Migrant workers who are key to British Columbia's orchards, farms and ranches have been left with an uncertain future after a wildfire swept through the Okanagan near Summerland, forcing them to evacuate without knowing when they'll be able to return. ...

B.C. opposition finance critic Peter Milobar has announced he is sitting as an Independent, saying his values don't align with the B.C. Conservatives under the leadership of Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Milobar said on social media on Friday that Findlay had ...

VANCOUVER - A man has been seriously injured in what police call a stranger attack after the AC/DC rock concert in Vancouver. It happened just before midnight on Thursday, when a couple was walking back to their hotel near Nelson and Richards streets f...

VANCOUVER - B.C. Premier David Eby has rearranged his cabinet after Finance Minister Brenda Bailey announced a cancer diagnosis. Health Minister Josie Osborne will take over the finance portfolio, while Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon will step into the Hea...

VANCOUVER - Residents of more than 2,600 properties near Okanagan Lake are being allowed home after wildfire evacuation orders were lifted and damage assessments showed no residences lost, although orders remain in place for a separate fire threatening...

VANCOUVER - Thunder and lightning were recorded over the skies of Metro Vancouver today with Environment Canada warning of thunderstorm in the region. The weather forecast agency's tracking map shows lightning in areas that stretch from Richmond and Ne...

PENTICTON - The main highway through Summerland, B.C., has temporarily reopened, giving people a limited glimpse into some of the destruction of a fast-moving fire that chased thousands from the city and surrounding communities last weekend. Charred h...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says she has early-stage, treatable cancer. Bailey said in a post on social media that the diagnosis came a few weeks ago and she has been given a good prognosis for full recovery. "I will be r...

VICTORIA - The minister responsible for treaty negotiations with First Nations in B.C. confirms public access to 30 properties, including a well-known castle, could be limited or lost completely following an agreement. More than 30 years of talks betw...

OTTAWA - The commanding officer for the RCMP in British Columbia has been relieved of his duties after unspecified allegations from a decade ago. RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme issued a statement Thursday saying the allegations against Dwayne McDonald d...

Three local union chapters representing transit workers in Metro Vancouver and Victoria have issued 72-hour strike notices to the employers. A statement from Unifor says transit operators in Local 111 and skilled-trade workers in Local 2200 will start ...

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a Mexican national has been charged with second-degree murder in a cold case dating back three decades. Vancouver police say 68-year-old Juan Manuel Rueda Salud was escorted by officers from Mexico to Vancouver on We...

Premier David Eby has said British Columbia's wildfire season turned "brutal," with a ferocious blaze that led to the death of an 80-year-old woman and forced some 20,000 people out of their homes in the south Okanagan last weekend. Here are key facts ...

PORT MOODY - Police in Port Moody, B.C., say a dog owner has been criminally charged after two large dogs are alleged to have mauled a woman. Police in the Metro Vancouver city were called to a report of the attack on May 20 after receiving reports of ...

VANCOUVER - A weak market in the Lower Mainland is weighing on homes sales in British Columbia, with both transactions and average prices falling in July. The British Columbia Real Estate Association says 6,561 residential property sales were recorded ...

PENTICTON - Hillsides and forest-scarred black can be seen north of Summerland, B.C., along with the wreckage of an inn that provided an idyllic wedding location beside Okanagan Lake before the deadly Bald Range wildfire ripped through the area over th...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia provincial government says that a small herd of mountain goats are "thought to have escaped" the large wildfire that burns out of control near the evacuated community of Summerland. Motorists travelling toward the commu...

Ella Braden, the owner of Braden Hill Orchard & Farm, says she was on vacation when wildfires roared through Summerland, B.C. She had to get in touch with friends to close up the farm, who were able to give her flock of chickens and ducks t...

OTTAWA - Experts are warning that U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened new set of tariffs could drive wedges between Canadian provinces, allowing the U.S. to exploit regional grievances to force trade concessions. The tariffs would have particularl...

CALVERT ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Two Fisheries Department officers have been injured when the boat they were in crashed into a humpback whale on British Columbia's central coast. A statement from the department says the crash occurred Sunday when th...

NANAIMO - A 13-year-old girl in Nanaimo, B.C., faces more than scolding and could be charged after taking her parents vehicle, speeding at double the limit, then crashing after trying to evade police. RCMP say an officer on patrol saw the vehicle goin...

PENTICTON - British Columbia's wildfire season has turned "brutal" after a delayed start, with a blaze that moved at a dizzying speed in the south Okanagan, offering lessons for protecting communities moving forward, Premier David Eby said Wednesday. E...

Here are key facts about the Bald Range wildfire that exploded within hours of its detection in British Columbia's south Okanagan region on Aug. 7. B.C. officials declared a provincewide state of emergency the next day, with Premier David Eby saying i...

VANCOUVER - A Calgary boy rescued after nearly drowning in a B.C. river is recovering in hospital, but his family says his lungs are badly damaged Nine-year-old Paul-Angelo Warren was swimming and diving in the Shuswap River near Enderby on the afterno...

When a wildfire roared toward Summerland, B.C., staff from the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society had to evacuate about 30 animals from the facility in an hour. Eva Hartmann, founder of the sanctuary, said the centre was destroyed - but the anim...

VANCOUVER - A man, who was acquitted of the 1984 murder of 13-year-old Winnipeg schoolgirl Candace Derksen, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a British Columbia woman. A B.C. Supreme Court justice sentenced Mark Edward G...

CULTUS LAKE - The body of a 13-year-old girl who fell into the water at a British Columbia lake over the weekend has been found. Upper Fraser Valley RCMP say a police dive team located the body at around 2 p.m. Monday in Cultus Lake, about 100 kilometr...

Gordon Mellish says he has saved at least 10 people using CPR after being trained in the life-saving technique, but giving mouth-to-mouth to an otter pup was a completely different animal. Mellish, a resident of the British Columbia coastal community o...