VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government says it's exploring legal options after the mass shooting where eight people were killed in Tumbler Ridge. Attorney General Niki Sharma is expected to meet with media today about those options, five months a...

VICTORIA - The federal government's submarine contract with a German company offers a "tremendous amount of opportunity" to propel British Columbia's shipping industry, political and business leaders say. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced in Halifax...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver is preparing for its World Cup swansong between Switzerland and Colombia on Tuesday, its seventh match of the tournament, after hosting thousands of fans from across Canada and around the world. Beer and mimosas have been flowing ...

VANCOUVER - The projected cost of replacing the George Massey Tunnel in Metro Vancouver has ballooned to $8.5 billion, more than double the previous budget, the provincial transportation minter said Monday. Mike Farnworth told a news conference that th...

PORT ALBERNI - Police on Vancouver Island say a female swimmer is missing after reportedly being swept away by currents in a local river. RCMP in Port Alberni say the swimmer was reported missing Sunday at Stamp River Provincial Park, about 200 kilomet...

SURREY - Police say one of the two men charged for allegedly vandalizing a Metro Vancouver rainbow crosswalk in May has been charged again for defacing of the same location. Police in Surrey say in a statement that 67-year-old Errol Povah is now facing...

British Columbia's chief coroner says the work of the coroners service is not like the portrayal in crime-scene television shows, and those who take on the job might find it's not for them. Dr. Jatinder Baidwan said in an interview on Monday that ther...

FORT ST. JOHN - Independent British Columbia legislator Jordan Kealy has elected for a jury trial as he denies a charge of sexual assault. Kealy was charged over allegations dating back to between January and September of 2024, before he was elected a...

CALGARY - Pipeline proposals long considered dead and buried are coming back from the grave - sort of. Past plans to send oilsands crude east, west and south are being revived with different branding, proponents and routes. And, at least in the first ...

RICHMOND - About 100 mourners gathered at a public dock in Richmond, B.C., to commemorate six victims missing and feared drowned after a charter boat sinking in the Strait of Georgia a week earlier. Dozens of bouquets of white flowers, a symbol of mou...

HALIFAX - Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday named German defence manufacturer TKMS as the preferred bidder to supply the Royal Canadian Navy's next fleet of submarines, and he said several are expected to be delivered by 2034. Carney made the announ...

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled Monday a route for a proposed west-east oil pipeline. The two premiers say it would stretch 3,300 kilometres from Hardisty, Alta., to refineries in Sarnia, Ont., without cr...

BOSTON BAR - An out-of-control wildfire near Boston Bar, B.C., that has forced several evacuation orders has also triggered an air-quality warning in the area. Environment Canada issued the alert citing smoke from the fire, which is expected to reduce ...

Actors in Netflix's upcoming "Little House on the Prairie" series say the latest adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's book series was intentional about portraying its Indigenous characters with depth and avoiding the racial stereotypes that the origina...

The union representing workers who operate and maintain regional services in Metro Vancouver says it is now considering a full-blown strike. The announcement from the Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees' Union comes as part of escalating job ...

An out-of-control fire near Boston Bar, B.C., has grown more than 10 times its estimated size a day earlier, and responders have requested additional resources to deal with it. BC Wildfire Service said in an update posted on Sunday afternoon that the ...

An out-of-control wildfire burning near the community of Boston Bar, B.C., has triggered an evacuation order and an accompanying alert. Officials have declared a local state of emergency and say residents in North Bend, Electoral Area A, are being told...

VICTORIA - Police in Victoria say they have arrested two people following an assault with a weapon during an incident that injured three individuals Victoria Police Department says in a statement that three people sustained non-life-threatening injuri...

RICHMOND - The heartbroken girlfriend of a young charter boat captain feared drowned in a deadly sinking in B.C. waters last Sunday says she was aboard the vessel two days earlier when a broken door swung open and water flooded in. Chen Ming, 23, was i...

SUNSHINE COAST - Police in British Columbia are asking for the public's help after a missing person's vehicle was abandoned on a BC Ferries vessel. RCMP say Joyelle Goldbard's orange Subaru was found unclaimed on the 2:35 p.m. ferry sailing on Thursday...

BOSTON BAR - The British Columbia Wildfire Service says it's helping the Boston Bar Fire Department as a blaze burns close to the community in the southern Interior. The fire is about six hectares in size and is burning out of control west of the Fras...

Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith's plan for a new pipeline has his support, but he's calling on her to be honest about how much taxpayers could be on the hook for it. Naheed Nenshi also says public financing for the pipeline ...

Community coroners in British Columbia have been given a 55 per cent pay boost as the BC Coroners Service looks to fill vacancies in dozens of communities across the province. The wage increase to $49.77 an hour for community coroners came into effect...

VICTORIA - Former Conservative member of the British Columbia legislature Amelia Boultbee, who left the caucus to sit as an Independent, is now a member of the governing New Democrats. Boultbee says her former party has changed and the big-tent party ...

CALGARY - Alberta's pitch to the major projects office for a new oil pipeline to the West Coast is being billed as a public-private partnership, though its current structure skews almost entirely toward the public end of the spectrum. Ninety per cent ...

OTTAWA - Environmental groups say they wanted to see a more concrete commitment to decarbonization in the proposal put forward for a pipeline to the B.C. coast backed by the Alberta and federal governments. Representatives from both the Pembina Institu...

Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Columbia Premier David Eby have signed a "prosperity agreement" they say will help unlock billions of dollars in new investment. The deal includes a promise by the federal government to not change the northern oil...

RICHMOND - British Columbia search crews say conditions have been challenging in the hunt for a charter fishing boat that sank in the Strait of Georgia, leaving six missing and presumed drowned. Richmond RCMP say in a statement that conditions have mad...