VERNON - More than 1,300 firefighters are battling wildfires in British Columbia, including recent fires that spread around northern Okanagan Lake during a windstorm on Saturday, forcing thousands of residents, while fires destroyed hundreds of homes. ...

The Bradley Creek fire that is believed to have destroyed about 230 homes on the Okanagan Indian Band Reserve is among six so-called "wildfires of note" that have forced thousands of people from their homes in British Columbia. Here's what we know abou...

VANCOUVER - The union representing Metro Vancouver outside workers says it has withdrawn members from liquid-waste operations in Burnaby, B.C., after a sewage spill that it says put workers at risk last week. The Greater Vancouver Regional District Emp...

SALMO - Police say officers handed out more than 600 tickets, including 78 for drug-impaired driving, to people who attended a music festival in British Columbia's Kootenay region. The BC Highway Patrol says in a release that more than 50,000 people a...

RICHMOND - A Metro Vancouver man has been charged following a multi-year investigation into alleged sexual exploitation of a youth more than two decades ago. Police in Richmond say in a statement that the accused, a 53-year-old man from North Vancouver...

OTTAWA - The federal government is advancing the process to designate a proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as a "national interest" project. Naming a project in the national interest under the Building Canada Act allows the government to fast-trac...

CHILLIWACK - RCMP say one man is dead following a mid-air collision between two planes in B.C.'s Fraser Valley. Mounties say in a statement issued Tuesday that crews have started the recovery process for the man's body and his Cessna 172 from a pond in...

VERNON - The devastation stretches for more than a kilometre along the northwest shore of British Columbia's Okanagan Lake, house after house reduced to scorched and twisted metal and grey dust. The apocalyptic scenes - burned-out cars, still-smoulderi...

CHILLIWACK - Two planes from a pair of flight schools crashed Monday while flying near the city of Chilliwack in British Columbia's Fraser Valley. Garry Atkins with the Chilliwack Airport says one of the aircraft carrying two occupants safely landed at...

VERNON - Atlyn Becker remembers the hills glowing orange around her on Saturday as her truck edged north to safety from fires burning around British Columbia's Okanagan Lake. She and her family were among thousands who fled their homes over the weekend...

VERNON - A wildfire fanned by 115-kilometre-per-hour winds razed homes along the west side of British Columbia's Okanagan Lake, forcing many residents to escape to safety. Video and photos posted online showed flames in the night sky engulfing propert...

OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she thinks the Greens can pull off an upset in one of the upcoming byelection races by campaigning on Liberal rollbacks of climate policy. The Greens are running Shelley Luce - an environmental scientist w...

Will Unruh says the 13 bison he cares for at his ranch near the shores of British Columbia's Green Lake know that something is amiss. Smoke from a nearby wildfire is in the air, and they are staying close. "They're hanging out right in this little corr...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has approved a $30-million settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed over historical claims of physical, psychological and sexual abuse at two schools in Metro Vancouver run by the Catholic Church. The court approve...

RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Mounties say raising a sunken fishing charter in the Straight of Georgia near Richmond, B.C., where six people are presumed drowned, needs to be done carefully as the vessel is considered evidence in their investigation. P...

OTTAWA - The federal government is providing more than $4 million in funding to support people affected by the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., in February. A statement from Public Safety Canada says part of the funds will go to priorities identif...

NORTH VANCOUVER - Grinder, a massive grizzly bear who fascinated locals and tourists alike on Grouse Mountain, has died. He was adopted as a cub after being orphaned and became a longtime companion for Coola, another orphan who arrived around the same...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court has given the provincial government six months to reform laws that allow directors of mental health facilities to consent to psychiatric treatments for people who are involuntarily admitted for care. The ...

PINCHER CREEK - A British Columbia man who set out to hike the Great Divide Trail has been found dead in mountainous terrain in southern Alberta. The body of the 81-year-old from Golden, B.C., was located Thursday after a week of searching in Waterton ...

Pembina Pipeline Corp. says its participation in the proposed West Coast oil pipeline fits into the company's overall strategy ahead of the pipeline's potential designation as a project of national interest in the fall. During the second quarter, Pemb...

ST. JOHN'S - Fortis Inc. is reporting second-quarter net earnings attributable to common equity shareholders of $396 million, up from $384 million for the second quarter of last year. The Newfoundland and Labrador-based company says the increase was dr...

CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Pear Lake wildfire prompted a series of expanding evacuation orders for parts of British Columbia's south Cariboo region on Friday, while officials warned of gusty winds in the forecast that raise the risk of aggressive ...

CALGARY - Rough seas have been posing challenges for AltaGas Ltd. as construction on its propane and butane export terminal on British Columbia's north coast nears completion. The Ridley Island Energy Export Facility, or REEF, is 85 per cent complete ...

DELTA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has backed a proposal to expand a major port facility in Metro Vancouver, saying its existing capacity won't be enough to meet Ottawa's goals for growing and diversifying the economy. Carney outlined his support for t...

VANCOUVER - The executive director of the BC Conservatives, who helped orchestrate the party's climb from obscurity to official Opposition, is the latest departure from a prominent role under newly minted leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Angelo Isidorou sai...

A man from Boston Bar, B.C., says officials are "villainizing" those who defy evacuation orders, even though they have the expertise and willingness to pitch in to protect their communities. Attila Banhegyi said the decision to stay is a more nuanced ...

LANGLEY - Homicide investigators in British Columbia say they're releasing the name of a man found seriously injured in Langley on Canada Day who later died in hospital. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 75-year-old Larry Greig was found ...

German utility Uniper has locked down a formal long-term agreement to purchase liquefied natural gas from the Ksi Lisims project planned for the northern British Columbia coast. The Duesseldorf-based company will purchase two million tonnes per year of...