
British Columbia

Severe drought prompts order to help restore flows in B.C.'s Salmon River
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has issued an order affecting more than 450 water licenses to protect fish in the Salmon River watershed, saying the Thompson-Okanagan region has been wracked with "severe" drought. A statement from the Water ...
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B.C. mother sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for death of 18-month-old
NEW WESTMINSTER - British Columbia's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a 44-year-old woman has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for the death of her 18-month-old child. Police say the child died in July 2021 in New Westminster, B.C. T...
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Eby defends minister's criticism on LNG expansion citing 'big tent'
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he helped a cabinet minister write her statement denouncing plans for the expansion of a liquefied natural gas plant neighbouring her riding, despite his government advocating for the project. It's a break from t...
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B.C. university gets trades training boost, adds 462 seats
SURREY - Another 462 skilled-trades training seats are being added at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, B.C., this year to prepare people to become plumbers, millwrights and electricians. The move bumps that number of trade seats at the univer...
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'Everything is gone' in images showing wildfire damage outside Clinton, B.C.
CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - There was little left besides twisted metal, blackened trees, the charred shell of a car and a tractor still burning in images taken at a property outside Clinton, B.C., by the owner, whose home was destroyed by a fe...
Jul 28, 2026
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Data shows some psychiatric patients wait days in the ER for a hospital admission. Why?
TORONTO - A patient in Alberta waited 16 days in an emergency department for a psychiatric hospital admission last year. Another in British Columbia waited just over nine days. These cases are extreme outliers, but mental health experts say they illu...
Jul 28, 2026
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Video shows smouldering aftermath of wildfire outside Clinton, B.C.
CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A video circulating on social media is providing insight into the wrath of a wildfire that triggered a battle to save the evacuated village of Clinton, B.C., and the surrounding community, where homes and other struc...
Jul 27, 2026
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97-year-old man on scooter dies in crash with bus in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA - A 97-year-old man from Kelowna, B.C., has died in a crash between his mobility scooter and a charter bus. RCMP say they were called at the same time as an ambulance on Sunday afternoon. Police say the man on the scooter was taken to hospita...
Jul 27, 2026
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Police watchdog probes shooting death after attempted arrest in Abbotsford, B.C.
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog has launched an investigation into the death of a suspect in a property crime probe after an officer fired their gun while attempting to make an arrest at a truck stop in Abbotsford, B.C. The Independent Inve...
Jul 27, 2026
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$75K fine goes to Federal Court after owner of deteriorating B.C. vessel fails to pay
VANCOUVER - The Defence Department says a $75,000 fine issued to the owner of a deteriorating vessel on the Fraser River in Richmond, B.C., will be registered with Federal Court after the owner failed to pay or request a review of the decision. A state...
Jul 27, 2026
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Councillor says sad stories emerging from fire zone in Clinton, B.C.
CLINTON - A councillor for Clinton, B.C., said Monday that sad stories were emerging from the community where homes and other structures have been destroyed by wildfire. A photograph provided by the BC Wildfire Service appeared to show most of the vill...
Jul 27, 2026
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Man in his 60s dead in scuba diving incident off West Vancouver, B.C.: police
WEST VANCOUVER - Police in West Vancouver, B.C., say a man has died while scuba diving in waters off a local park. A statement from police says officers responded to a report of a diver in distress at Whytecliff Park, near the Horseshoe Bay neighbourho...
Jul 27, 2026
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Wildfires merge north of Clinton, B.C., evacuation order planned for 70 Mile House
Two wildfires threatening the village of Clinton, B.C., and the surrounding area merged late Saturday, a day after the Pear Lake blaze destroyed structures, including homes, on the outskirts of the community. An update from BC Wildfire Service said the...
Jul 26, 2026
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How a Vancouver ATM user with 66 cards set off years-long probe of online drug sales
VANCOUVER - It was more than three years ago when Vancouver police arrested a man after he was seen using multiple bank cards to make withdrawals at an ATM. A search revealed he was carrying 66 bank cards and $39,200 in cash. The strange discovery in M...
Jul 26, 2026
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Embrace difference, says 4-foot-6 B.C. performer Devyn Dalton, Damon's Odyssey double
Vancouver stunt woman Devyn Dalton says she never expected her biceps to go viral. But then Matt Damon credited his four-foot-six-inch stunt double in "The Odyssey" for having "the greatest arms" he's ever seen. He didn't identify her in the interview ...
Jul 25, 2026
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Clinton, B.C., resident says his family has 'lost everything' in raging wildfire
CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Steve Larabie says he and his family have lost everything in a wildfire that roared into the outskirts of Clinton, B.C., late Friday, describing a scene of exploding gas and diesel as vehicles and excavators burned. ...
Jul 25, 2026
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Man charged with second-degree murder after body found in Creston, B.C.
CRESTON - A man has been arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder after a body was found in Creston, in southeastern B.C. RCMP say charges have been laid in the death of Larry John Isaac, a Creston resident whose body was discovered...
Jul 24, 2026
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B.C.'s unionized nurses to end job action provincewide to review recommendations
VANCOUVER - The union representing 55,000 nurses in British Columbia has accepted a mediated proposal that could end its weeks-long strike action. The BC Nurses' Union says in a statement that its bargaining agent has accepted the recommendations for ...
Jul 24, 2026
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B.C. government allows accelerated expansion of the Tilbury LNG fuel facility
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is exempting a utility company that plans to expand its liquefied natural gas plant in Metro Vancouver, allowing the $2-billion investment to move ahead. Energy Minister Adrian Dix says the government has iss...
Jul 24, 2026
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B.C. nurses
B.C. nurses end historic strike following mediator recommendations
The union representing more than 55,000 nurses across British Columbia says the longest nurses' strike in the province's history is coming to an end.The Nurses' Bargaining Association has accepted recommendations put forward by special mediators Amanda Rogers and Vince Ready, bringing province-wide job action to a clos...
Jul 24, 2026
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Alberta wants provinces to address retail alcohol trade after direct-to-consumer deal
EDMONTON - Fresh off multiple Canadian provinces agreeing this week to make it easier to get out-of-province alcohol shipped right to people's doorsteps, Alberta says it's now time to do the same for commercial retailers. Service Alberta Minister Dale ...
Jul 24, 2026
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Surrey, B.C., police officer cleared in crash en route to scene that killed jogger
SURREY - British Columbia's independent police watchdog has cleared a Surrey, B.C., officer of criminal wrongdoing in a crash last year where a woman was killed. The Independent Investigations Office says in a report that the crash happened on Dec. 14...
Jul 24, 2026
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Forecaster says smoke bad enough for health impacts in B.C.'s Okanagan, Fraser Canyon
VANCOUVER - Southeastern British Columbia is covered in air-quality warnings as wildfires burning across the province belch out thick smoke. Environment Canada has issued yellow and the more severe orange warnings from the U.S. border north to central ...
Jul 24, 2026
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'Like a hurricane': Clinton, B.C., residents flee for their lives from wildfire
When the flames advanced on the B.C. Interior village of Clinton late Friday, Nicolas Kosovic could barely believe what he saw. The operator of the Stagecoach Cafe believed he was one of the last people to get out of the community after it was ordered ...
Jul 24, 2026
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Has rise of the right primed B.C. politics for a party that breaks the binary?
VICTORIA - Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says voters in the province face a choice between the "worst government in B.C. history" and an opposition headed by an unelectable leader. "She cannot win an election," Clark said of Conservativ...
Jul 24, 2026
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Hit man in former Air India suspect's murder gets 15 years for unrelated B.C. killing
ABBOTSFORD - A hit man who is already serving a life sentence for the 2022 murder of a former suspect in the Air India terrorist attack has been sentenced to another 15 years for an unrelated killing that took place less than four months earlier. The I...
Jul 24, 2026
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B.C. premier says businesses can tap into $1.5 billion fund if U.S. escalates tariffs
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says local businesses will have access to a federal emergency fund if the United States follows through on new tariff threats. U.S. President Donald Trump says he plans to impose tariffs of up to 50 per cen...
Jul 23, 2026
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Province powers up North with major electric vehicle investment
PRINCE GEORGE - British Columbia is investing heavily in electric vehicle infrastructure. BC Hydro plans to install 3,500 public charging ports across the province by 2035.The Province and BC Hydro have announced a $700-million expansion that will more than triple the current public charging network. This will make it ...
Jul 23, 2026
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