British Columbia

• Scammers already targeting new benefit for low-income B.C. seniors

  BC Housing is warning of scammers targeting recipients of a support scheme for elderly low-income renters, just one day after it was announced.

  Politics

  Apr 11
  
• Bowen Island man revealed to be Canada’s first Filipino immigrant

  New research has revealed details of the life of Canada's first Filipino immigrant, who spent much of his life living on B.C.'s Bowen Island.

  Canada

  Apr 11
  
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• B.C. unveils plans to regulate cryptocurrency mining electricity use

  British Columbia is proposing legal changes that would allow the government to regulate the supply of electricity to cryptocurrency miners.

  Environment

  Apr 11
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• Mass timber construction approved for more builds in B.C.

  The use of mass timber in British Columbia is moving up and expanding to schools, libraries and other construction.

  Politics

  Apr 10
• ‘Give it our best shot’: Efforts resume to save stranded orca calf on B.C. coast

  The two-year-old Bigg's killer whale is trapped in the same tidal lagoon near Zeballos where its mother died on Saturday after becoming stranded by low tide.

  Environment

  Mar 28
• B.C. approves new model of Taser for police use

  British Columbia has approved the use of an updated Taser weapon for officers around the province to use as a less-lethal weapon during police confrontations.

  Mar 25
• Accounting fix could improve B.C. fiscal estimates, says auditor general

  B.C.'s auditor general says the provincial government is using more up-to-date information to forecast income tax revenue, something he expects to improve financial estimates.

  Politics

  Mar 11
• Extended special avalanche warning for parts of B.C., Alberta ends on Thursday

  Avalanche Canada says there were numerous natural, accidental, and remote triggered avalanches reported during the weekend.

  Canada

  Mar 6
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• B.C. sets target to slash poverty by 60 per cent in next decade

  The B.C. government says it is setting 10-year targets to substantially reduce poverty in the province, with a focus on lifting children and seniors above the poverty line.

  Politics

  Mar 5
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• BC Ferries to build 7 new vessels to help improve capacity

  BC Ferries has announced a major fleet makeover with plans to build seven new vessels and refit another 20. The new vessels are scheduled to be online by 2029.

  Economy

  Feb 27