British Columbia

Heavy snow on Coquihalla, bitter cold in northwest and central B.C.: weather alert

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning of heavy snow on the Coquihalla Highway and bitterly cold temperatures in British Columbia's northwest as arctic air sweeps across the province. Up to 20 cent...

Dec 17, 2022

Dreams of Chinese fame persist at Vancouver pageant, where stars are born

VANCOUVER - The eight women lining up to take questions included a pediatrician, a legal assistant and a piano teacher. But standing on stage in their bikinis at the River Rock Casino in Richmond, B.C...

Dec 17, 2022

Drivers warned as temperatures set to plummet from Vancouver to Yukon

SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia is warning drivers to prepare winter survival kits as a blast of frigid cold hits over the next week and the mercury plummets across the province. Temperatures over the...

Dec 16, 2022

B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway reopens to four lanes as repairs continue after 2021 floods

HOPE, B.C. - A stretch along a key highway that sustained severe damage from landslides and flooding across southwestern British Columbia last year is back to four lanes after temporary repairs at thr...

Dec 16, 2022

Record amount of opium found in Vancouver marine containers: border services

DELTA, B.C. - What started as a probe into some oddities with shipping pallets in Vancouver has ended with a record seizure of opium by the Canada Border Services Agency. The agency says its investiga...

Dec 16, 2022

B.C. government continues the pandemic wage top-up for care home workers

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is extending its COVID-19 wage top-ups for staff at seniors facilities, but the restriction that limited those workers to one work site has been lifted. The ...

Dec 16, 2022

Ontario and British Columbia headed for a buyer's market, RBC says

TORONTO - A new report says high interest rates will continue to hold back homebuyers into the new year except in Ontario and British Columbia. The report by RBC says those purchasing real estate in O...

Dec 16, 2022

Contraband tobacco inhales 30 to 50 per cent of B.C. market, retailers, industry fear

VICTORIA - At first, Cory Holland thought government anti-smoking measures were working when he noticed tobacco sales at his British Columbia convenience store started to drop. Holland said he recalle...

Dec 16, 2022

B.C. disease centre says flu shows signs of decline, with no new deaths of children

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Centre For Disease Control says there are signs influenza is on a "steady decline" in the province, although case numbers remain high and positive test rates for respiratory syncy...

Dec 15, 2022

Union critical of Ottawa's plan to buy back Pacific salmon licences

CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - The union representing British Columbia fishermen says a plan by the federal government to buy back commercial salmon fishing licences is underfunded, lacks transparency and doe...

Dec 15, 2022