...

Greg Fry Dec 06, 2023

Coast Guard investigates oily sheen covering Vancouver's False Creek

VANCOUVER - The Canadian Coast Guard says it's trying to identify the source of a diesel smell and sheen covering Vancouver's False Creek. It says it received a report of the apparent pollution around...

Dec 05, 2023

B.C. moves to reduce raw log exports, boost higher-value wood manufacturing

VICTORIA - British Columbia is moving to reduce the export of raw logs harvested in the province by requiring that certain types of lumber from the Interior undergo manufacturing first. A statement fr...

Dec 05, 2023

B.C. says 578 foreign-educated nurses registered in 2023, doubling intake

VANCOUVER - The number of foreign-educated nurses newly registered in British Columbia this year has more than doubled from last year, as the province makes progress on a $1-billion, multi-year plan t...

Dec 05, 2023