B.C. News

VANCOUVER — The Canadian Coast Guard says it's trying to identify the source of a diesel smell and sheen covering Vancouver's False Creek. It says it received a report of the apparent pollution around 6:20 p.m.

Xotta has held various roles with the port authority nearly two decades

Iryna Derunets is the only pediatric ear nose and throat specialist in north-central B.C., but needs permanent residency status before she can see patients in Prince George

British Columbia is moving to reduce the export of raw logs harvested in the province by requiring that certain types of lumber from the Interior undergo manufacturing first.

Some voice concerns that the new B.C. bill will have unintended consequences and will not guarantee affordable housing

“An increasing number of seniors, many in their 60s and 70s, teeter on the brink of homelessness for the first time,” notes the United Way report.

Port McNeill Fire Rescue says it responded about 1:30 a.m. to a fire at the Haida Way Motor Inn

City staff to come back with information to help councillors make a decision on how to approach opting out, if that is what they decide to do.

The Cowichan Valley Regional District is looking for someone to take the stick, after most people who responded to a survey said they weren’t interested in paying to fix it.

‘If I would’ve stopped and put some clothes on, the person would have been in my home,’ says a Nanaimo man who scuffled with a man trying to break into his house