Category Archives: British Columbia
Health authority warns of possible hepatitis A exposure at Sechelt pizza restaurant
SECHELT - Vancouver Coastal Health says people who ate salads at a Sechelt, B.C., pizza restaurant in the last month may have been exposed to hepatitis A. The notification about possible exposure at P...
Aug 29, 2025
B.C. public service workers overwhelmingly approve strike, union gives 72-hour notice
BURNABY, B.C. - British Columbians are facing the prospect of industrial action next week by an array of public service workers, from liquor store staff to community college instructors and municipal ...
Aug 29, 2025
B.C. starts receiving initial $936M payment from big tobacco settlement
British Columbia's attorney general says the province has begun to receive the initial payment from its multi-billion-dollar share of the settlement in a pan-Canadian lawsuit against big tobacco compa...
Aug 29, 2025
B.C. ministry unaware of coroners attending death scenes remotely after 2019
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Ministry of Public Safety says it was unaware of the BC Coroners Service continuing a practice of attending certain death scenes remotely after 2019. Ministry spokeswoma...
Aug 29, 2025
Wildfire numbers soar past 100, dozens out of control, as lightning hits B.C.'s south
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 7:00 p.m.): The number of wildfires has soared in British Columbia as a hot, sunny week ended with thunderstorms and lightning in southern areas of the province. BC Wildfire Service...
Aug 29, 2025 CFJC Today File Photo
Doctor says Port Hardy, B.C., ER should re-open 24/7 as town has 'lots of physicians'
VICTORIA - The medical director of a health centre in Port Hardy, B.C., is calling for the reopening of the community's overnight emergency room that has been shut for 31 months, saying the community ...
Aug 29, 2025
B.C. watchdog refers RCMP officer for possible charges over fatal 2024 crash
NAKUSP - British Columbia's police watchdog is asking the provincial prosecution service to consider charging an RCMP officer after a crash that killed a man in the West Kootenay region last year. A s...
Aug 29, 2025
B.C. billionaire wanting Bay leases doesn't have cash to launch new chain: landlord
TORONTO - Hudson's Bay landlords are back in court today, where they're arguing a B.C. billionaire doesn't have the cash needed to launch a new retailer. Ruby Liu wants to buy 25 more leases for $69.1...
Aug 29, 2025
Vancouver Coastal Health warns of possible hepatitis A exposure in Gibsons, B.C.
GIBSONS - Vancouver Coastal Health says people who ate from a food truck in Gibsons, B.C., this month may have been exposed to hepatitis A. The health authority says the Sea Monkey Coffee truck was at...
Aug 28, 2025
Penticton, B.C., staff member receives violent threat after transportation discussion
Officials in Penticton, B.C., say police are investigating a recent "threat of violence" directed at a senior member of municipal staff in the Okanagan city. A statement from the city says the person ...
Aug 28, 2025
