Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C's Opposition Conservatives have been talking with Alberta about pipeline: Rustad
VICTORIA - The leader of British Columbia's Official Opposition says his party has been talking with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith about her plans to build a pipeline to B.C.'s northern coast. B.C. C...
Nov 20, 2025
Speaker's vote gets northern power line through B.C. legislature by slimmest margin
VICTORIA - Legislation to fast-track construction of a northern power line has squeaked through the British Columbia legislature thanks to a deciding vote by the Speaker for the bill that Premier Davi...
Nov 20, 2025
B.C. government 'dashes' out digital tool to help build homes faster
VICTORIA - British Columbia is launching a free, new digital tool aimed at helping developers and non-profit organizations design and build prefabricated homes faster and more cost-efficiently. Housin...
Nov 20, 2025
Supreme Court of Canada to look at request for religious records through B.C. law
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case about applications for access to personal information held by Jehovah's Witnesses congregations. The congregations withheld information f...
Nov 20, 2025
Police cleared of wrongdoing in failed search for fatal car crash near Nelson, B.C.
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog says officers' actions did not contribute to the death of a motorist who crashed down a steep embankment in the southern Interior earlier this year. The Ind...
Nov 20, 2025
Cargo container removal begins on sinking barge off B.C.'s central coast
BELLA BELLA - A British Columbia First Nation says a barge sinking in waters along the central coast has been moved to a safer location, and containers on the vessel have now been scheduled to be remo...
Nov 20, 2025
B.C. city 'vigorously defending' Aboriginal claim, but says no private land in play
PORT COQUITLAM - The City of Port Coquitlam, B.C., said it is "vigorously defending" public ownership of municipal lands against a claim bought in 2016 by a local First Nation. But the city said the l...
Nov 20, 2025
Ballet Kelowna wows Sask. audiences, homegrown talent returns
Just hours before making her professional debut on a Saskatchewan stage, a massive smile fills McKeely Borger's face as she talks about living her dream. The 32-year-old, who grew up in Regina, was am...
Nov 20, 2025
Speaker's vote gets northern power line through B.C. legislature by slimmest margin
VICTORIA - Legislation to fast-track construction of a northern power line has squeaked through the British Columbia legislature thanks to a deciding vote by the Speaker for the bill that Premier Davi...
Nov 20, 2025
Rain, snow warnings issued for parts of B.C. along coast, in the northwest
BELLA COOLA - British Columbia's north and central coast could see as much as 70 millimetres of rain as a frontal system sweeps through the region. Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued rai...
Nov 20, 2025
