Category Archives: British Columbia
Restoring the culinary and cultural bounty of ancient Indigenous sea gardens in B.C.
SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. - A family of sea otters emerges from the ocean and rambles up the rocky shoreline, while a great blue heron in search of a meal pokes at a wall of rocks. Fountains of water s...
Sep 18, 2022
Evacuation order rescinded for Battleship Mountain wildfire in northeastern B.C.
HUDSON'S HOPE, B.C. - An evacuation order for British Columbia's largest wildfire has been rescinded, though the BC Wildfire Service says the blaze remains out of control. The Battleship Mountain wild...
Sep 17, 2022
Two bodies found near Penticton at scene of fire: RCMP
PENTICTON, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia say human remains were discovered at the scene of a fire in the province's interior. Penticton RCMP say the Summerland Fire Department responded to a cal...
Sep 17, 2022
B.C. government says school support staff across the province reach tentative deal
VICTORIA - A tentative framework agreement has been reached for 40,000 unionized elementary and secondary support staff in British Columbia. The Finance Ministry says the deal is between the Public Sc...
Sep 16, 2022
Judge says Vancouver candidates can use non-Latin names on the ballot Oct. 15
Vancouver voters heading to polls next month will find 15 candidates' names on the ballots represented in non-Latin characters, such as Chinese, Persian and Farsi. The City of Vancouver says in a news...
Sep 16, 2022
Teen stabbed in altercation with other youths in Surrey, B.C.: Mounties
SURREY, B.C. - Mounties say a 13-year-old has been injured in a stabbing attack in Surrey, B.C. Police say officers responded to reports of the stabbing in a park on Thursday and found the wounded tee...
Sep 16, 2022
Premier tells B.C. municipal leaders not to expect 'lolly,' stresses collaboration
WHISTLER, B.C. - Premier John Horgan says working together at all levels of government is the best way to approach and resolve British Columbia's most pressing issues, including health care, public sa...
Sep 16, 2022
Trevali CEO resigns; embattled miner entered into creditor protection last month
VANCOUVER - Trevali Mining Corp. says its president and chief executive, as well as its chief operating officer, have both resigned. The Vancouver-based miner says Ricus Grimbeek, who has served as CE...
Sep 16, 2022
Day parole extended for woman who killed Victoria teenager Reena Virk 25 years ago
VANCOUVER - Day parole has been extended for a woman convicted of murdering Victoria teenager Reena Virk almost 25 years ago. A Parole Board of Canada decision says 40-year-old Kerry Sim, who was form...
Sep 16, 2022
Sperm whales' clicking dialects are evidence of 'non-human culture', say scientists
VANCOUVER - In the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean, there are a lot of conversations going on. Click-click-click-click-click. That's the sound of a sperm whale. Click-click-click-click, pause, click....
Sep 16, 2022