Category Archives: British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is investing $440 million to better detect, prevent and treat cancer. Premier David Eby says nearly everyone in the province has been affected by cancer in ...

VANCOUVER - Extreme cold, Arctic outflow or snowfall warnings cover most of northern and central British Columbia as an icy and powerful storm sweeps over the province. Environment Canada says the acc...

SQUAMISH, B.C. - A private university based in Squamish, B.C., is shutting down at the end of April. A statement on the Quest University website says the suspension of academic programming will allow ...

VANCOUVER - Hootsuite says it will eliminate the free tier of its social media management tool next month. The Vancouver-based technology company says the tool, which allows users to browse, manage an...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The mayor of Abbotsford says the British Columbia farming community has come a long way since devastating flooding in 2021 - but still has far to go with long-term recovery and repa...

VICTORIA - A survey by British Columbia's seniors advocate of people who receive home support has found a decline in satisfaction with the services over the past five years. Isobel Mackenzie's "We Mus...

VICTORIA - Nurse practitioners in British Columbia now have expanded authority to assess people in crisis for involuntary admission to a treatment facility under the Mental Health Act. The New Democra...

VANCOUVER - Two environmental groups and a British Columbia First Nation say the federal government is recommending an order to protect the critically at-risk northern spotted owl. Just three of the t...

VANCOUVER - Researchers say British Columbia's southern resident killer whales are not only threatened by the decline of the overall salmon population but also the reduction in high-quality fatty salm...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Canada's emergency preparedness minister is returning to the epicentre of flooding that devastated British Columbia's Fraser Valley in November 2021. Bill Blair, along with B.C. Min...