Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. tribunal orders woman to pay ex $450 for Coldplay ticket she thought was a gift
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia woman has been ordered to pay her former romantic partner $450 for her ticket to attend a Coldplay concert together on what she said she believed was a date. But the pro...
Jul 18, 2024
Federal government announces $89 million for conservation projects across Canada
WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. - Canada's environment minister has announced $89 million in federal funding for 10 greenhouse gas emission reduction projects as the government works toward the goal of conservin...
Jul 18, 2024
''Tactical evacuations' as B.C. Interior wildfire grows: minister
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia's minister for emergency management says "tactical evacuations" have been carried out in the Thompson-Nicola area of the province's Interior, where an out-of-control ...
Jul 18, 2024
Wildfire near Spences Bridge, B.C., balloons to 4,100 hectares, prompts evacuation orders
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued an evacuation order for 76 properties in the Venables Valley area north of Spences Bridge, B.C., due to the out-of-control Shetland Creek wildfire. The...
Jul 18, 2024
A decade after Insite, drug policy landscape is still being shaped in B.C.
VANCOUVER - In 2021, the Vancouver-based Drug User Liberation Front approached Health Canada with a proposal. It wanted permission to buy heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine on the dark web, before ha...
Jul 18, 2024
B.C. braces for more wildfire activity with thunderstorms in the forecast
British Columbia's wildfire service says it's on the lookout for a surge in wildfire activity as hot weather continues with thunderstorms and wind in the forecast. The service's latest bulletin says s...
Jul 17, 2024
Heat warnings spread in B.C. as records tumble in second heat wave for July
VANCOUVER - Heat warnings have expanded across a broad swath of British Columbia, a day after temperatures reached into the low 40s in the Interior and daily heat records tumbled. Twenty-five heat ale...
Jul 17, 2024
Second abandoned sea otter pup rescued in B.C. in less than a month
TOFINO, B.C. - A second abandoned sea otter has been rescued in B.C. waters, marking the first time the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society has had to take care of two fragile pups at the ...
Jul 17, 2024
B.C. pledges support for court challenge over equalization, mulls its own claim
HALIFAX - British Columbia's premier says his government is providing "full support" to Newfoundland and Labrador's court challenge over federal equalization payments and mulling its own claim in an e...
Jul 17, 2024
B.C. caps international post-secondary student enrolment at 30 per cent of total
VICTORIA - British Columbia's government has introduced new guidelines for public post-secondary education institutions, capping the number of international students at 30 per cent of their total enro...
Jul 16, 2024