VICTORIA - The union representing 790 transit operators and mechanics in Victoria says its members have voted 97 per cent in favour of strike action. Unifor Local 333 says the collective agreement expired March 31, 2025, and bargaining began in Februar...

VICTORIA - Elections BC says it has found no evidence of deliberate violations in a Metro Vancouver riding that helped give the NDP government a one-seat majority after the 2024 provincial vote. The agency says it is confident that "free, fair, and sec...

CRANBROOK - A wide swath of southeastern British Columbia is under a flood watch as risks rise from rainfall and warm weather accelerating snowmelt. B.C.'s River Forecast Centre says both the eastern and western portion of the Kootenays, as well as the...

KELOWNA - Five British Columbia communities reached record temperature highs on Thursday as warm weather blanketed much of Western Canada. The highest temperatures were reported in Pemberton and Trail, with both tying previous highs by reaching 34.4 d...

REVELSTOKE - A landslide shut down Highway 1 in the British Columbia Interior for hours before crews were able to reopen the key road link. The provincial Ministry of Transportation's DriveBC information site says the route reopened at 10:23 a.m. after...

VICTORIA - The B-C Conservatives will announce their new leader on Saturday in Vancouver six months after John Rustad was chased out of office, and two analysts say the final outcome will have long-term consequences for the party's direction. Former B....

VICTORIA - B.C.'s minister responsible for Indigenous affairs says legislation to move a First Nation treaty forward won't pass this session, further delaying a treaty that has been more than three decades in the making. Spencer Chandra Herbert said t...

VANCOUVER - The daughter of a British Columbia woman who slipped into a coma in China while visiting her family says her mom has returned home following a marathon journey. Elena Lanteigne says her mother, 78-year-old Lilia Avoutova, had an eight-hour...

OTTAWA - This year's wildfire season has been slow compared with 2025, but the overall risk remains high in certain parts of Canada because of warm and dry weather conditions. Federal officials told reporters on Thursday that the levels of burning are...

VICTORIA - The B.C. Conservatives are expected to announce their new leader on Saturday, nearly six months after John Rustad was chased out of office. But the announcement at a leadership convention in Vancouver could also represent a pivotal moment fo...

ABBOTSFORD - Family and friends of Arnold and Joanne De Jong filled a courtroom in Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday for the reading of anguished victim impact statements, weeks after three men were convicted of murdering the couple. Abhijeet Singh, Gurka...

A Mountie has told a B.C. murder trial about approaching an abandoned vehicle owned by a suspect and being struck by the amount of dried blood inside. Const. Clay Fixsen told Vitali Stefanski's second-degree murder trial in Kamloops on Thursday that he...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a ruling that Aboriginal title cannot be declared over private land, in a decision the federal government says will have an impact on the Cowichan Tribes case in British Columbia. The refusal by Canada's ...

SURREY - Police have arrested four people in Vancouver in connection with an alleged cheating scheme that defrauded a local casino of more than $200,000. B.C.'s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit that targets gangs and organized crime says in a s...

PENTICTON - A massive fire at a long-term care home under construction in B.C.'s Okanagan region has triggered tactical evacuations of nearby homes. The City of Penticton says the fire at 453 Green Avenue was reported at around 10 p.m. Wednesday at the...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say a 23-year-old man who allegedly came to Abbotsford on Wednesday to sell drugs like meth, coke and fentanyl was arrested as a result of a traffic stop. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, members of the Abbotsford Police Department Gang Crime Unit (GC...

CHILLIWACK RIVER VALLEY - Two campsites in the picturesque Chilliwack River Valley have been closed due to storm damage. According to a formal notice posted by Fireside Camping on Tuesday, May 26, Recreation Sites and Trails BC has officially closed Chipmunk Peninsula and Rapids Campgrounds until storm damage can be re...

Everyone is feeling the pressure of global inflation and British Columbians are looking for practical ways to save on everyday costs. We know that right now, every dollar counts. That's why our government announced last week that BC Hydro is launching Power Smart 2.0, making it easier for families and businesses to red...

CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack-area First Nation band has expressed concern over a proposed housing development on Yale Road outside of its reserve, saying it has direct impacts on the band's wellness, peace, privacy and overall quality of life.According to the text of an Official Community Plan and Zoning Amendment sign fr...

RICHMOND - At Imperial Hobbies in Richmond, B.C., the air is filled with the sounds of battle. "Three, two, one - shoot!" The combatants unleash their weapons, setting off high-pitched whirring, and clashes of plastic and metal. Beyblades - the spinn...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. government says it will not open an overdose prevention site in downtown Vancouver amid concerns from the city and businesses. Health Minister Josie Osborne says the local health authority will not proceed with a site at 900 Helmc...

EDMONTON - A standoff between Premier Danielle Smith and her own United Conservative Party on the issue of separation is over - and the premier has won. Premier Smith and party president Rob Smith had been at odds over where they stand on Alberta stayi...

VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board has found that a pilot missed important steps on a checklist during maintenance work before one worker was injured and another killed by the tail rotor of a helicopter at a B.C. airport. The board's report re...

CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack say they've identified a spike in residential break and enters in Chilliwack stemming from unlocked doors, windows and vehicles during the first two weeks of May. Corporal Carmen Kiener says RCMP crime analysts identified 15 residential break and enters in Chilliwack between Sunday, Ma...

KAMLOOPS - The daughter of murder suspect Vitali Stefanski has testified that he left her a voice message in Russian saying her mother had "made life hell," the morning the woman went missing from her home in British Columbia's Interior. A recording of...

Alcohol use in British Columbia has reached a 20-year low after spiking during the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new report from the provincial health officer says consumption is still above both national and recommended levels. The report released Wednesd...

TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A motorcycle rider has been killed in British Columbia's Kootenay Region after the vehicle reported struck an elk on a highway. Trail RCMP say the crash happened at around 4:25 a.m. on Monday on a stretch of Highway 3B...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say a senior citizen has died in hospital more than a week after they were knocked from a mobility scooter when a vehicle sped through the city's West End, crashing into trees, a police car and other obstacles. Police say p...