British Columbia

B.C. government announces multi-year boost to subsidize veterinary education

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government says it is permanently doubling the number of subsidized seats for people who want to train to become veterinarians and practise in the province. Education ...

Mar 23, 2023

B.C. salmon farm closure decision was necessary, says DFO amid court challenges

VICTORIA - The federal government is standing by its decision not to renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia's Discovery Islands, despite recent court challenges. A st...

Mar 23, 2023

Surrey, B.C., murder victim unknown to police, just moved to the city, police say

SURREY, B.C. - Homicide investigators say the man who died in a shooting in Surrey, B.C., last week had no known ties to the ongoing gang conflict in Metro Vancouver. Thirty-eight-year-old Aren Smith ...

Mar 23, 2023

Saskatchewan First Nation says B.C. willing to keep talking to resolve concerns

VANCOUVER - Leaders of Saskatchewan's Key First Nation say they held a "productive discussion" with senior officials from British Columbia and have agreed to keep talking about critical outstanding is...

Mar 22, 2023

Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart wins $100,000 costs in NPA defamation case

VANCOUVER - A B.C. judge says former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart can recover more than $100,000 in legal costs related to a failed defamation case launched by political rivals in the once-dominant...

Mar 22, 2023

Homicide team probes isolated, deadly attack on man in West Vancouver

VANCOUVER - Homicide investigators have been called to the scene of a deadly attack in West Vancouver. A statement from West Vancouver police says the male victim was involved in an altercation with a...

Mar 22, 2023

Federal decision to shut down B.C. salmon farms prompts company court challenge

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia salmon farming company is going to court to challenge the federal government's decision not to renew the licences for its open-net farms off Vancouver Island. Documents ...

Mar 21, 2023

BCEHS stats show flu season was severe for Northern B.C. children

PRINCE GEORGE - The flu season that faced British Columbians this winter was more severe than normal, an especially harsh battle for children.Statistics from BC Emergency Health Services show more chi...

Mar 21, 2023

Vancouver park board offers tips on how to 'respect' city's coyotes

VANCOUVER - Now that coyote denning season is in full swing, the Vancouver park board is offering some tips for "peaceful coexistence" between the animals and humans. Their pups are born in the spring...

Mar 21, 2023

Hate crimes unit joins probe of international student's assault in Kelowna, B.C.

KELOWNA, B.C. - RCMP in Kelowna, B.C., confirm the BC Hate Crimes Team has joined an investigation into an attack on an international student in the city. A statement from the Kelowna detachment says ...

Mar 21, 2023