Category Archives: British Columbia

VICTORIA - The road to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada remains a long one, says Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald, who estimates it will take 40 years at the...

VANCOUVER - Gas prices in Vancouver have hit a new high of more than $2.39 a litre at some stations, blowing past the previous peak set this summer. One gas analyst says that's a new all-time record f...

VICTORIA - Little to no rainfall over the past five weeks in several areas of British Columbia has prompted a warning from the Ministry of Forests about drought. The ministry says Vancouver Island, th...

VANCOUVER - Events are planned across British Columbia to mark the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on Friday. The Survivor's Flag was raised at the B.C. legislature Wednesday in a ceremony th...

VICTORIA - British Columbia cabinet minister Melanie Mark has resigned her portfolio to go on medical leave. A statement from Premier John Horgan says Mark advised him Wednesday that she would be taki...

Vancouver police say they're investigating a possible hate crime after a 19-year-old woman was assaulted while walking in the city's downtown. Police say the young Asian woman was hit over the back of...

VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials are preparing for a possible surge of influenza infections at the same time as COVID-19 strikes this fall. The province is offering free flu shots beginnin...

VICTORIA - The coroners service in British Columbia says nearly 1,500 people have died this year from illicit drug use in the province. New data from the service cites 169 drug deaths last month, repr...

VANCOUVER - An Indigenous man and his granddaughter have reached an agreement with the Vancouver Police Board to settle a human rights complaint stemming from their handcuffing after they tried to ope...

RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board has sent a team to British Columbia's north coast to probe the sinking of a tour boat in Haida Gwaii. A statement from the safety board says the team o...