B.C.

Global salmon farm company with B.C. ties backs land-based aquaculture in Japan
VICTORIA – The backing of a land-based salmon farm in Japan by a global company…

Rain welcome but it won’t be enough to extinguish B.C. wildfire risk
VANCOUVER – Scattered rain across parts of British Columbia is welcome in the fight against…

B.C. becomes first province to provide universal coverage for opioid treatments
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is expanding access to opioid treatment medications such as…

B.C. mom slams ‘transphobic hate train’, hails outpouring of love for girl athlete, 9
KELOWNA, B.C. – The mother of a nine-year-old girl says her daughter has received an…

Key Vancouver Island highway cut by fire won’t open for at least 10 days: minister
VANCOUVER – Trees a metre in diameter and rocks the size of coffee mugs strewn…

Hundreds more properties on alert as winds fan massive northeast B.C. wildfire
VANCOUVER – Hundreds more properties have been warned to be ready to evacuate on short…

Chilliwack gets Indigenous Justice Centre to help break incarceration cycle, says Eby
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – The over-representation of Indigenous people in British Columbia’s jails is a destructive…

Vancouver family who lost son to fentanyl donates $20 million to new treatment model
VANCOUVER – Jill Diamond says when her brother Steven was struggling with substance addiction the…

Stamp honours First Nations leader George Manuel, whose work spanned globe
VANCOUVER – Canada Post has unveiled a stamp depicting First Nations political leader George Manuel,…

B.C. port cargo loaders approve strike, but talks continue with maritime employers
VANCOUVER – More than 7,000 terminal cargo loaders at British Columbia’s ports have voted overwhelmingly…

Bryan Adams extends tour with dates in British Columbia and Alberta
Bryan Adams has added more Canadian dates to his So Happy It Hurts tour. The…

Cougar chases and attacks mountain biker near popular trail in Roberts Creek, B.C.
ROBERTS CREEK, B.C. – A woman is recovering after being attacked by a cougar while…

Glencore makes offer for the steelmaking coal business of Teck Resources
Teck Resources Ltd. confirmed Monday it is engaging with Glencore around its proposal to buy…

U.S. border towns still wait on buyers from B.C., as Vancouver shopping buses vanish
VANCOUVER – Cross-border shopping buses filled with Chinese and Korean Canadian consumers were once ubiquitous…

Residents flee as ‘incredibly intense’ wildfire closes in on Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
VANCOUVER – An “incredibly intense” wildfire is just a few kilometres away from the British…