Category Archives: British Columbia

VERNON - A wildfire that forced a brief tactical evacuation in the Okanagan region of British Columbia is now being held, and evacuees have been told they're safe to return home. The BC Wildfire Servi...

TORONTO - Katie Hulan's family doctor thought she might have asthma. Her cough, which had started about a month and a half earlier, was getting progressively worse. So he gave her some puffers to try,...

LANGLEY - A construction project in the downtown core of Langley Township, B.C., has been destroyed by a fire that began early Sunday morning and continued into the afternoon. Police say they were cal...

NANAIMO - A woman who was reported missing last week has been found along with the vessel she was on but Mounties in British Columbia say they are still looking for her partner. Nanaimo RCMP say the w...

NANAIMO - A wildfire burning north of Nanaimo that had forced hundreds to evacuate is now under control. The BC Wildfire Service announced Saturday evening that the Wesley Ridge blaze burning near Cam...

HARRISON HOT SPRINGS - RCMP say they've recovered the remains of a man who was presumed to have drowned in a lagoon at the village of Harrison Hot Springs, about 130 kilometres east of Vancouver. Moun...

RICHMOND - Several rainfall records were shattered in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia this week, with the Vancouver International Airport smashing its record from over a cent...

ABBOTSFORD - Police say a major highway in British Columbia has been shut down on Saturday afternoon after a bull on the loose is standing in the middle of the roadway, blocking the traffic. Abbotsfor...

PORT ALBERNI - Firefighters on Vancouver Island say a "significant" amount of rainfall has helped crews to make progress in battling an out-of-control wildfire, which is burning south of Port Alberni,...

VICTORIA - Stuart Parker was 21 when he became the leader of the B.C. Greens in 1993 after campaigning against McDonald's use of ozone-damaging foam packaging. He said youth alone won't be enough to s...