Fire season is ramping up in British Columbia as the province's wildfire service warns of hot, dry and windy conditions in the forecast. The service's latest bulletin says the combination of factors is likely to intensify fire behaviour this week, especially in areas experiencing prolonged drought. It says that include...

The British Columbia government is commissioning an independent review of the province's home-share program, months after an inquest into the starvation death of a woman with Down syndrome in a Port Coquitlam share home. A statement from the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction says the review will asse...

SASKATOON - British Columbia is pushing back against Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's proposal for a bitumen pipeline to B.C.'s northern coast.It's expected to be a focus of Prime Minister Mark Carney's meeting Monday with premiers in Saskatoon, where the assembled leaders are discussing a draft list of "national ...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has launched a review of its primary health care system, in accordance with the ruling New Democrats' confidence agreement with the Green Party. The assessment is being co-ordinated by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the two-member Green caucus. The government say...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has provided a glimpse of progress on the Broadway subway tunnel, which is set to expand Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain capacity significantly in 2027. Transportation Minister Mike Farnworth led a media tour of the construction of the tunnel, part of a 5.7-kilometre extension of ...

Protesters have been gathered for weeks at an ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C., where an outbreak of avian flu killed 69 of the birds in December and January. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency wants the remaining 400 or so birds killed. Here's the situation: WHY DOES THE CFIA WANT THE BIRDS CULLED? The CFIA says allowi...

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The operators of a British Columbia ostrich flock that's facing a cull order after an avian flu outbreak are calling for independent testing of the birds to prevent their "unnecessary destruction." Katie Pasitney, whose parents own Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C....

VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says Mayor Ken Sim and two city councillors will travel to Ottawa this week to meet with senior federal officials. It says in a news release that the delegation, which includes councillors Lisa Dominato and Mike Klassen, plans to advocate for action on housing, transit and infrastructu...

SASKATOON - (UPDATE 3:30 p.m.): Ontario Premier Doug Ford says today's discussion about nation-building projects with Prime Minister Mark Carney was the best meeting of Canada's premiers in 10 years. The provincial and territorial leaders sat down with Carney in Saskatoon today, bringing with them wish lists of project...

British Columbia is marking the start of this year's Filipino Heritage Month with a sombre tribute to the victims of April's deadly attack at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day Festival. Premier David Eby issued a statement saying this year's celebration of Filipino Heritage Month in June is happening "alongside deep sorro...

The British Columbia regional district where a wildfire continues to burn out of control has extended its emergency support services to residents evacuated from the blaze. The Peace River Regional District says emergency support services for the Kelly Lake area have been extended by seven days to June 8 "out of an...

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The family that operates a British Columbia ostrich farm facing a federal cull says it may look into the process of moving the birds to the United States as a "last resort." Katie Pasitney, whose parents own Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, B.C., says the family is also...

TORONTO - When Hudson's Bay began liquidating all of its stores and hunting for a potential new owner, Ruby Liu was determined not to let Canada's oldest company disappear. The B.C. mall owner made an offer for the company in hopes of restoring it to its former glory, but when Canadian Tire was chosen (court approval p...

RICHMOND - B.C. Premier David Eby said Saturday that he is confident that recent Indigenous opposition to certain fast-tracking laws will not affect the province's ability to attract investment from Asian trade partners. Eby said that international investors need to realize that they would need "strong partnership...

VICTORIA - British Columbians can now have their say into how the province allocates money in the 2026 budget.The Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services opened consultations on Friday (May 30). The committee, with features government and opposition MLAs, is tasked with holding annual consultations...

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The family that operates the British Columbia ostrich farm where some 400 birds face being euthanized by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says spirits remain high among protesters looking to stave off the cull. Katie Pasitney, whose parents own Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood...

The type of avian flu infection present at a B.C. ostrich farm where a cull is planned is a mutation not seen elsewhere in Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday. It said the version includes a genotype that has been associated with a human infection in a poultry worker in Ohio. The agency also said Un...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has launched a new public safety program aimed at reducing shoplifting, property damage and other non-violent street crimes in business areas. Terry Yung, minister of state for community safety and integrated services, says the program is a "direct result" of feedback from police ...

British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says an investigation is underway to find the person who illegally shot and killed a female black bear near Williams Lake, leaving behind five cubs. Conservation officers say the incident took place between May 24 and 25 near the community of Big Lake, northeast of Willia...

VANCOUVER - A B.C. man who was awarded $8 million after being wrongfully convicted of sexual assault and spending 27 years in prison says he'll be left "homeless and penniless" if forced to pay civil damages to victims who won a lawsuit against him. The B.C. Court of Appeal ruled this week that five victims w...

The B.C. government has unveiled $5 million in new funding for an initiative to crack down on property crime and street disorder.The province says the new Community Safety and Targeted Enforcement (C-STEP) program will give police more tools to respond to street crimes, including shoplifting, theft and property damage....

VICTORIA - A B.C. Conservative legislator has lost her job as a councillor in the Fraser Valley as a new law banning MLAs from also serving as municipal representatives comes into effect. Misty Van Popta represents Langley-Walnut Grove in the provincial legislature, but lost her job as a municipal councillor in the Tow...

VANCOUVER - A prematurely born harbour seal nicknamed Zeus has been rescued after being found alone on the shores of White Rock, B.C. Lindsaye Akhurst, senior manager of the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society, says the pup was underweight, hypothermic and hungry when he was found with remnants of his umbil...

DAWSON CREEK - A wildfire in northeastern British Columbia that prompted an evacuation order on Thursday has quadrupled in size. The BC Wildfire Service is reporting that the blaze in the Peace River Regional District near the community of Kelly Lake is now about 46 square kilometres in size, up from 11 square kilometr...

MONTREAL - Almost one year after serial killer Robert Pickton died following an assault by another inmate in a Quebec prison, there have been no charges against the alleged assailant and few answers about what happened. Pickton died in hospital on May 31, 2024, after being assaulted at the Port-Cartier maximum security...

VANCOUVER - Along her journey towards understanding Vancouver's crows, psychology professor Suzanne MacDonald says she made a friend. It's a crow that brings her gifts after she set up a bird feeder at her home in the neighbourhood of Kitsilano. Once, it was a barnacle-covered shell, which MacDonald treasures. Other ti...

First Nations leaders and delegates from around British Columbia are slated to attend a ratification feast on Friday that will officially bring the Heiltsuk Nation's written constitution into effect. Marilyn Slett, the nation's elected chief, called it a "monumental day" that comes after two decades of develo...

DAWSON CREEK - The Peace River Regional District in northeastern British Columbia has issued an evacuation order for properties threatened by an out-of-control wildfire. The province's emergency information service says the Kiskatinaw River fire, measuring about 1,100 hectares, poses a threat to human life. More coming...