Category Archives: British Columbia

OTTAWA - The federal government has set up Canada's first-ever reserve of firefighting aircraft to help provinces and territories respond to the 2026 wildfire season. The Canadian Interagency Forest F...

OTTAWA - A majority of the House of Commons voted against a non-binding motion on Monday that called on the federal government to protect private property from First Nations land claims - a political ...

WEST VANCOUVER - A man has died while scuba diving off West Vancouver, in the second such death in British Columbia waters in less than a week. West Vancouver police say they received a call about a d...

VANCOUVER - Some Metro Vancouver workers have walked off the job as the union begins escalating strike action in a labour dispute with the regional district. The Greater Vancouver Regional District Em...

KAMLOOPS - Almost five years ago, the monument in front of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School was surrounded by flowers, cards, soft toys and other mementoes, echoing grief that had swept a...

TORONTO - The star of a Canadian medical drama that just premiered its fourth season says he feels elevated by the recent success of other homegrown TV shows such as "Heated Rivalry" and "North of Nor...

KANANASKIS - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he's wondering why western Canadian premiers are meeting in Alberta to talk co-operation when the host premier wants to test separation. "To say th...

KAMLOOPS - The ex-husband of Tatjana Stefanski, whose body was found in rural B.C. two years ago, has pleaded not guilty to murdering her. Vitali Stefanski made the plea in front of potential jurors a...

VANCOUVER - A union representing hundreds of Metro Vancouver employees has announced an indefinite overtime ban as part of a dispute with the regional district. Jesse Medeiros, with the Greater Vancou...

RICHMOND - Three activists whose Gaza-bound aid flotilla was intercepted in international waters by Israeli forces have returned home to Vancouver, with one of them saying they went through four days ...