British Columbia

Housing for drug users with mental health issues to be offered in Nanaimo

NANAIMO, B.C. - Substance users with serious mental health issues in Nanaimo are expected to get access to so-called complex-care housing under an initiative offering services like addiction medicine,...

Aug 25, 2022

Man charged over four attacks in two Vancouver neighbourhoods

VANCOUVER - Police say a man has been charged over a series of attacks in two Vancouver neighbourhoods. Three people who were walking last Thursday on the west side of the city were each allegedly att...

Aug 25, 2022

B.C. hospitality, tourism and liquor groups seek quick resolution to BCGEU job action

BURNABY, B.C. - Industry groups representing hospitality, tourism and liquor businesses in British Columbia are urging the B.C. General Employees' Union and the government to reach a swift deal to end...

Aug 24, 2022

$118M to support B.C. family doctors, keep clinics open until new pay model: Dix

VANCOUVER - Health Minister Adrian Dix says family doctors in British Columbia will be eligible for an average $25,000 each to help tide them over until a new compensation model is established this fa...

Aug 24, 2022

Concern for B.C. sockeye salmon as Fraser River return estimates drop by millions

VANCOUVER - Optimism over an expected bumper season for wild British Columbia sockeye salmon has turned to distress, after a regulatory body's estimate of returns to the Fraser River dropped by nearly...

Thomas Doucet Aug 24, 2022

40 residents of Vancouver street camp accept accommodation: BC Housing

VANCOUVER - BC Housing says 40 people in Vancouver who were living in a Downtown Eastside street encampment being cleared by city workers have accepted offers of accommodation. The agency's vice-presi...

Aug 24, 2022

Single mothers group challenges B.C. government stance on legal aid system

VANCOUVER - A three-day hearing has begun in British Columbia Supreme Court, with a group challenging the provincial government's stance that it doesn't have the capacity to take a case regarding lega...

Aug 23, 2022

B.C. public-sector union says negotiations with government are back on

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's largest public-sector union says it has accepted the government's invitation to resume talks following limited job action that began over a week ago. The B.C. General Em...

Aug 23, 2022

Four arrested after Vancouver police say guns found in encampment tent

Vancouver police say four men have been arrested after two guns were seized from a tent in a Downtown Eastside street encampment. Police say the weapons found in the tent near East Hastings and Carral...

Aug 22, 2022

At least 40 people displaced by explosion and fire in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

VANCOUVER - Dozens of people have been left without a home after an apparent explosion sparked a fire between two buildings in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Assistant Fire Chief Pierre Morin with Van...

Aug 22, 2022