Category Archives: British Columbia

CP NewsAlert: B.C. signs $670-million pharmacare agreement with federal government
VICTORIA - The British Columbia and federal governments have signed a four-year, $670-million pharmacare agreement, giving universal access to contraceptive and diabetes medications. The plan will sup...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 06, 2025

Shots over the bow: Why provinces are using liquor leverage in trade war with U.S.
VANCOUVER - The dozens of Kentucky bourbons listed on the BC Liquor Stores website range from a two-ounce bottle of Maker's Mark, priced at $5.29, to a $2,400 bottle of Woodford Reserve, aged in cogna...
Mar 06, 2025

Another earthquake felt on B.C.'s south coast, third in two weeks
VICTORIA - Another earthquake has shaken Victoria, becoming at least the third felt in British Columbia's capital in less than two weeks. Earthquakes Canada says the magnitude 3.9 earthquake occurred ...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 05, 2025

Eby says B.C. making contingency plans to reduce reliance on U.S. electricity
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the government is making contingency plans to reduce the province's reliance on electricity from the United States after the start of the continental...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 05, 2025

Vancouver police say officer slashed while on patrol, man faces multiple charges
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say an officer on patrol was slashed on the leg with an "edged weapon" in the city's Downtown Eastside. A statement from the Vancouver Police Department says the office...
Mar 05, 2025

Three-year-old child dies in pedestrian accident in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - RCMP in Chilliwack, B.C., say a three-year-old child has died in a "tragic motor vehicle collision." Police say the child was a pedestrian at the intersection of Vedder and Petewawa...
Mar 05, 2025

Head-on crash injures child, two adults near Parksville, B.C.
PARKSVILLE, B.C. - Police say it was "miraculous" that no one was killed in a head-on collision that destroyed two vehicles near Parksville, B.C. A statement from B.C. Highway Patrol says three people...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 05, 2025

Five years after COVID upended tourism, the industry's revival is still up in the air
MONTREAL - Michael Hale still recalls the moment COVID-19 upended his world. "I can feel this pit in my stomach even as I recount that day," said the CEO of Northern Vision Development, which owns sev...
Mar 05, 2025

B.C. finance minister to speak to business group a day after budget amid tariffs
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister is starting to sell her budget to the public complete with a record deficit in the early days of a trade war with the United States. Brenda Bailey is exp...
Mar 05, 2025

Former Abbotsford-West MLA Mike de Jong ousted from federal Conservative nomination race
Former Abbotsford-West MLA Mike de Jong says he's been told by the Conservative Party of Canada that he is no longer in the running to be a candidate for the party in the next federal election. He say...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 04, 2025