Category Archives: British Columbia
Global Energy Show kicking off in Calgary next week against backdrop of oil shock
CALGARY - Premiers, energy ministers, CEOs and a throng of international visitors are poised to descend on Calgary next week, when the annual Global Energy Show kicks off against a vastly different ba...
Jun 03, 2026
Penticton, B.C., joins province's 'forever chemicals' class-action lawsuit
VICTORIA - The B.C. city of Penticton will be representing municipalities in a class-action lawsuit against the makers of so-called "forever chemicals" for contaminating drinking-water systems. The B....
Jun 03, 2026
Slashing development fees is not a cure-all for housing affordability: CMHC
OTTAWA - Slashing municipal development charges could help spur building in some of Canada's most expensive markets but those cuts wouldn't be enough to fix the affordability gap on their own, accordi...
Jun 03, 2026
B.C. Securities Commission hands out first whistleblower award
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Securities Commission says it has paid out $25,000 in its first whistleblower award. The commission says in a news release that the information contributed to an ongoi...
Jun 03, 2026
Six arrested after chaotic B.C. chase involving dogs, helicopter, emergency team
NANAIMO - Police on Vancouver Island say three men and three women have been arrested after multiple police vehicles were damaged in the pursuit of a stolen truck that went on for more than 100 kilome...
Jun 03, 2026
BC Ferries to implement 5% fuel surcharge across all routes starting June 16
VICTORIA - BC Ferries has become the latest transportation service provider to levy a fuel surcharge in the wake of high oil prices triggered by conflict in the Middle East. The operator says in a sta...
Jun 03, 2026
Bodies of missing paddleboarders recovered from lake in B.C. park
SQUAMISH - Mounties in Squamish, B.C., say the bodies of two people who went missing while paddleboarding on Browning Lake in Murrin Provincial Park last weekend have been found. The Sea to Sky RCMP s...
Jun 02, 2026
Wildfire in B.C. central Interior prompts evacuation alert
WILLIAMS LAKE - The Cariboo Regional District has issued an evacuation alert for properties due an out of control wildfire. The notice says the alert covers 22 parcels and nearly 180 square kilometres...
Jun 02, 2026
Mountie says 'dishevelled' B.C. murder suspect confessed, said he'd attempted suicide
Two Mounties at a B.C. Supreme Court murder trial told a jury that a "dishevelled" man appeared on a forest-service road as a bloodstained car was being towed away and told the officers he'd murdered ...
Jun 02, 2026
Shocking problem for osprey nests built on B.C. power poles prompts relocations
WILLIAMS LAKE - It's a busy time for ospreys in British Columbia as they find a tall place to build their nests, but the provincial power utility says it can also be a dangerous period for them. BC Hy...
Jun 02, 2026
