Category Archives: British Columbia
'Exceedingly rare': B.C. humpback's death may be first linked to whale-watch industry
VANCOUVER - There's been a series of entanglements and collisions involving humpback whales in British Columbia waters in recent weeks as numbers of the mammals surge, but the circumstances of the lat...
Oct 28, 2025
Avian flu on the rise in B.C., nine outbreaks confirmed this month in poultry flocks
There's been a surge in avian influenza outbreaks in British Columbia's Fraser Valley as the fall migration season for many birds takes flight. A list published by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ...
Oct 28, 2025
Eby says he'll keep lobbying for slain woman's family, who wanted more from bail law
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said his government was not done yet advocating for the family of Kelowna woman Bailey McCourt, whose ex-husband was charged with murdering her hours afte...
Oct 27, 2025
Sean Baker, Finn Wolfhard among investors to rescue Vancouver's art-deco Park Theatre
VANCOUVER - A beloved Vancouver movie theatre has been rescued from closure by an investment team including film directors Sean Baker and Mike Flanagan and "Stranger Things" star Finn Wolfhard. The Pa...
Oct 27, 2025
David Eby says British Columbia's anti-tariff ads, aimed at Americans, will go ahead
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said the province plans to push ahead with anti-tariff advertisements aimed at the American public, days after U.S. President Donald Trump blamed a campai...
Oct 27, 2025
Whale watch firm 'devastated,' says its boat could have hit humpback later found dead
A British Columbia whale watching company says it is "devastated" by the discovery of a dead humpback whale that it believes could have been struck by one of its vessels. Fisheries and Oceans Canada s...
Oct 27, 2025
B.C. restaurant industry relieved after tentative public service deal to end strike
The head of the BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association says a tentative deal to end a strike by the province's public sector workers is welcome news after the dispute brought government liquor dis...
Oct 27, 2025
First Nation calls B.C. Premier Eby's comments 'deliberately inflammatory'
The Quw'utsun Nation says public comments by British Columbia Premier David Eby and other politicians about its groundbreaking Aboriginal title case in Richmond, B.C., are "at best, misleading, and at...
Oct 27, 2025
'Courageous and strong' B.C. man dies three weeks after fighting off grizzly bear
A British Columbia man who fought off a grizzly bear in the East Kootenay region this month has died of his injuries, more than three weeks after the attack. Joe Pendry's wife, Janice Pendry, says he ...
Oct 27, 2025
B.C. public service union announces tentative deal to end strike after 8 weeks
BURNABY - The B.C. General Employees' Union says it will recommend that its members vote to accept a tentative deal reached with the provincial government to bring an end to strike action, while a uni...
Oct 26, 2025
