British Columbia

Flower supply chain issues prompt some B.C. buyers to look local

VANCOUVER - It was stubbornness that led a family farm on Vancouver Island to keep growing roses when competitors left the industry or shifted production to marijuana years ago. Now, Kristen Bulk says...

Feb 12, 2022

Another 17 COVID-19 deaths in B.C., booster dose vaccination reaches 51.5 per cent

VICTORIA - Nine COVID-19 outbreaks at seniors' care homes in British Columbia have been declared over, while two more have been announced. There are 46 health-care facilities in the province with ongo...

Feb 11, 2022

Lost in the B.C. woods for 74 days, Bear Henry thankful to forestry workers rescue

VICTORIA - Bear Henry says they survived more than 70 days lost in a remote Vancouver Island forest on a few days worth of beans, rice, some cat food and melted snow. Henry is about 30 kilograms light...

Feb 11, 2022

B.C. provides millions for Chinese Canadian museum in Vancouver's Chinatown

VANCOUVER - The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown will soon become a Chinese Canadian Museum. The provincial government is providing $27.5 million for the project and real estate marketer Bob R...

Feb 11, 2022

More pains to come at the pumps as gas prices are expected to rise

PRINCE GEORGE - If you are a driver then you know the pain when it comes to filling up your vehicle at the pumps. Fuel prices are at an all-time high across the province.In the Lower Mainland gas is s...

Feb 11, 2022

Final evacuation orders lifted in Old Fort, B.C., years after landslides

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Final evacuation orders have been lifted for an area of northeastern British Columbia affected by slow-moving landslides that began more than three years ago. A notice on the Pea...

Greg Fry Feb 11, 2022

Commercial flight diverted in high-speed chase in B.C.'s Fraser Valley

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police say a man has been charged following a high-speed chase that required the diversion of a commercial airplane and ended with a collision involving a police vehicle in Langley,...

Feb 10, 2022

Lack of powder silences Vancouver's historic Nine O'Clock Gun indefinitely

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver parks board says the city's historic Nine O'Clock Gun is being silenced by a lack of explosive powder that's needed to fire it. A statement from the board says the type of bl...

Feb 10, 2022

B.C. lawyer for Crown says stay application in old-growth logging case is flawed

NANAIMO, B.C. - A lawyer for the Crown says a court application calling for a stay of proceedings against those arrested at old-growth logging protests in B.C. is flawed and has no chance of succeedin...

Feb 10, 2022

B.C., Alberta backcountry users warned of avalanche dangers

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A special public avalanche warning has been issued for parts of British Columbia and Alberta's backcountry about the potential for triggering large avalanches. Avalanche Canada and ...

Feb 10, 2022