VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning of near-zero visibility in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley areas of British Columbia as a high-pressure system brings dense fog. The weather agency says the ridge of high pressure over southern parts of the province has created favourable conditions for low clouds and fog...

VANCOUVER - Greater Vancouver Realtors say the number of homes that changed hands in the region increased 28.1 per cent on a year-over-year basis in November, as buyers continued to take advantage of a relatively balanced market. The real estate board says there were 2,181 sales of existing residential homes last month...

VANCOUVER - A disciplinary decision against a former Vancouver police sergeant, who was found to have improperly shared degrading messages about a colleague who was sexually assaulted, has been voided after authorities realized the senior officer who oversaw the investigation retired a week before it was issued. The di...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Securities Commission has imposed more than $18 million in sanctions on a cryptocurrency trading platform and its owner who it says diverted customers' assets to gambling and personal accounts. The commission says it has ordered David Smillie and his company, ezBtc, to pay $10.4 million...

Stormy weather in British Columbia has dropped more than 200 millimetres of rain on parts of the central coast and more than 70 centimetres of snow near the Alaska Panhandle. Environment Canada says more stormy weather is on the way, which has triggered a number of warnings in northern B.C. The agency says the winter s...

VANCOUVER - The Better Business Bureau in British Columbia is warning Taylor Swift fans of scams ahead of the superstar's Vancouver concerts, highlighting one case in which a social media profile was allegedly hacked and used to sell fake tickets. It says $2,000 was stolen from fans hoping to attend the shows, which wi...

For decades, water fluoridation has played a key role in improving the oral health of North Americans, experts say, but the practice is coming under scrutiny in some communities as opponents gain new prominence in the U.S., pointing to research that cautions about the risks of exposure to the mineral in high doses. A l...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Police say a carjacking suspect is in hospital receiving treatment for a gunshot wound to his arm after officers responded to a report of a man allegedly armed with a knife and a broken glass bottle in a stolen car. Sgt. Steve Addison says police received a 9-1-1 call at about 4 a.m. Sunday from a...

A winter storm has dumped heavy snow over parts of British Columbia's north coast with freezing rain in the forecast as temperatures start to rise. A warning from Environment Canada says the Terrace area could see as much as 50 centimetres of snow in total, with a risk of freezing rain, followed by rain. The weather of...

MONTREAL - Quebec's premier is raising concerns about the potential impact of the tariff proposed by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on the province's forest industry. François Legault says in a statement posted on social media that high interest rates and existing duties on softwood lumber are already putting...

The chief of a First Nation in central British Columbia says potential unmarked graves have been identified at the site of the former Lejac Indian Residential School after nearly two years of geophysical survey work. Nadleh Whut'en Chief Beverly Ketlo says the community has always known children were buried at the inst...

SURREY, B.C. - Members of the Métis Nation British Columbia have voted to leave the national organization, the Métis National Council, effective immediately. The vote was held virtually on Saturday during the B.C. group's governance assembly. A statement from Métis Nation B.C. says the decision com...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) says it will soon disband the information checkpoints that were put in place the inform residents about ongoing dangers linked to a July 31 landslide on the Chilcotin River."Community information officers from Tl'esqox and Yuneŝit'in have been stationed in...

DELTA, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say demonstrators have disrupted access to a major Metro Vancouver container port terminal, with the protesters calling for an end to what they call "Canada's weapons trade with Israel." Delta Police say on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that offic...

A Quebec woman whose father died in British Columbia last month says her family has be unable to properly grieve because the Canada Post strike has left his remains in limbo. Emily Walstrom said her father's cremated remains were put into the mail before Canada Post employees walked off the job on Nov. 15. That day, Wa...

VANCOUVER - A winter storm is moving over British Columbia's coast, bringing strong winds, heavy snow and freezing rain as snowfall warnings continue for much of the province's Interior. Environment Canada issued a winter storm watch for the north coast, saying a low-pressure system will approach the region as a ridge ...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling cucumbers across the country due to a potential salmonella contamination. All sizes of SunFed Produce whole fresh American cucumbers sold between Oct. 12 and Nov. 26 were recalled Thursday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration associated the product with reported s...

VANCOUVER - A study has found catch-and-release sportfishing practices that leave salmon with injuries, particularly to their eyes, cause higher mortality than earlier research suggested. Scott Hinch, who led the study by researchers at the University of British Columbia, said mortality among chinook salmon could be as...

OTTAWA - Canada's top court has affirmed the constitutionality of a law that would allow British Columbia to pursue a class-action lawsuit against opioid providers on behalf of other provinces, the territories and the federal government. The Supreme Court of Canada decision today is another step toward a potential cros...

The Surrey Police Service took over from the RCMP and became the city's force of jurisdiction Friday, after a six-year saga set in motion by former mayor Doug McCallum. Along the way, there were court challenges, a change of municipal government and accusations of bullying, but McCallum says he has no regrets about the...

A study into the devastating wildfires that struck British Columbia's Okanagan region in 2023 has recommended that government and industry limit development in high-fire-risk areas. The study, conducted by non-profit FP Innovations on the request of the BC FireSmart Committee and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Red...

DELTA, B.C. - Police say an elderly woman has been taken to hospital after a wheel that came off a moving truck's axle crashed into her SUV on a British Columbia highway. BC Highway Patrol says the crash happened just before 11 a.m. on a stretch of Highway 1 in Chilliwack, where an eastbound dump truck saw two of its w...

The CEO of BC Ferries is warning the company may need to increase fares by 30 per cent or more in 2028, when the current fare structure expires. Nicolas Jimenez says in a written statement the corporation had forecast last year that such a price rise would be needed to keep up with operating and capital costs, but cost...

The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says the federal and provincial governments are wrongfully choosing sides in a land title dispute between two First Nations. The union says it's "alarmed" that B.C. and Canada are supporting the Nisga'a Nation's bid to be added as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the Gitanyow ...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver officials say areas around BC Place stadium will be strictly limited to ticket holders for Taylor Swift's three Eras Tour shows that begin next week, as they announce preparations for what they say will be one of the biggest event weekends in the city's history. Police, city, stadium and transport...

CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - A report commissioned by the BC Salmon Farmers Association says the proposed federal ban on marine net-pens in British Columbia would cost taxpayers billions and have "severe consequences" for Canada's economy, Indigenous communities, and food security. The report by economics firm RIAS...

HBC is backing out of its plan to operate a store at the redeveloped Oakridge Park in Vancouver. The Toronto-based retailer says it recently reached an agreement with QuadReal Properties allowing it to exit from the mixed-use project. Asked what prompted the change of plans, HBC spokesperson Tiffany Bourré said ...

The Liberal candidate in a federal byelection in British Columbia says she is applying for Métis membership after a local group questioned her claims of Indigenous identity. Madison Fleischer says in a written statement that she self-identifies as Métis based on what she knows about her great-grandmother'...