Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C.'s largest wildfire still threatens, as conditions elsewhere ease
VANCOUVER - Rain and cooler weather over much of British Columbia has prompted two fire centres in the southern and central Interior to roll back campfire bans. The Kamloops and Cariboo fire centres s...
Jun 16, 2023
Some Chinese Canadians embrace 'white people food' movement, others are baffled
VANCOUVER - Cheese sticks and a bagel. A boiled egg with raw broccoli. A fat ball of burrata cheese sitting atop a pile of green grapes. Welcome to the divisive world of "white people food," a movemen...
Jun 16, 2023
Kitten stuck under floor of Surrey, B.C., home for 4 days is cut free by firefighters
SURREY, B.C. - Firefighters had to cut through an exterior wall of a home in Surrey, B.C., to rescue a kitten trapped under the floor for four days. Mark Vosper, regional manager of animal protection ...
Jun 15, 2023
State of emergency to be lifted in Lytton, B.C., two years after fire destroyed town
LYTTON, B.C. - Almost two years after a wildfire ripped through Lytton, B.C., residents will soon be able to return to their properties. Council for the Village of Lytton has voted to allow the local ...
Jun 15, 2023
Vancouver Police Board to receive department's report on Myles Gray inquest
VANCOUVER - A report to the Vancouver Police Board says the department is committed to adopting both recommendations from a coroner's inquest into the beating death of Myles Gray, but advocates say ke...
Jun 15, 2023
BC Hydro set to start first hunt in 15 years for new electricity sources
VANCOUVER - The Crown utility in charge of generating and delivering electricity in British Columbia says the province is going to need enough new power to run 270,000 homes starting as early as 2028....
Jun 15, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Wildfire evacuation order lifted for Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
An evacuation order has been lifted for the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., nine days after more than 2,000 residents were forced out by an encroaching wildfire. More coming The Canadian Press
Jun 15, 2023
Global salmon farm company with B.C. ties backs land-based aquaculture in Japan
VICTORIA - The backing of a land-based salmon farm in Japan by a global company with ties to ocean fish farms in British Columbia has Indigenous and conservation groups calling on the federal governme...
Jun 15, 2023
Four found dead in Prince Rupert, B.C. home; police say deaths considered homicide
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - Four people have been found dead in a home in British Columbia's northwest in what police is calling a homicide. Prince Rupert RCMP say officers responded to a call on Tuesday ev...
Jun 14, 2023
B.C. border agents find 6,300 kg of meth, including largest single seizure to date
DELTA, B.C. - The Canada Border Services Agency says it has confiscated more than 6,300 kilograms of methamphetamine in British Columbia over the last six months, including the largest ever single sei...
Jun 14, 2023