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The games, last hosted in Kelowna 18 years ago, welcomed approximately 2,600 athletes from across British Columbia.

The letter asks Eby to take swift action to form a crisis group with a mandate to cut costs, remove regulatory barriers and get economically viable wood moving.

Five former B.C. Conservative MLAs are forming a new provincial party they say will offer voters an alternative to both the governing NDP and the Conservatives.

The riding has been considered a safe Liberal seat that saw former cabinet minister Jonathan Wilkinson win for a fourth time in the 2025 federal election.

Fable Diner and SportChek are just two of the most recent businesses to shutter along Broadway near Main Street as construction continues.

The U.S. is threatening tariffs on $28 billion worth of Canadian exports, from dairy to alcohol to plywood and honey. The deadline for those tariffs to be implemented is 9 p.m. PT

Elections Canada said 39,500 Canadians have already voted in advance polls according to its preliminary figures, from Aug. 21 to Aug. 24

Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to match Trump’s recently imposed 50 per cent tariffs “dollar-for-dollar,” and trade negotiations fell apart last month.

Arrivals from countries that had World Cup teams playing in Canada were up by just 33,000, mostly from Australia, Panama and Germany.

So far, the premier is reluctant to make any concessions such as returning U.S. alcohol to B.C. shelves without tariff relief for key industries such as forestry.

In a statement, Ravi Parmar, Minister of Forests, said this decision of an 'indefinite curtailment' is immensely difficult for the community and its workers.

Canada's economy grew in the three months ending in June, with annualized gross domestic product (GDP) up 3.3 per cent, according to Statistics Canada.

Despite government commitments to protect the southern resident killer whales, environmentalists warn it may be impossible to do so while pursuing 'national interest' projects.

The vote is taking place in three ridings across the country, one in B.C., another in Ontario and a third in Quebec following the resignations of their MPs. 

Every year, the Heppell family grows roughly 50 million servings of potatoes and other crops on a 220-acre parcel near 192nd Street and 36th Avenue.

The federal government announced on Tuesday morning that counter-tariffs against more than 700 American goods amounting to $27.6 billion will go into effect on Sept. 8.

The group said it wanted to reaffirm that it's against the pipeline because government has not consulted and co-operated in good faith with the First Nations.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will pitch Canada to hundreds of global and domestic investors at the country's first national investment summit in Toronto next week.

Last year, phase two of LNG Canada and the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG export terminal were referred to the federal government's major projects office for fast-tracking.

The federal government has taken another step to designate a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast as a "national interest" project.