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Residents urged to evacuate as wildfires continue to rage in northeast B.C.

Officials are urging residents to evacuate the areas surrounding two out-of-control wildfires in northeastern British Columbia after reports emerged that some have stayed behind or...

As Fraser Valley bus strike enters week 7, union calls for negotiations

Over the last month, Jhanavi Sharma — an international student studying business at the University of Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, B.C. — spent over $750...

So many people have dumped their pet turtles that it's threatening B.C. species, says biologist

When biologist Aimee Mitchell began her tally of endangered coastal western painted turtles 15 years ago, she says it was impossible to ignore the number of...

Marine biologist highlights the importance of seaweed in new children's book

Seaweed: not so pleasant when it brushes against your leg while swimming, pretty smelly when it's washed ashore, and even smellier when your roommate roasts...

WHO says COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency. What you need to know in B.C.

The World Health Organization has declared that COVID-19 is no longer considered a global emergency. The pandemic, which was first declared an international crisis by WHO, the United...

Highway closures across B.C. Interior due to flooding, mudslides

The first spell of summer-like weather in British Columbia has sped up snowmelt in the mountains, causing flooding and mudslides that have prompted evacuation orders...

B.C. attorney general advises social media, adult-content sites to comply with intimate images act

B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma said on Thursday she has sent a letter to several social media and adult-content sites advising them to comply with the...

This mama bear was caught raiding garbage bins in Kamloops, B.C.

A hungry mama bear resorted to dumpster diving for an evening snack this week in Kamloops, B.C., and she brought her cubs along for the...

1 home destroyed as flood risk prompts more evacuation orders in Cache Creek: fire chief

Flooding in B.C.'s Interior has destroyed one home and forced several others to be evacuated, according to the local fire chief. Evacuation orders are now in...

'Small plane' hits truck, crashes at Langley, B.C., airport

A plane crash-landed at Langley Regional Airport Tuesday afternoon after clipping a pickup truck on nearby 216 Street as it was descending, according to local...

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