British Columbia

B.C. couple wins lotto 6/49 jackpot

VANCOUVER - A BC couple has won $6,000,000 from the March 16,2022 draw. Chau Ming (Lana) Lueng and her husband (Joery) Yui Fai Leung have been playing the same Lotto 6/49 numbers for over three decade...

Mar 22, 2022

B.C. logging company won't dispute First Nation land claim, lawyer tells court

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a British Columbia logging company says his client takes no position on whether a First Nation has title over an area it claims on Vancouver Island's west coast. However, Geof...

Mar 22, 2022

B.C. allocates more than $8 million to boost legal-aid services

VICTORIA - The provincial government is investing another $8.19 million in legal aid in British Columbia, filling what it says are gaps in service. The Ministry of the Attorney General announced the f...

Mar 22, 2022

Groups criticize Pacific salmon treaty, urge Alaska to protect B.C.-bound salmon

VANCOUVER - A coalition of Canadian groups is calling on Alaska's governor to stop the state's harvest of Canadian-bound salmon, while it criticizes the international treaty that prevents overfishing ...

Mar 22, 2022

100 Mile House RCMP appeal for information about missing Lone Butte man

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - RCMP in 100 Mile House are looking for the public's help tracking down a missing person.Lone Butte resident Jacob Borgford, 28, was last seen March 16. Though he leads a transie...

Mar 22, 2022

New BC Parks website launches with improved user-friendly interface

PRINCE GEORGE - Every year trying to book a campsite for many in British Columbia feels like a lottery, similar to trying to get tickets to a legendary concert or the big game, but that process has ch...

Mar 21, 2022

B.C. expands eligibility for rapid COVID-19 tests to people over 30

VICTORIA - People in their 30s and older can now pick up packs of free COVID-19 tests at pharmacies across British Columbia. The province expanded eligibility Monday for the rapid antigen tests, which...

Mar 21, 2022

Safety board says flaw in rail found, but not fixed before 38 cars derailed in B.C.

RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says a defect in a railway track was found nine days before 38 Canadian National Railway cars derailed in northern British Columbia but it wasn't fixed...

Mar 21, 2022

B.C. Supreme Court to hear lawsuit over First Nation's land rights

VANCOUVER - Members of the Nuchatlaht First Nation in British Columbia have travelled to Vancouver to mark the start of a lawsuit that asks the court to recognize the nation's rights and title and put...

Mar 21, 2022

Police arrest suspect in alleged stair shoving incident, say Vancouver police

Vancouver Police say they have arrested a suspect one day after releasing a video that shows a man being pushed down a flight of stairs at a city transit stop. Police say a man was arrested Saturday i...

Mar 20, 2022