SURREY - Police in B.C. are investigating an apparent arson attack outside the home of a Sikh independence activist who was previously warned by officers that his life was under threat. Surrey police say officers found a car engulfed in flames and a bu...

VANCOUVER - An expert in environmental engineering and atmospheric science says it's "definitely" possible for Canada to transition to full renewable energy by 2050. Stanford University professor Mark Jacobson says at Canada's first youth-led climate t...

From wildfires in British Columbia to snowstorms in the high Andes, Teck Resources Ltd. managed through a barrage of extreme weather during the third quarter. Nonetheless, Teck is sticking to its production targets for the full year. "The weather we ...

RICHMOND - Serious crime investigators in Metro Vancouver are looking into a fatal crash involving a cement truck and a pedestrian. Police in Richmond, B.C. say the crash happened Wednesday around 3:20 p.m. near Miller Road and Russ Baker Way, but few ...

OTTAWA - Environment and Climate Change Canada abandoned its work to end thermal coal exports, without any record of being directed to do so - something Canada's auditor general said she's never seen before in 20 years of auditing the federal governmen...

VANCOUVER - Former British Columbia opposition leader Kevin Falcon has stepped down as head of the deregistered BC United party, two years after it folded its 2024 election campaign to support the provincial Conservatives. Falcon says he is leaving his...

VICTORIA - Two prominent figures in British Columbia's outgoing NDP government have spoken out about the scale of the mistake made in calling last weekend's election that resulted in the party's crushing defeat. Niki Sharma and Ravi Parmar are both lea...

VANCOUVER - A federal department has confirmed a dead humpback whale was spotted floating in Howe Sound, B.C., about a week after a BC Ferries vessel collided with a whale in the same region. The Fisheries Department said in a statement that two whales...

FORT ST. JOHN - Police in Fort St. John, B.C., say the suspect in what they describe as a violent home invasion and sexual assault Tuesday night remains at large. Mounties in the northern British Columbia city say a man entered a home on 87 Street near...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government voted to keep the B.C. coastal oil tanker ban in place Wednesday, defeating a Conservative bill that would have repealed it. MPs voted along party lines during second reading in the House of Commons Wednesday, with only ...

ABBOTSFORD BRITISH COLUMBIA - Police say a 47-year-old man is facing drug-trafficking charges following the discovery of illicit drugs inside the commercial truck and trailer he was driving as he tried to cross the Canada-U.S. border in Abbotsford, B.C...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's snap election on Saturday was held a day after a dozen legislators crossed the threshold for a pension, including four NDP MLAs who lost their ridings or did not run. The clerk's office at the legislature said the pension...

A former adviser to John Horgan says the next leader of the BC NDP will face a "reputational challenge" of proving the party can be trusted with taxpayers' money, something he says the late former premier established with a $5.7 billion surplus when he...

ABBOTSFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Former RCMP Assistant Commissioner David Teboul has resigned from the force and has pleaded guilty to assaulting a teenager who he grabbed by the throat after a lacrosse game involving the officer's son in Abbotsf...

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says his government intends to abolish the switch between daylight and standard time. He says the province hasn't yet decided whether to keep daylight time or standard time year-round, but wrote on so...

VICTORIA - With two-thirds of the seats in the next legislature, the B.C. Conservatives may have a resounding mandate to follow through on their election promises to cut taxes, reduce the deficit and grow the economy at 3.2 per cent - but some economis...

VANCOUVER - A union representing hundreds of workers at a historic hotel in Vancouver says members have voted to ratify a new contract with significant raises. Unifor Local 114 says the three-year deal includes wage hikes between 10 per cent and 23 per...

VICTORIA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he has spoken with British Columbia's incoming premier to discuss how to seize major economic opportunities. Carney says on social media that he and Lorne Doerkson also talked about building infrastructure and...

The new mayor in Lytton, B.C., a tiny village razed by a raging wildfire in 2021, has been determined by the drawing of lots after a tied election. The village says Jennifer Thoss is the winner in a process conducted in front of a judge, resulting in t...

VANCOUVER - Hurricane, the sloth that has been hanging out at the Vancouver Aquarium for years, has died at the age of 29. The aquarium says she was one of their "most beloved" residents. A statement posted on the aquarium's social media account says ...

A Ukraine-based animal rescue organization says a Canadian volunteer in the war-torn country has been killed in a drone attack. Animal Rescue Kharkiv said Jesse Adams, founder of RainCoast Dog Rescue Society on Vancouver Island, died on Sunday after th...

VICTORIA - An RCMP major crimes officer in British Columbia has been charged with offences related to child sexual abuse and exploitation material. The BC Prosecution Service says in a release that the accused constable faces one charge of accessing ch...

COQUITLAM - Thirty-one people have been arrested and more than $6,000 worth of stolen property has been recovered in a police blitz on retail theft in Coquitlam, B.C. Mounties say officers launched the enforcement operation between Sept. 14 and 17, set...

VANCOUVER - A publisher for Steven Galloway's books has testified that the author became persona non grata in the literary community, with speaking engagements and sales potential disappearing "almost overnight," following unproven allegations of sexua...

SALMON ARM - Police in the British Columbia Interior are warning of a "potent" batch of illicit drugs after two suspected overdoses in 24 hours. Salmon Arm RCMP say in a statement that they have not yet identified the drug involved. They are asking dru...

ABBOTSFORD - A court-ordered administrator tasked with managing claims from a class-action lawsuit says an approximately $1 million class-action settlement has a claim deadline later this week. According to information on MNP's website, the law firm of Zacharias McCann LLP filed a proposed class action (Heimburger v Bi...

The Department of Justice is introducing a bill that proposes two major changes to Canada's laws governing medical assistance in dying. One would allow adults to consent in advance to receive MAID, if they are diagnosed with an incurable illness that i...

VANCOUVER - A pedestrian has been killed in a crash over the weekend in Vancouver where police say heavy rain could have been a factor. Vancouver police say the crash happened just after midnight early Sunday morning when a 45-year-old woman was crossi...