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4 days ago | 
cheknews.ca | Wolfgang Depner |Ethan Morneau
British Columbia’s energy minister is backing plans to dredge and deepen Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet to accommodate fully loaded oil tankers, despite concerns from environmentalists, experts and First Nations. The plan, floated recently by Prime Minister Mark Carney, could result in fewer tankers carrying more oil from the Trans Mountain pipeline to markets abroad.
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4 days ago | 
castanet.net | Casey Richardson |Nicholas Johansen |Wolfgang Depner |Nick Laba
British Columbia's energy minister is backing plans to dredge and deepen Vancouver's Burrard Inlet to accommodate fully loaded oil tankers, despite concerns from environmentalists, experts and First Nations. The plan, floated recently by Prime Minister Mark Carney, could result in fewer tankers carrying more oil from the Trans Mountain pipeline to markets abroad.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Chuck Chiang |Darryl Greer |Alanna Kelly |Wolfgang Depner
A 16-year-old teen boy is dead after getting lost and falling into a gully while hiking Hat Mountain on Sunday. Lions Bay Search and Rescue and North Shore Rescue responded to the Lions Bay area for two missing hikers on Sunday at 3:34 p.m.Sea to Sky RCMP were notified the two hikers had been separated and were lost in the Lions Bay area. Sources confirmed the two were hiking to Hat Mountain, a challenging route that is not advised in the spring months.
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1 week ago | 
cheknews.ca | Wolfgang Depner |Ethan Morneau
A political delegation from Washington state is visiting Victoria to try to deepen ties with British Columbia, amid cross-border turmoil triggered by a trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation talk. Washington’s Lt.-Gov. Denny Heck is heading the delegation and is meeting with members of all B.C. parties in the legislature to set up a new forum on mutual interests such as trade.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Chelsea Powrie |Stefan Labbe |Wolfgang Depner |Graeme Wood
Increasingly popular ways to lay to rest a deceased loved one — from water cremation to organic reduction in a box of soil — are not allowed in B.C., even if conducted outside of the province. Current provincial law dictates there are no legal end-of-life measures beyond burial or flame cremation for managing human remains, according to direction recently provided by Consumer Protection BC to industry.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Chelsea Powrie |Graeme Wood |Wolfgang Depner |Bronwyn Beairsto
Graeme Wood / Glacier Media - | Story: 548161Victims of last week’s deadly vehicle-ramming incident at Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Festival will face significant challenges to fair compensation because of the no-fault insurance legislation introduced by the BC NDP government in 2021, according to personal injury lawyers. “For all of the victims, it's going to pose a serious hurdle in terms of obtaining financial compensation.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Chelsea Powrie |Colin Dacre |Wolfgang Depner |Bronwyn Beairsto
The City of Fort St. John, B.C., says a wildfire that prompted evacuations last night is not actively threatening any structures. But in an update posted at 8:40 p.m. Thursday, it says the blaze is moving beyond the Community Forest into the Peace River Regional District. The BC Wildfire Service's latest update indicates the out-of-control blaze was discovered Thursday and spanned an estimated 0.56 square kilometres as of 8:32 p.m.The suspected cause of the fire is human activity.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Chelsea Powrie |Colin Dacre |Wolfgang Depner |Bronwyn Beairsto
There is just one week to go to buy a raffle ticket and support the rescue of local animals. The annual Okanagan Humane Society Raffle to Rescue Animals is hoping to hit their target of $75,000 raised through raffle tickets, proceeds from which go right back into their many rescue initiatives.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Colin Dacre |Wolfgang Depner |Bronwyn Beairsto |Glen Korstrom
The Canadian Press - | Story: 548132Mounties in British Columbia are looking for a seven-year-old child who went missing in Chilliwack on Thursday after following her neighbour's dog into a wooded area. They say the girl was last seen around 4 p.m. on the 50800 block of Winona Road. Police describe the girl as Caucasian, four feet tall with light brown hair and brown eyes, saying she was wearing all pink clothing when she disappeared.
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1 week ago | 
cheknews.ca | Wolfgang Depner |Laura Brougham
It’s a day of remembrance and mourning in British Columbia today for victims of the deadly attack at a Filipino festival, as the suspect in the killings faces court.
