WEST VANCOUVER - RCMP in British Columbia say officers deployed in Metro Vancouver waters in support of the FIFA World Cup were diverted to help rescue 11 people, including several youth, from an overturned canoe on the weekend. Police say in a release...

OTTAWA - A document prepared for the federal artificial intelligence minister to use when pitching international investors on Canada's AI ecosystem identifies a massive proposed increase in Canada's data centre capacity. But spokespeople for the govern...

OTTAWA - Richard Martel and Nate Erskine-Smith resigned their seats in the House of Commons on Tuesday, setting a clock ticking ahead of a pair of byelections in Quebec and Ontario - and they are not the only ones. Voters in a number of ridings across...

VANCOUVER - A 72-year-old man from the United States has died days after being hit by a cyclist in a Vancouver crosswalk. Police say the man died in hospital on Sunday after a couple crossing the road at West Cordova and Richards streets on June 29 we...

BOSTON BAR - A second out-of-control wildfire has triggered an evacuation order near Boston Bar, B.C., already battered by another blaze that has forced people out of their homes. The Fraser Valley Regional District says it has upgraded a previous evac...

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a man suspected in several violent confrontations in the Granville Street pedestrian zone set up for the FIFA World Cup has been arrested. Vancouver police say in a post on social media that a woman approached patrol...

RICHMOND - One of four people rescued after a fishing charter boat sinking off Metro Vancouver has died in hospital, bringing the suspected death toll to seven. Mounties in Richmond, B.C., say the victims include residents of British Columbia, Toronto ...

VICTORIA - A growing wildfire in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon has forced further evacuation alerts and the closure of a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway. The province's transportation website, Drive BC, says the Brunswick Creek fire has forced t...

OTTAWA - Liberal MPs shut down a Conservative attempt to have the House of Commons ethics committee investigate the government's plan to turn unsold condos into affordable housing in British Columbia. The Liberal government joined with the B.C. governm...

The federal government says it will invest up to $400 million into Teck Resources Ltd.'s critical minerals processing operations in southern B.C. as Ottawa looks to shore up supplies of metals used in the defence and green energy sectors. "We are faci...

Police in Canada, the United States and Europe say they have unravelled several Indian crime syndicates allegedly responsible for drug running, extortions, kidnappings, murders and the assassination of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columb...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's nurses union says it has received more than 1,400 reports of intimidation by employers against its members since job action started, prompting a complaint to the labour board. The development comes as the BC Nurses' Union...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has hired lawyers in both B.C. and California to pursue legal action to hold OpenAI accountable for its part in the shooting that left eight victims dead in the northern community of Tumbler Ridge last Februa...

VICTORIA - The federal government's submarine contract with a German company offers a "tremendous amount of opportunity" to propel British Columbia's shipping industry, political and business leaders say. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced in Halifax...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver is preparing for its World Cup swansong between Switzerland and Colombia on Tuesday, its seventh match of the tournament, after hosting thousands of fans from across Canada and around the world. Beer and mimosas have been flowing ...

VANCOUVER - The projected cost of replacing the George Massey Tunnel in Metro Vancouver has ballooned to $8.5 billion, more than double the previous budget, the provincial transportation minter said Monday. Mike Farnworth told a news conference that th...

PORT ALBERNI - Police on Vancouver Island say a female swimmer is missing after reportedly being swept away by currents in a local river. RCMP in Port Alberni say the swimmer was reported missing Sunday at Stamp River Provincial Park, about 200 kilomet...

SURREY - Police say one of the two men charged for allegedly vandalizing a Metro Vancouver rainbow crosswalk in May has been charged again for defacing of the same location. Police in Surrey say in a statement that 67-year-old Errol Povah is now facing...

British Columbia's chief coroner says the work of the coroners service is not like the portrayal in crime-scene television shows, and those who take on the job might find it's not for them. Dr. Jatinder Baidwan said in an interview on Monday that ther...

FORT ST. JOHN - Independent British Columbia legislator Jordan Kealy has elected for a jury trial as he denies a charge of sexual assault. Kealy was charged over allegations dating back to between January and September of 2024, before he was elected a...

CALGARY - Pipeline proposals long considered dead and buried are coming back from the grave - sort of. Past plans to send oilsands crude east, west and south are being revived with different branding, proponents and routes. And, at least in the first ...

RICHMOND - About 100 mourners gathered at a public dock in Richmond, B.C., to commemorate six victims missing and feared drowned after a charter boat sinking in the Strait of Georgia a week earlier. Dozens of bouquets of white flowers, a symbol of mou...

HALIFAX - Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday named German defence manufacturer TKMS as the preferred bidder to supply the Royal Canadian Navy's next fleet of submarines, and he said several are expected to be delivered by 2034. Carney made the announ...

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled Monday a route for a proposed west-east oil pipeline. The two premiers say it would stretch 3,300 kilometres from Hardisty, Alta., to refineries in Sarnia, Ont., without cr...

BOSTON BAR - An out-of-control wildfire near Boston Bar, B.C., that has forced several evacuation orders has also triggered an air-quality warning in the area. Environment Canada issued the alert citing smoke from the fire, which is expected to reduce ...

Actors in Netflix's upcoming "Little House on the Prairie" series say the latest adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's book series was intentional about portraying its Indigenous characters with depth and avoiding the racial stereotypes that the origina...

The union representing workers who operate and maintain regional services in Metro Vancouver says it is now considering a full-blown strike. The announcement from the Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees' Union comes as part of escalating job ...

An out-of-control fire near Boston Bar, B.C., has grown more than 10 times its estimated size a day earlier, and responders have requested additional resources to deal with it. BC Wildfire Service said in an update posted on Sunday afternoon that the ...