British Columbia

Teck Resources reports nearly $1.49B Q4 profit compared with loss a year ago

VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. reported a fourth-quarter profit attributable to shareholders of nearly $1.49 billion compared with a loss of $464 million a year earlier, helped by strong commodity pr...

Feb 24, 2022

British Columbia cabinet ministers in line for 10 per cent pay hike: Opposition

VICTORIA - The Opposition B.C. Liberals say cabinet ministers stand to gain 10 per cent on their salaries that's normally withheld when the provincial government posts a deficit budget. The Liberals s...

Feb 23, 2022

Free COVID-19 rapid tests to be made available in B.C. for 70 and up starting Friday

VICTORIA - Rapid tests and the option for a new vaccine will be available soon for British Columbia residents. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says one rapid test box containing five tests ...

Feb 23, 2022

Nearly 8 out of 10 Canadians against MP pay raise

BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation released results from a Leger poll showing 79 percent of Canadians are against members of Parliament taking their third pay raise during the pandem...

Feb 23, 2022

Ottawa allocates close to $12 million for Indigenous commercial fisheries in B.C.

NANAIMO, B.C. - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it's contributing $11.8 million to support Indigenous commercial fisheries in British Columbia. Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray announced the funding a...

Feb 23, 2022

Second judge to consider stay application of old-growth logging protesters in B.C.

NANAIMO, B.C. - A judge hearing a request to stay proceedings against people arrested at old-growth logging protests on Vancouver Island says the application has a reasonable prospect of success, but ...

Feb 23, 2022

Budget funding for BC Wildfire Service garners mixed reaction from experts

VANCOUVER - A fire ecologist says new provincial funding to expand the BC Wildfire Service to a year-round endeavour is a welcome step toward preventing disasters, while others in the field say the fu...

Feb 23, 2022

New office tower planned for the Bay building in downtown Vancouver

VANCOUVER - The redevelopment plan for the Hudson's Bay building in downtown Vancouver will include a 12-storey office tower that keeps the century-old facade of the retail store. Hudson's Bay Co. and...

Feb 23, 2022

Kamloops, B.C., child honoured for bravery after acting to help injured grandmother

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A six-year-old girl has been honoured by RCMP in Kamloops, B.C., after she managed to get out of a crashed car, cross a busy highway and summon help for her injured grandmother. A pos...

Feb 23, 2022

Two teenagers at Surrey, B.C., school injured in alleged assault, police say

SURREY, B.C. - Police say two teenagers at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary school in Surrey, B.C., have been injured following an alleged assault with a weapon. Surrey RCMP say they responded to reports of ...

Feb 22, 2022