Category Archives: British Columbia
Advocates question fairness as federal government backs away from pharmacare program
OTTAWA - Reproductive health advocates say the federal government's failure to commit to funding pharmacare in all provinces and territories is leaving people with a lot of uncertainty, and could crea...
Jul 28, 2025
Heat warnings span B.C. Interior, southern areas to see temperatures up to 37 C
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for a swath of British Columbia's Interior stretching from Grand Forks near the U.S. border to areas north of Prince George. The weather agency ...
Jul 28, 2025
Ottawa, B.C. provide $77M to bring high-speed internet to nearly 7,000 households
ARMSTRONG, B.C. - The federal and B.C. governments are providing more than $77 million in combined funding to bring high-speed internet to more than 6,900 homes in the province. A statement from Innov...
Jul 28, 2025
Man believed drowned after falling into Coquihalla River near Hope, B.C.
Access to the Othello Tunnels in Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park near Hope, B.C., has been closed as emergency responders work to recover the body of a man believed to have drowned. RCMP say police ...
Jul 28, 2025
Guilty plea in murder of Alexander Lo, brother of festival suspect Adam Kai-Ji Lo
VANCOUVER - A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of Alexander Lo, the brother of Lapu Lapu festival attack suspect Adam Kai-Ji Lo. The BC Prosecution Service says Dwight Kematch pleaded guilty to on...
Jul 28, 2025
Residential fire kills two people in Prince George, B.C., RCMP say
PRINCE GEORGE - A residential fire has killed two people in Prince George, B.C. A statement from the RCMP says firefighters told police they were responding to the blaze shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Fr...
Jul 28, 2025
'Equal funding is the answer': Eby says Ottawa must lift subsidy for B.C. ferry users
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby has called for the federal government to float more money for ferry users in British Columbia, adding that equal funding "is the answer," after Ottawa cut ferry rates in A...
Jul 28, 2025
B.C.'s Eby tilts at Trump's dislike of windmills to jolt provincial call to power
VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby used British Columbia's latest call for more power sources to invite American clean energy producers to the province after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized "ugly" w...
Jul 28, 2025
B.C. man charged with antisemitic hate crime after 2024 incident at Victoria protest
VICTORIA - A 28-year-old man who allegedly made antisemitic remarks at Jewish protesters in Victoria more than a year ago has been charged with a hate-motivated offence. Victoria police say Khalid El ...
Jul 28, 2025
Study finds more women opted for long-acting IUDs after B.C. made birth control free
A new study finds significantly more women opted for long-acting birth control methods after British Columbia made prescription contraception free. Researchers found prescriptions for all types of bir...
Jul 28, 2025
