Category Archives: British Columbia

HOPE, B.C. - The Fraser Health authority says the emergency department at a Hope, B.C., hospital that was temporarily closed after a fatal police shooting has reopened. The department shut its doors W...

VANCOUVER - The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says it is "deeply disturbed" the British Columbia port workers' union has served strike notice and is prepared to walk out on Saturday. The chamber has is...

VANCOUVER - Chief Don Tom of the Tsartlip First Nation on Vancouver Island says he's been known to "partake" in watching fireworks, as a way to bring families together. But on Canada Day, he wants peo...

HOPE, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who was shot by an RCMP officer in southern British Columbia Wednesday. Mounties say an "interaction" between the ma...

VANCOUVER - In an attempt to ease some of the pressure on British Columbia's health-care system, Premier David Eby says the province will become the first in Canada to offer online booking for residen...

NANAIMO, B.C. - The RCMP are investigating the theft of 10 German shepherd puppies from a backyard kennel in Nanaimo, B.C. Police say the theft occurred around 3 a.m. Monday morning. Since then, five ...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has opened access to its $500-million rental-protection fund that will help non-profit groups purchase rental buildings. The goal of providing the capital fu...

VANCOUVER - More than 60 square kilometres of at-risk grassland in British Columbia's southern Interior will be protected forever as part of the newest conservation project in the province. The Nature...

VANCOUVER - The union representing port workers in British Columbia says it has issued 72-hour strike notice and its members are ready to walk off the job on Saturday. More coming. The Canadian Press

VICTORIA - British Columbia has agreed to give Canada's border agency more time to come up with an alternative to holding immigration detainees in the province's correctional centres, almost a year af...