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B.C.’s fire season is surging as the number of active wildfires has exploded from 60 to 120 in the last 24 hours, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS). The service says the surprising increase in fires can be attributed to the more than 13,000 lightning strikes during that time period …
Read More »3 miners trapped in northern B.C. are behind 30 metres of debris, company says
A remote-controlled scoop has begun the work of removing a pile of debris 20 to 30 meters long and seven to eight metres high to gain access to three workers trapped at the Red Chris mine in northern British Columbia, a company statement says. Newmont Corp. said Thursday that specialized drones have …
Read More »B.C. premier slams U.S. ambassador for saying Trump thinks Canadian boycotts are ‘nasty’
B.C. Premier David Eby said he believes U.S. leadership has “very little awareness” of how offensive their remarks are, like the U.S. ambassador to Canada saying President Donald Trump thinks Canadians are “nasty” to deal with because of U.S. boycotts. “Do they think Canadians are not going to respond when …
Read More »Measles spread ‘like wildfire’ among unvaccinated children in northeast B.C., health officer says
A pocket of unvaccinated children in northeast B.C. allowed cases of measles in the region to spread “like wildfire,” says B.C.’s deputy provincial health officer, Dr. Martin Lavoie. He made the remarks during a provincial update on the disease that has seen multiple exposures reported in and around Fort St. …
Read More »Police investigating shots fired at Bollywood actor’s Surrey, B.C., café
Police are investigating an incident where shots were fired at a newly opened café in Surrey, owned by Bollywood actor and comedian Kapil Sharma. The Surrey Police Service (SPS) said in a statement a number of shots were fired at Kap’s Cafe, located in Surrey’s Newton neighbourhood on 120th Street, early …
Read More »RCMP release photos of suspects in explosion at B.C. cabinet minister’s office
Police say an explosion that blew open the door of a British Columbia cabinet minister’s constituency office in North Vancouver came from an “unsophisticated” homemade device. Cpl. Mansoor Sahak with the North Vancouver RCMP said the device was likely a number of bear bangers or fireworks taped together and lit …
Read More »B.C. man charged with murdering woman also convicted of choking on the day of the attack
The man who was charged with second-degree murder after a public attack in Kelowna, B.C., on Friday was convicted of uttering threats and choking that same day. James Edward Plover was charged in relation to the death of Bailey Plover in what Kelowna RCMP called a “highly visible and tragic …
Read More »Orcas off B.C. coast face ‘high probability of extinction’ if conditions don’t change: report
A new report from a group of more than 30 experts says a population of endangered killer whales off the coast of British Columbia and Washington state is showing no sign of recovery under current conditions. There is an “urgent need for more robust actions” to save the southern resident killer …
Read More »Transport committee will study B.C. Ferries receiving $1B loan for Chinese ships
The House of Commons transport committee agreed on Monday to launch a study into the $1-billion loan B.C. Ferries received from the Canada Infrastructure Bank to finance the purchase of four new electric-diesel ships from a Chinese shipbuilder. B.C. Ferries announced last month that it had hired China Merchants Industry Weihai …
Read More »How a group of orcas were captured — and some freed — in B.C. waters over 50 years ago
March 1, 1970. It was a blustery, cold morning off the southern tip of Vancouver Island when four men on a boating trip spotted something unusual in the waves. A white dorsal fin. A white orca. Seeing the creatures is extremely rare; in 2020, Stephanie Hayes, a marine biology PhD candidate with the …
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