British Columbia

Stock market today: Wall Street higher as it tries to claw back losses from a brutal August

BEIJING - Wall Street pushed higher Thursday ahead of new inflation and jobs data that could influence the Federal Reserve and its policy decisions regarding benchmark interest rates. Futures for the ...

Aug 31, 2023

How wildfire in British Columbia's Shuswap is fanning political flames

VICTORIA - The wildfire that has been rampaging through the Shuswap region of the B.C. Interior has also sparked a fight over whether local Opposition MLAs have been encouraging residents to disobey f...

Greg Fry Aug 31, 2023

Visual artists fight back against AI companies for repurposing their work

NEW YORK (AP) - Kelly McKernan's acrylic and watercolor paintings are bold and vibrant, often featuring feminine figures rendered in bright greens, blues, pinks and purples. The style, in the artist's...

Aug 30, 2023

B.C. judge to review police handling of Surrey constable caught drunk driving

VICTORIA - The Office of British Columbia's Police Complaint Commissioner has ordered a review of the case of a Surrey Police Service officer it says asked to be let off when he was caught driving whi...

Aug 30, 2023

Arrest made in cold-case sex assaults, suspect released by judge: Vancouver police

Vancouver police say they have solved a series of cold-case sexual assaults dating back 14 years, leading to the arrest of a suspect in Saskatchewan. Deputy Chief Constable Fiona Wilson told a briefin...

Aug 30, 2023

B.C. posts $704 million budget surplus for 2022-2023, say audited public accounts

VICTORIA - An audited public accounting of British Columbia's financial records shows the province posted a surplus of more than $700 million in the 2022-2023 budget year. Finance Minister Katrine Con...

Aug 30, 2023

Wildfire threat in B.C. continues as winds pick up during stormy weather

Several major wildfires continue to burn out-of-control in British Columbia's Interior, where forecasted rain had been hoped to dampen blazes in parts of the Central Okanagan and the Shuswap. But Envi...

Aug 30, 2023

CNN names Mark Thompson, former BBC and New York Times executive, as its new leader

NEW YORK (AP) - CNN is bringing in a former chief executive of the BBC and The New York Times in an attempt to turn around a news organization that has burned through two leaders and bled viewers over...

Aug 30, 2023

Hungary's Orbán urges US to 'call back Trump' to end Ukraine war in Tucker Carlson interview

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister, Viktor Orbn, said in a sprawling interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the only path to ending the war in Ukraine would...

Aug 30, 2023

In the news today: Universities pull course info and BC kids head back to school soon

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Universities pull course info from public sites for safety Several Ontario univ...

Aug 30, 2023