Category Archives: British Columbia

AFN vote against northern pipeline shows there are better ideas to move oil, Dix says
VICTORIA - British Columbia's energy minister says a vote from chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa to uphold the oil tanker ban is more support for the provincial argument that...
The Canadian Press Dec 02, 2025

Miller says government needs to start Indigenous consultation on B.C. pipeline
OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Marc Miller says his government needs to "sit down and start working now" on consultation with Indigenous communities and stakeholders about a possible new pipeline in B.C. ...
The Canadian Press Dec 02, 2025

Peacocks at Critteraid in Summerland saved from euthanasia after avian flu discovery
An animal sanctuary in Summerland, B.C., says two of its peacocks have been spared from an avian flu cull.Critteraid took to social media on Nov. 7, saying its volunteers are "devastated" by the disco...
Aaron Schulze Dec 02, 2025

Long-term care, assisted living workers reach transition agreement with B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says a new agreement will make thousands of health care workers eligible for collective bargaining again, but it will cost the province an add...
The Canadian Press Dec 01, 2025

Police release victim's identity in fatal shooting in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - Police have identified the man killed in a late-night shooting in Surrey, B.C., last week, in the hope of advancing the investigation into the death. Homicide investigators say 26-year-old Ja...
The Canadian Press Dec 01, 2025

Generations of Indigenous leaders brace for a new battle over another pipeline
OTTAWA - For some First Nations leaders, the prospect of conflict with provincial and federal governments over plans to send another pipeline to the B.C. coast brings back vivid memories of years past...
The Canadian Press Dec 01, 2025

B.C. community holds vigil to mourn deaths, losses in deadly Hong Kong fire
VANCOUVER - Family members of more than 150 people who died when seven highrises burned in Hong Kong last week "deserve the truth," said Phoebe Wong, who attended a memorial in Vancouver late Sunday f...
The Canadian Press Dec 01, 2025

Woman charged in alleged breach of Surrey, B.C., hospital's neonatal care unit
SURREY - A 35-year-old woman has been arrested and charged in connection to a breach in the Surrey, B.C., hospital neonatal intensive care unit in October. The Surrey Police Service said Monday that L...
The Canadian Press Dec 01, 2025

Police increase presence after threat made against three Nanaimo, B.C., schools
NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo, B.C., are stepping up their presence at three local high schools after receiving what what's described as an "unspecified threat." RCMP say in a news release that there wi...
The Canadian Press Dec 01, 2025

Snowfall, freezing rain warnings issued for B.C.'s central Interior
WILLIAMS LAKE - Parts of the British Columbia Interior are in for a blast of wintry weather with freezing rain and snow of up to 15 centimetres. Environment Canada has issued the advisories covering p...
The Canadian Press Dec 01, 2025

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