B.C. News

PENTICTON, B.C. — Newly minted British Columbia Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon is already looking ahead to the next election, promising to address issues he says John Horgan's NDP government has failed to tackle.

VANCOUVER — The Regional District of Central Kootenay's Emergency Operations Centre has issued an evacuation alert for the community of Six Mile.

VICTORIA — The B.C. River Forecast Centre has upgraded its ranking to a flood watch for the North Thompson River, including tributaries around Barriere and Clearwater.

PENTICTON, B.C. — British Columbia's Liberal party says its delegates have voted to begin a process to potentially change the party name.

VANCOUVER — City officials say one person is dead and two others are injured following a fire in Vancouver's downtown eastside Saturday morning.

It has been 11 years since Vandi Hill smoked a cigarette, but the Esquimalt woman is the perfect candidate for B.C.’s new lung cancer screening program — if she can get a doctor to agree to analyze the results.

The B.C. Hotel Association wants the short-term rental system reworked to limit the units to home-sharing only. This would allow a homeowner with a spare bedroom to make some extra money through a short-term rental unit.

VICTORIA — The final report and recommendations of British Columbia's public inquiry into money laundering are scheduled to be released Wednesday. The B.C.

The Prince George Secondary School student disappeared 15 years ago, at the age of 14.

PENTICTON, B.C. — Members of British Columbia's Liberal party are set to gather at a convention in Penticton this weekend to welcome new leader Kevin Falcon and map strategy ahead of the next election, possibly under a new party name.