Category Archives: British Columbia

NANAIMO, B.C. - Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, B.C., was briefly locked down Thursday morning as police investigated a report of someone with a possible gun. RCMP Const. Gary O'Brien says a t...

ESQUIMALT, B.C. - Two members of a Canadian warship have been charged with drug offences in Japan, the navy says. The charges follow a port visit to Tokyo by HMCS Winnipeg, a Halifax-class frigate wit...

VANCOUVER - Royal Dutch Shell is postponing a final investment decision on its proposed liquefied natural gas megaproject in British Columbia as it grapples with plummeting earnings due to low energy ...

VANCOUVER - It may be the start of a cool February, but the University of British Columbia's Botanical Garden is growing. Interim UBC president Martha Piper says a $1.05-million gift from the Franklin...

VANCOUVER - Lionsgate says it has acquired the rights to the Magic Tree House book series and is developing multiple live-action films based on the collection of books for children. The entertainment ...

KAMLOOPS - After last weeks deadly avalanche that claimed the lives of five men near McBride, the B.C. Coroners Service and Avalanche Canada are issuing a joint statement on the need to ‘know be...

ENDERBY, B.C. - At least one Okanagan business will be watching to $3.2 billion dollar takeover of Rona by U.S. based Lowe’s. North Enderby Timber has been the main supplier nationally to Rona f...

RICHMOND, B.C. - Field technicians on the hunt for invasive species used to go on foot, by canoe or relied on satellite photographs taken from outer space. But an ecologist who dispatched a drone to d...

VANCOUVER - Two newly elected New Democrats say they'll advocate for children, education and affordable housing when they take their seats in British Columbia's legislature. Electors in Vancouver-Moun...

VANCOUVER - A pair of buck-toothed homemakers is having more luck than most getting a toehold in Vancouver's red-hot real-estate market after snagging an enviable piece of waterfront property. A beave...