B.C. has recorded the sharpest increase in drowning deaths, higher than any other provinces in Canada this year, according to the B.C. and Yukon Lifesaving Society. It says at least 30 people have drowned in the province so far in 2026, a 50 per cent increase from the same point last year.
Dozens of New Westminster residents have been displaced by a massive fire that gutted a three-storey apartment building on Friday.
Officials reopened Highway 1 through British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon on Saturday, but warned that active wildfire operations continue in the area.
Wolf Parade became something of a household name late last year when Heated Rivalry graced screens around the world. Their 2005 single I’ll Believe in Anything was the soundtrack to arguably one of the most important moments in the series — if you know, you know.
Here’s what we know about the deadly charter boat sinking off the shores of Richmond, B.C., the people who were aboard, concerns raised about the vessel and the investigation into the company that operated it.
One of Mary Chernoff’s first projects as an interior designer was the Columbia Tower at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, which opened in 1992. Now, nearing the end of her career, she’s just finished design work on the Jim Pattison Acute Care Tower, which opened for patients in May.
A jail that has held the likes of serial killer Robert Pickton, war criminals and Canada’s most notorious gangsters awaiting trials in its segregation cells is in an internal spiral.
Tensions over a small community airport on mid-Vancouver Island were kicked up a notch this week after false rumours about its forthcoming demise were spread on social media, highlighting ongoing concerns about noise from and access to the facility.
British Columbia is adding 132 more involuntary care beds for those in the province with complex mental health needs, addictions and brain injuries. A 72-bed treatment centre in Prince George will replace the former youth corrections facility, and a site in Surrey will be renovated to provide 60 more mental health treatment beds.
Natasha Harrison says her daughter’s remains were released by the B.C. Coroners Service against her clearly-stated wishes.
First Nations in northeast B.C. are taking part in a treaty land entitlement process to address shortfalls of land the provincial and federal governments still owe from the signing of Treaty 8.
Kelowna continues to have the highest unemployment rate among Canada’s major urban centres, even as the region added jobs in June.
On Friday, the Stellat’en, Nadleh Whut’en, Saik’uz and Lheidli T’enneh First Nations officially opened the Ncha Koh Industrial Park, on the grounds of the former Canfor Plateau Sawmill.
Veteran mediator Vince Ready was appointed as a special mediator with Amanda Rogers, to help settle the B.C. nurses’ dispute as the union escalates its job action.
The plan calls for the dredging along northern and southern edges of the navigation channel in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet underneath the Second Narrows bridge, starting in September.
First Nations chiefs countrywide are expressing concern about the lack of engagement after two pipelines were announced in Alberta, B.C. and Ontario. Two leaders say they only learned of the plans through last-minute emails and rumours.
Top Vancouver Fishing Charter company took to social media on June 28 to brag about how its two vessels had gone out together and would head back to port with a haul of fish, but the company’s other boat, the nine-metre Top Ocean, had sunk about two hours earlier.
An immigration tribunal issued a deportation order Friday against a Bishnoi gang associate accused of hiding a gun used in one of a series of shootings against a Surrey, B.C., café owned by famed Indian comedian and TV host Kapil Sharma.
The Brunswick wildfires complex near Boston Bar, B.C., continues to rage out of control Friday.
The Amber Alert was issued on Wednesday and then expanded from Alberta to B.C., Yukon and the Northwest Territories.