Category Archives: British Columbia
What could a supercharged El Nino mean for Canada?
A rapidly warming planet due to human-caused climate change is set to amplify what forecasters say could be a supercharged El Nino, spelling possible hot and dry conditions to come for parts of Canada...
May 14, 2026
Water restored but not drinkable in Kamloops, B.C., with more restrictions in place
KAMLOOPS - Water supply has been restored to parts of Kamloops in the British Columbia Interior, but it remains unsuitable for consumption as crews work to fix a water main break that caused the outag...
May 14, 2026
B.C. symposium puts spotlight on dangers associated with strangulation
Charuka Maheswaran was 29 when she met the man she would later marry, have three children with, and who she said eventually beat and strangled her. "He pushed me up against the counter and I could fee...
May 14, 2026
B.C. Court of Appeal dismisses bid by City of Nanaimo to overturn human rights award
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal says the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal was reasonable when it found the City of Nanaimo fired a Black employee and discriminated against him on the basis ...
May 13, 2026
Construction to start for access road to Old Fort, B.C., after slide
FORT ST. JOHN - British Columbia's Ministry of Transportation says construction of a two-lane access road will begin on Friday after a landslide in the province's northeast tore away part of the route...
May 13, 2026
Settlement reached in legal fight over pricey B.C. wastewater treatment facility
NORTH VANCOUVER - Lawsuits between Metro Vancouver and the original contractor of a wastewater treatment facility on the North Shore where costs ballooned to billions of dollars have been dropped as t...
May 13, 2026
B.C. drug deaths up in March from the month before, but down from previous years
VICTORIA - British Columbia's coroners' service says 135 people died in March due to suspected unregulated drug poisoning, up from 115 people the month before. The figures have been ticking down over ...
May 13, 2026
Energy minister Dix says four new wind farms will power B.C.'s energy sovereignty
VICTORIA - The minister responsible for energy and climate change solutions in British Columbia says four new wind farms will strengthen the province's energy sovereignty at a time of rising costs and...
May 13, 2026
Suicide barrier needed on Vancouver bridge, advocates say, after another death
VANCOUVER - The lack of suicide-prevention barriers on Vancouver's Granville Street Bridge is "inexcusable," those pushing for the measures say, after a woman fell to her death in an incident that unf...
May 13, 2026
Watchdog finds no grounds for offence in relation to man's death in Quesnel, B.C.
SURREY - The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. has found no reasonable grounds to believe an officer may have committed an offence in relation to the death of a man outside a homeless shelter ...
May 13, 2026
