Outgoing B.C. Premier John Horgan offers to pitch in on national health talks
British Columbia's outgoing premier says he has offered a helping hand in resolving the gridlock over health care funding between provincial and territorial leaders and the federal government.
Canadian injured in crowd crush that killed more than 150 in South Korea
A Canadian was among those injured in a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people in Seoul, South Korea, Global Affairs confirmed on Sunday, October 30, 2022, while Korean Canadians said they were shocked by the disaster.
B.C.'s having a stink bug explosion
An aromatic insect shaped like a shield is lurking around homes and feasting on stone fruits in parts of southern British Columbia.
Dumped Fraser River salmon point to poachers at work
Rodney Hsu says he has found too many Fraser River sockeye in places they aren't supposed to be this season — from residential areas to gravel roads, wrapped up in garbage bags and rotting in the open air.
B.C. compassion club gives out hard drugs, hoping to save lives
Eris Nyx, co-founder of the Drug User Liberation Front, said regulating the illicit supply is the answer to stopping drug toxicity deaths, which have topped 10,000 in British Columbia since the province declared a public health emergency more than six years ago.
Fraser River sockeye salmon returns estimates not panning out as expected
Optimism over an expected bumper season for wild sockeye salmon in British Columbia has turned to distress.
Justin Trudeau launches expanded oceans protection plan
Boosted coast guard facilities and increased safeguards for Canada's coastal environments are part of an expanded $3.5-billion marine program that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has dubbed the "Oceans Protection Plan 2.0."
Canadian town burned to ground, faces wildfires anew
A wildfire just west of Lytton, B.C., has burned at least half a dozen homes but is spreading in the opposite direction of the village, officials said on Friday, July 15, 2022.
Federal Court overturns B.C. fish farm phaseout for 'procedural unfairness'
Fish farm operators Mowi Canada West, Cermaq Canada and Grieg Seafood applied for a judicial review of the order that prevented them from restocking their farms, arguing it lacked reasons and didn't "show an appreciation of the facts."