Category Archives: British Columbia
David Eby to be sworn in as B.C. premier at Vancouver Musqueam centre
VICTORIA - David Eby will be sworn in as British Columbia's new premier by Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin in Vancouver next week, breaking with tradition. The Nov. 18 ceremony will be held at the Musqueam Comm...
Nov 08, 2022
Health Minister Duclos says kids' painkiller supplies increasing, but not fast enough
VANCOUVER - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says supplies of children's painkillers are increasing rapidly, but not quickly enough to meet an expected winter surge in demand. Duclos, speaking...
Nov 08, 2022
B.C. agriculture minister says sector is recovering well on flooding anniversary
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - British Columbia's agriculture minister says farmers had "an emotional year" as they worked to recover from catastrophic flooding last November. Lana Popham says the province will c...
Nov 08, 2022
Mountie pleads guilty to assault on student in Kelowna, B.C., during wellness check
KELOWNA, B.C. - An RCMP officer from Kelowna, B.C., has pleaded guilty to assaulting a nursing student during a wellness check in January 2020. Const. Lacy Browning pleaded guilty to one count of assa...
Nov 08, 2022
B.C. regional district seeks emergency extension as winter water supply 'uncertain'
SECHELT, B.C. - British Columbia's Sunshine Coast Regional District says continued "uncertainty" about its water supply means it will seek an extension of the state of local emergency declared last mo...
Nov 08, 2022
Safety knowledge, maintenance partly to blame for deadly sinking in B.C.: report
RICHMOND, B.C. - An investigation by the Transportation Safety Board into the sinking of a fishing boat in which two of the three crew members died identifies several "systemic safety issues." The Arc...
Nov 08, 2022
Health ministers expect details after promise of federal funding boost
VANCOUVER - Provincial and territorial health ministers have presented a united front as they seek more federal funding, and today expect to hear more details on cash promised by their federal counter...
Nov 08, 2022
Ken Sim sworn in as Vancouver's new mayor, promises co-operation
VANCOUVER - Ken Sim is officially Vancouver's new mayor and is promising to set a tone of co-operation - despite his ABC Vancouver party holding a strong majority on council. Sim and the new council w...
Nov 07, 2022
Officers cleared in Shuswap fatal crash
RCMP officers have been cleared of wrongdoing after deploying a spike belt that resulted in a fatal crash in the Shuswap.B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office (IIO) was tasked with looking into the...
Nov 07, 2022
Another 171 overdose deaths in B.C. for September from toxic drug supply: coroner
VICTORIA - Nearly six people a day are dying of overdoses in British Columbia, a toll the corner says puts the province on track to surpass 2,000 drug deaths for another year. The service says 171 peo...
Nov 07, 2022