Category Archives: British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Gibsons, B.C.-based dancer and choreographer Margaret Grenier has won this year's Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts. The Canada Council for the Arts administers the...

VANCOUVER - The federal government says it has a game plan to transition away from open-net fish farming on British Columbia's coast. Terry Beech, a Burnaby MP and parliamentary secretary for the mini...

RCMP are appealing for information that could help them find an alleged killer with ties to Kelowna.Police in Grande Prairie Alberta say there's still no sign of 26-year-old Adam Pearson, who's wanted...

VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. is launching a new agriculture technology division with a goal of transforming the global food system.Telus chief executive Darren Entwistle says the new entity, called Telus A...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's children's representative says the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified inadequacies in mental health services as experts brace for rising rates of anxiety, depression and po...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Labour Relations Board says it will provide neutral third-party "troubleshooters" to help iron out challenges arising from COVID-19 protocols in public schools.   T...

VICTORIA - Scaled-back Remembrance Day ceremonies were held across British Columbia to keep people safe during the pandemic while honouring the sacrifices of those who fought for Canada. Soldiers, vet...

KELOWNA, B.C. - British Columbia's Interior Health authority has issued a COVID-19 alert to its residents as cases rise in the region. The authority says in a statement that it's concerned by the upwa...

VANCOUVER - A former police officer who heads the British Columbia Lottery Corporation's anti-money laundering programs says he was concerned and surprised about the response from police agencies over...

Interior Health (IH) is putting residents in the region on alert that surging COVID-19 activity has become a concern. "Due to higher rates of COVID-19 being detected, Interior Health is concerned by t...