B.C. News

Right now Canada's and B.C.'s parks are set to re-open June 1, but that could change in a heartbeat due to COVID-19

KELOWNA, B.C. — A child has been hit and killed by a vehicle in Kelowna, B.C. A release from the Kelowna RCMP says it happened Sunday afternoon on a residential street in the northeast part of the city.

“Violation tickets are a timelier alternative to prosecution through the courts"

VANCOUVER — The BC Wildfire Service says crews have made good progress containing a fire near Squamish, B.C. The service says in a statement Sunday that the fire is now considered as being held.

VANCOUVER — Fourteen people who entered an East Vancouver elementary school Saturday evening in a protest action aimed at securing emergency housing for homeless people during the COVID-19 pandemic were arrested.

VANCOUVER — A BC Ferries ship hit the dock at Tsawwassen ferry terminal, resulting in two cancelled departures and a four-hour disembarkment delay for some passengers.

VANCOUVER — B.C. police and enforcement officers will start issuing $2,000 tickets for price gouging and reselling essential supplies during the COVID-19 state of emergency.

VANCOUVER — The BC Wildfire Service says a fire near Squamish, B.C., is 50 per cent contained and has not grown. The service says in a statement Saturday that the fire, first discovered Thursday, is about two square kilometres in size.

“We’re not going to encourage people (to develop immunity) by getting sick with COVID-19.”

VANCOUVER — British Columbians could see a "gradual...