Category Archives: British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Measles outbreaks internationally have health officials in British Columbia encouraging people to check their immunization records if they plan to travel abroad during spring break. A join...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is expected to preach patience at its interest rate announcement this week as economists say weakening economic conditions are setting the stage for rate cuts in the coming...

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - The City of Prince Rupert says 19 eagles are dead after someone dumped an unknown "deleterious substance" at a local landfill on Friday. The city says it's investigating and tryi...

VANCOUVER - Wildfire fighting and forest management decisions are potentially being hampered by inaccurate government data that misrepresents forest fuel loads in British Columbia's Interior, a new st...

SURREY - A Conservative M.P. says a proposed biofuel plant in South Surrey on First Nations land is no longer receiving federal financial support from Natural Resources Canada. Kerry-Lynn Findlay, M.P...

ERRINGTON, B.C. - For the third time in as many years, a rare white raven has come under the care of a Vancouver Island wildlife refuge centre. The unnamed leucitic raven was brought to the North Isla...

VANCOUVER - B.C.'s anti-gang unit says a full-patch member of the Hells Angels has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing the proceeds of crime. Maple Ridge reside...

SURREY - The province is giving the go ahead for Surrey's school district to proceed with the planning of two new school projects.Education and Child Care Minister Rachna Singh says plans for a new el...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has established minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for a range of different hospital settings and is investing $237 million to ensure they are met. They include a minimum of ...

COQUITLAM, B.C. - Police say they believe a fire last October that destroyed an elementary school in Port Coquitlam, B.C., was human caused. Coquitlam RCMP say the investigators are now asking those r...