Category Archives: British Columbia

VANCOUVER - A union representing thousands of provincial government workers in British Columbia has escalated job action with a ban on overtime. B.C. General Employees' Union president Stephanie Smith...

VICTORIA - A British Columbia MLA says he holds no animosity toward the BC Liberal Party or its leader after being ousted from its caucus earlier this week. John Rustad, who represents Nechako Lakes i...

VANCOUVER - Delegates from the Nisga'a First Nation are in Scotland this week to discuss repatriating a memorial totem pole it says was stolen nearly a century ago. Seven members, including Nisga'a Na...

Decriminalization of some hard drugs in British Columbia could help reduce stigma around psychedelic substances that have medicinal value, but have been caught up in the war on drugs, experts say. "Th...

Vancouver police are investigating what they call a series of violent stranger assaults in the city's Fairview neighbourhood and trying to establish if the incidents are related. Constable Tania Visin...

VANCOUVER - An organization that represents British Columbia's private liquor stores says the province has imposed limits on alcohol sales at government-run outlets in response to job action affecting...

ALDERGROVE, B.C. - A wolf missing from a British Columbia zoo has been found safe and returned to its pack. The Greater Vancouver Zoo says in a statement the discovery of the one-year-old female canin...

VICTORIA - The Opposition B.C. Liberals have removed MLA John Rustad from the party caucus after he retweeted comments that questioned the role of carbon dioxide in climate change. Party leader Kevin ...

VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered what they are calling a "weak spot" in the virus that causes COVID-19. A study published in the peer-reviewed scientific j...

PENTICTON, B.C. - Local authorities in British Columbia's Okanagan region say all evacuation orders around the so-called Keremeos Creek wildfire near Penticton have been rescinded. Erick Thompson, an ...