Authorities in Canada and the United States say a dual citizen who sails around the world has been arrested in British Columbia following his indictment in Hawaii for the alleged sexual exploitation of a child. A statement from the U.S. Department of J...

VANCOUVER - The union representing Metro Vancouver outside workers says the two sides involved in an ongoing labour dispute have agreed to binding arbitration. The Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees' Union says the workers and the regional d...

A wildfire in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon continues to burn out of control, but it is no longer considered a fire of note, with the wildfire service saying the change is due to the reduced threat of it spreading and the downgrading of evacuation o...

PRINCE GEORGE - The federal government has announced more than $50 million in contracts for the construction of three separate hatcheries in British Columbia aimed at salmon conservation. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the projects will be on traditi...

Deaths in British Columbia due to unregulated drugs have rebounded from May to June but remain sharply down from their peak three years ago. The BC Coroners Service says there were 138 deaths in June, up 25 per cent from 110 deaths a month earlier, but...

VANCOUVER - Another B.C. Conservative legislator has quit the opposition caucus, with Rosalyn Bird becoming the third this month to exit the party headed by new leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Bird says in a statement published by the CBC and others that s...

NORTH VANCOUVER - Conservation officers in British Columbia have issued a warning after the fourth bear attack in Metro Vancouver this month. The Conservation Officer Service says the latest case happened in North Vancouver, B.C., on Monday in the Rich...

BURNABY - The union representing workers at Metro Vancouver's waste-to-energy plant says members have launched strike action against its employer. Unifor says in a statement that its Local 433 chose to initiate the strike after what it describes as emp...

A relative of a British Columbia family murdered during a camping trip more than four decades ago says she is relieved their killer has once again been denied parole, but frustrated her family will eventually have to relive the process. David Ennis sho...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's newly appointed health minister says he has directed Vancouver Coastal Health to stand down on a plan to establish a new overdose prevention site in downtown Vancouver, a move applauded by the mayor. A statement from Ravi...

A man who killed three generations of a British Columbia family during a camping trip in the 1980s has been denied parole again. David Ennis shot and killed George and Edith Bentley; their daughter Jackie Johnson; son-in-law Bob; and grandchildren Jane...

VANCOUVER - Escalating trade tensions between Canada and the United States, culminating in new tariffs and threats, have galvanized British Columbia business groups in sounding the alarm on the province's economy. The BC Chamber of Commerce said Monday...

There are plans for a new party in the British Columbia legislature as politicians return this fall, with two MLAs who recently defected from the provincial Conservatives saying they want to provide an option for frustrated voters. Ian Paton, who has s...

The number of wildfires in British Columbia surged past 180 over the weekend, up from about 125 on Friday, as the province recorded 11,000 lightning strikes. An update from the BC Wildfire Service said a subtropical weather system brought hot temperatu...

UPDATE, 11:45 P.M. SUNDAY: Power is back on for hundreds of customers northeast of Mission. Original story: NORTHEAST OF MISSION - Hundreds of BC Hydro customers northeast of Mission have been without power for several hours Sunday night due to a downed tree across hydro lines. Approximately 797 customers lost power in...

For the first time since the Bald Range wildfire forced the evacuation of around 20,000 Summerland, B.C., properties earlier this month, residents gathered for the weekly community market. Hosted by the Rotary Club of Summerland, the now 11-year-old m...

An unusually strong storm pummeled southern British Columbia on Saturday night, bringing heavy rain and lightning strikes that caused power outages and travel interruptions for thousands. Environment Canada issued severe thunderstorm warnings for Metr...

Abbotsford-Mission MLA Reann Gasper, who is also the B.C. Conservatives' deputy whip, has resigned so party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay can run for her seat in a byelection. Gasper announced her departure on Saturday and says she made the decision with...

Police in the Netherlands say a man found collapsed on a street in that country three years ago is not a Canadian who went missing in British Columbia in the 1990s. Online speculation claimed the man is John Russell Kenny of Ontario, who went missing i...

BC Parks says a graffiti memorial sprayed on rocks at Golden Ears Park in B.C.'s Lower Mainland is a misguided tribute and an act of vandalism. The agency says it learned about the graffiti on boulders near the park's Gold Creek after reports from con...

Robin Gibbs' home in Summerland, B.C., was burned down nearly to its foundation amid the Bald Range wildfire, but he says the devastation doesn't compare to the emotion of knowing the family dog is still missing. Boris, a four-year-old St. Bernard bor...

Janice Lyons was upstairs in her Summerland, B.C., home when there was a flash at her doorbell, which lights up in her Deaf household in place of a chime. The 74-year-old came downstairs to find her neighbour Larry at the front door. He pointed to the ...

Stories published by The Canadian Press on Aug. 11 and Aug. 13 incorrectly reported that structures had been damaged or destroyed on 170 properties due to the Pear Lake wildfire. In fact, it was more than 120 properties. The Canadian Press

Fire crews with Yukon First Nations Wildfire say they are ready, willing and able to help with out-of-control fires burning in British Columbia and are wondering why they haven't received the call. The organization's CEO Nick Mauro said he had 40 or so...

While the immediate threat of wildfire has subsided for Summerland, B.C., a fire official said there was much work ahead on the road to recovery and the B.C. government extended a provincial state of emergency on Friday. Stefan Hood, incoming incident ...

Jaime Pawliuk said he didn't hear anything as the plane flew just over his SUV on busy Foothills Boulevard in Prince George, B.C. Then there was "a whistling sound and metal twisting and glass shattering." Pawliuk said he was lucky to be alive after th...

ANMORE - British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says it responded to another bear attack in Metro Vancouver earlier this week that left a woman and her dog injured. It says in a social media post that the confrontation happened Monday on the ...

PRINCE GEORGE - Police say one person is dead after a twin-engine plane made an emergency landing on a road in Prince George, B.C., crashing into cars and scattering debris including a propeller. Social media photos show what appears to be wreckage spe...