Category Archives: British Columbia

Jimmy Buffett celebrated slackers before the word existed, even though he was hardly one himself. "Wastin' away again in Margaritaville," went the chorus to his most famous song, which became an inter...

The charred hills surrounding Lake Okanagan in the B.C. Interior will likely look very different in a year's time and beyond as life returns to the wildfire-ravaged landscape, ecologists predict. An e...

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) - Pope Francis on Saturday praised Mongolia's tradition of religious freedom dating to the times of its founder, Genghis Khan, as he opened the first-ever papal visit to the...

VANCOUVER - A pediatric infectious disease doctor says there's nothing to suggest that British Columbia parents sending kids back to school next week need to make big changes in how they manage COVID-...

Twelve of the 400 or so blazes burning in British Columbia are described by the province's wildfire service as "wildfires of note," meaning they are highly visible or pose a threat to public safety. H...

PRINCE GEORGE - The 2023 wildfire season is one for the record books. The most hectares burned on record, and also one of the earliest starts to the season. Questions are now being raised on what to d...

KELOWNA, B.C. - Two of the three fires making up a devastating wildfire complex that destroyed almost 200 homes around Lake Okanagan in the B.C. Interior are now under control. But the BC Wildfire Ser...

BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) - In a small courtyard at a school in Bucha, scene of some of the worst atrocities committed by Russian soldiers during the war, Ukrainian children gathered Friday to celebrate the...

OTTAWA - The Canadian economy appeared to stall in the second quarter as Statistics Canada says the economy contracted at an annualized rate of 0.2 per cent in the second quarter. The agency also revi...

NEW YORK (AP) - Labor Day is right around the corner, along with the big sales and barbeques that come with it. But the activist roots of the holiday are especially visible this year as unions challen...