British Columbia

Flight delays and cancellations at YVR affecting Prince George flights

PRINCE GEORGE - Flight delays and cancellations are currently causing chaos at Vancouver International Airport, which is causing ripple effects across the province. Since Saturday, dozens of flights a...

Dec 20, 2022

B.C. snowfall no winter wonderland for Vancouver's poor and homeless, says advocate

VANCOUVER - One of the heaviest one-day snowfalls to hit British Columbia's south coast in years has prompted cancellations or delays, power outages and other inconveniences, but advocates for the imp...

Dec 20, 2022

Snowstorm over southern B.C. halts flights at Vancouver airport

VANCOUVER - Most of British Columbia is covered by weather warnings as snow, extreme cold and arctic outflow winds grip the province, with those conditions playing havoc with transportation, especiall...

Dec 20, 2022

Teck to sell closed Quintette mine to Conuma Resources for $120M, plus royalties

VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Limited says it has reached a deal to sell its closed Quintette steelmaking coal mine in northeast British Columbia to Conuma Resources Ltd. Teck says Conuma Resources will ...

Dec 19, 2022

RCMP saw potential wolf-human 'conflict,' zoo declared no risk: B.C. escape documents

VANCOUVER - Internal RCMP documents show police sawpotential for human-wolf "conflict" after the animals escaped their enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo in August, despite the facility announcing...

Dec 19, 2022

Report shows B.C. has honoured pledge to deliver pandemic-postponed surgeries: Dix

VICTORIA - British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says the latest report on surgery volumes in the province "demonstrates the strength" of the surgical system. Dix makes the comment as the Health...

Dec 19, 2022

B.C. universities to receive $4.3 million for innovation research funding: minister

VANCOUVER - Four British Columbia universities will receive $4.3 million from a government research and innovation program to help fund projects in the fields of health, technology and natural resourc...

Dec 19, 2022

Yukon wind chill below -50 C, more snow for southern B.C., as frigid system hits

VANCOUVER - Weather alerts blanket most of British Columbia, Yukon and a large portion of Alberta as a bitterly cold system sweeps across those regions and another round of snow threatens southern B.C...

Dec 19, 2022

'Glaciers can't get a break': How climate change is affecting Canada's icy landscape

VANCOUVER - On a mountain high above the residents of Metro Vancouver, tucked inside a north-facing gully, the region's last remaining glacier is vanishing fast. The Coquitlam Glacier has survived 4,0...

Dec 19, 2022

Province reminding drivers of poor road conditions for parts of B.C.

NORTH COAST - The Province of British Columbia is reminding its drivers using the major roadways to exercise caution as a dip in temperatures is expected and winter warnings have been issued in some p...

Dec 17, 2022