B.C. News

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's emergency information agency says there is no tsunami threat to the province after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake rattled Alaska's panhandle. The all-clear for B.C.'s coast came after the U.S.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's health minister says the province has received almost 780 job applications from qualified American health professionals as part of its recruitment campaign.

HATZIC — Police in Mission, B.C., say a 48-year-old Abbotsford man has been killed after being hit by a "fully loaded" dump truck while doing surveying work east of the city.

CHILLIWACK — Every firehall in Chilliwack, B.C., was involved in fighting a destructive blaze in the centre of the city.

The new eight-storey hotel with 167 rooms arrives amid increasing demand from leisure and business travellers.

Richard Carl Arthur Cahoon faces cocaine, methamphetamine and hydromorphone drug trafficking charges.

British Columbia's Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has rescinded multiple evacuation alerts as the threat from a series of wildfires appears to have passed. The August Lake wildfire near Princeton, B.C.

In life, the grizzly bear that swam to Texada Island, B.C., in recent months had divided the community. In death, it's expected to do the same, after being found shot on Tuesday. Texada Island United Church Rev.

Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers said it's taking the "unusual step" of accepting tips from extortion victims amid ongoing threats and violence targeting South Asian businesses in Surrey, B.C., and elsewhere.

The competition on English Bay is expected to involve the city's biggest public gatherings since the deadly vehicle attack at the Lapu Lapu festival in April.