Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. wildfires lead to multiple evacuation orders
Fire crews are using equipment including a night vision helicopter to fight two out-of-control wildfires in Central British Columbia that led to evacuation orders for more than 800 properties. The Car...
Sep 06, 2025

Evacuation orders, alerts extended as wildfires burn in the Cariboo-Chilcotin
Wildfires burning in the B.C. Interior have prompted local officials to issue a new set of evacuation orders. The Ulkatcho First Nation and the Cariboo Regional District issued the orders for areas ar...
Victor Kaisar Sep 05, 2025

Suspected double homicide in Vancouver, two others seriously injured
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say two people have been killed in a suspected double homicide while two others are seriously injured. They say officers responded Friday afternoon to reports of a stab...
Sep 05, 2025

Expert 'taken aback' by Eby foreign worker claims, says axing program won't fix woes
VICTORIA - Ending the temporary foreign worker program won't solve "deep structural problems" with housing and other issues in British Columbia, while it would create "problematic consequences" for la...
Victor Kaisar Sep 05, 2025

ICBC reopens licensing service in Surrey, B.C., as public service strike continues
SURREY - The Insurance Corp. of British Columbia says it is reopening one of its driver licensing service centres in Surrey, B.C., after finding a way forward with the Labour Relations Board as a stri...
Sep 05, 2025

Musqueam and City of Richmond file notices of appeal after Cowichan Tribes ruling
VANCOUVER - The Musqueam Indian Band and the City of Richmond each say they are appealing the recent B.C. Supreme Court decision that found another First Nation government holds Aboriginal title for l...
Sep 05, 2025

Ontario drove Carney's decision to suspend EV mandate: B.C. Energy Minister Dix
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's energy minister says the federal decision to delay its electric vehicle sales mandate largely reflects circumstances in Ontario, and Ottawa should follow through on a mo...
Victor Kaisar Sep 05, 2025

B.C. ostrich farm seeks new stay of cull order and says CFIA mobilizing 'imminently'
A co-owner of the B.C. ostrich farm fighting to stop a cull of its 400-strong flock says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is "actively mobilizing" to destroy the birds over the next few days, and i...
Sep 05, 2025

Filipino BC calls for more support responding to 'social disaster' of festival attack
VANCOUVER - The organizer of the Vancouver street festival where 11 people were killed in a vehicle-ramming attack last spring says the tragedy continues to reverberate through the community, and it n...
Sep 05, 2025

Vancouver Island police say man, 19, drowns in Upper Thetis Lake
VIEW ROYAL - An RCMP underwater recovery team has been sent to Upper Thetis Lake on southern Vancouver Island to help find the body of a 19-year-old man. Police say witnesses reported the man going un...
Sep 05, 2025

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