Category Archives: British Columbia

City of Abbotsford taking nominations for three community awards
ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford is looking to honour hard-working citizens with three annual civic recognition awards. Nominations are now open for this year's Order of Abbotsford, Community Champ...
Alyssa Conti Aug 10, 2025

Man out on release for violent offence arrested after stabbing in Abbotsford, B.C.
VICTORIA - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say a business owner sustained "life-threatening injuries" while at work during a stabbing first reported Saturday morning. Emergency crews discovered the injure...
Aug 09, 2025

Officials say out-of-control wildfire on Vancouver Island will cause more smoke
VICTORIA - The B.C. Wildfire Service says rising temperatures will lead to more smoke from the Wesley Ridge wildfire burning on Vancouver Island. Madison Dahl, fire information officer, says the out-o...
Aug 09, 2025

BC Hydro says Site C dam near Fort St. John now fully operational
VICTORIA - BC Hydro says the Site C dam in northern B.C. is now fully operational after the sixth and final power-generating turbine has come online. The Crown corporation says in a statement released...
Aug 09, 2025

Giant Pacific octopus shoots video of itself after claiming camera from B.C. divers
When it comes to cinematography, a giant Pacific octopus that borrowed a camera from two divers earns a solid "10 out of 10." Underwater videographer John Roney said he and his longtime diving buddy C...
Aug 09, 2025

U.S. in final decision to hike Canadian softwood duties, tells officers to collect
The U.S. Department of Commerce says it has made a final decision to more than double countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports, a move business groups in British Columbia say will har...
Aug 08, 2025

B.C. First Nation wins rights, title along Fraser River's south arm in Lower Mainland
VICTORIA - A Vancouver Island First Nation has won back fishing rights and title for part of the land its ancestors used as a summer home in the Lower Mainland, despite opposition by two other Indigen...
Alyssa Conti Aug 08, 2025

Phoney wildfire images cause confusion on social media. Here are steps to spot them
This week, the BC Wildfire Service posted on Facebook two aerial view images of wildfires raging across densely forested terrain with aircraft attempting to douse the flames. The images were dramatic,...
Aug 08, 2025

Transportation Safety Board sends investigators to B.C. after tour boat runs aground
Canada's Transportation Safety Board says it is looking into what happened when a sightseeing vessel ran aground in the waters off Metro Vancouver last weekend. The agency says investigators have been...
Aug 08, 2025

Resident still nervous despite returning after evacuation from home for B.C. wildfire
A Vancouver Island artist who was evacuated from her home studio near an out-of-control wildfire says she remains nervous despite being allowed back this week. Ina-Griet Raatz-von Hirschhausen, whose ...
Aug 08, 2025