British Columbia

Strike gets underway for more than 7,400 port workers across B.C.

VANCOUVER - Port workers across British Columbia formally went on strike on Saturday after negotiations supported by federal mediators failed to produce a deal to keep more than 7,000 employees on the...

Jul 01, 2023

Skin lesions on endangered killer whales are getting worse, study says

VANCOUVER - Southern resident killer whales are increasingly suffering from skin diseases that leave large blotches on their distinctive black-and-white colouration, new research says. The research, p...

Jul 01, 2023

Possible B.C. port strike will spare cruise ships, employers say

VANCOUVER - A possible strike by British Columbia port workers will not disrupt cruise ships docked in Vancouver, Prince Rupert or Vancouver Island, employers say. The BC Maritime Employers Associatio...

Jun 30, 2023

Union for SkyTrain workers reaches tentative five-year deal with BC Rapid Transit

BURNABY, B.C. - The union for more than 1,000 employees of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain service says it has reached a tentative five-year deal with the BC Rapid Transit Co. CUPE 7000 says the new deal w...

Jun 30, 2023

Provincial booking system for appointments with pharmacists now open

PRINCE GEORGE - A new provincial online booking system was launched, allowing people to book appointments with pharmacists.Starting at the beginning of June, BC pharmacists' scope of practice was expa...

Jun 30, 2023

RCMP says Lytton wildfire probe still active, two years after village's destruction

LYTTON, B.C. - Mounties say their investigation into the devastating fire that destroyed most of the village of Lytton, B.C., two years ago remains "active and ongoing." Staff Sgt. Kris Clark of the B...

Jun 30, 2023

New Chinese Canadian Museum opens its doors in historic Vancouver Chinatown building

VANCOUVER - When the Chinese Exclusion Act came into effect in 1923, it didn't just effectively halt Chinese immigration to Canada - it extinguished the family lines of thousands of labourers already ...

Jun 30, 2023

Teenage hiker Esther Wang is found safe after two days lost in B.C. park

MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - Rescuers say a teenage girl who was missing for more than two days in a Metro Vancouver provincial park has been found alive. Team manager Ryan Smith with Ridge Meadows Search and ...

Jun 30, 2023

B.C. health authority issues drug alert after benzodiazepines found in vape juice

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A British Columbia health authority has issued a public warning after it says benzodiazepines were detected in vape juice sold in Chilliwack, B.C. Fraser Health issued an overdose a...

Jun 30, 2023

Lack of B.C. transplant surgeons means donated kidneys are sent elsewhere: doctors

VANCOUVER - Sukinder Mangat has been waiting 11 years for a kidneytransplant while enduring dialysis three times a week as part of a routine that leaves him exhausted, worried and unable to work. "I h...

Jun 30, 2023