Category Archives: British Columbia
E-scooter injuries are on the rise among both kids and adults, data and doctors say
TORONTO - The Canadian Institute for Health Information says e-scooter injuries are on the rise across the country. "We thought it was really important to shed light on this important topic, given tha...
Jul 17, 2025
Slow and steady progress in decade-long project to save B.C.'s only native turtle
Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't rate the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal." The director of animal care at Greater Vancouver Zoo says that's one reason why Briti...
Jul 17, 2025
Ex-pilot called himself messiah on climate-change mission, day before alleged hijack
The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver's airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he was a "mes...
Jul 17, 2025
City councillors in Nanaimo, B.C., reject plan for fence to protect municipal staff
VICTORIA - Nanaimo's council has decided not to proceed with a plan to build a fence to protect city hall staff from disorder associated with an overdose prevention site next door. City staff had prop...
Jul 16, 2025
No tsunami threat to B.C. after 7.3 earthquake off Alaska's panhandle
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's emergency information agency says there is no tsunami threat to the province after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake rattled Alaska's panhandle. The all-clear for B.C.'s coast ...
Jul 16, 2025
B.C. health minister praises U.S. recruitment, says 780 applications in 2 months
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's health minister says the province has received almost 780 job applications from qualified American health professionals as part of its recruitment campaign. Josie Osborn...
Jul 16, 2025
Air-traffic conversation suggests suspected B.C. hijacking was 'some type of protest'
VANCOUVER - A conversation involving a Vancouver International Airport air traffic controller suggests the alleged hijacking of a small aircraft that temporarily stopped landings on Tuesday may have b...
Jul 16, 2025
Surveyor working east of Mission, B.C., hit and killed by dump truck
HATZIC - Police in Mission, B.C., say a 48-year-old Abbotsford man has been killed after being hit by a "fully loaded" dump truck while doing surveying work east of the city. RCMP the man was working ...
Jul 16, 2025
Carney confirms possibility of lumber quotas in trade deal with the United States
HAMILTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney says any future trade deal with the United States could include "some element of managed trade," including quotas, on softwood lumber exports. Carney's comments c...
Jul 16, 2025
B.C. First Nation says plan to move Tex the grizzly was underway before it was killed
TEXADA ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A First Nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says it is "deeply saddened" by the shooting death of a grizzly bear on Texada Island this week. The Tla'amin Firs...
Jul 16, 2025