Could B.C. be stuck importing power for a 3rd year? Drought and snowmelt prompt concerns

Ongoing drought conditions in the province are again cutting into B.C.'s ability to generate hydroelectric power, according to Energy Futures Institute chair Barry Penner.

BC Today is where British Columbians connect on issues facing their lives and their community with host Michelle Eliot.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has detected highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Comox Valley and set up a control zone for some poultry in order to limit the spread of the disease.

Vancouver is installing hundreds of new, temporary surveillance cameras ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a move city officials say is about public safety, but privacy experts say deserves closer scrutiny.

British Columbia becomes first province to announce its nomination allocation for 2026  CIC News

The province has revoked Pacific Link College's certification — just weeks after students came forward to CBC News alleging the school required them to participate in a political campaign for course credit. Advocates estimate hundreds of students were affected by the closure, putting their visa status in jeopardy.

Sommelier Shrawan Khanna shares his choices for what to sip on from Christmas to New Year's.

Premier David Eby's choices in the wake of the province losing two court decisions related to Indigenous consultation and reconciliation will be closely scrutinized, according to experts and critics. As 2025 comes to an end, one expert says reconciliation efforts may be Eby's biggest challenge to date.

In Mill Bay, B.C., Ergo Eco Solutions says results of a pilot project from last summer point to a new solution to help with dust suppression on the province's dirt roads.

A vacancy rate around four per cent wouldn't be big news in most of North America — but in Vancouver, it just happened for the first time in four decades. The yearly national rental report from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation echoes what has been seen in the  city's home ownership market.

Gary Donald Losch, 70, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in the 2017 killing of Chelsey Gauthier.

British Columbia Invites International Workers in Latest BC PNP Draw  CIC Times

Sixty-five-year-old master carver George David of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation in B.C. was killed in Port Angeles, Wash., in 2016.

65-year-old master carver George David of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation was killed in Port Angeles in 2016.

A B.C. First Nation appealing the landmark Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title ruling says that it will not be "coming for anyone's private property" if it wins. Chief Wayne Sparrow says they're appealing thedecision by the B.C. Supreme Court to defend traditional territory and fishing rights.

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The cat first came to the attention of neighbours in the Burnaby building who said the it had been locked on a balcony, in the elements, for about three months.

When animal centre staff opened one of the abandoned containers, one cat was found dead inside.

When animal centre staff opened one of the abandoned containers, one cat was found dead inside.

Abbotsford mother Chelsey Lea Gauthier was stabbed to death in 2017 and found in a shallow grave in an isolated wooded area of Mission.

The Department of National Defence confirmed on Thursday that heavy winds in the Vancouver area caused multiple vessels to become unmoored, drag anchor, or become beached.

B.C. Resource Stewardship Minister Randene Neill said that, because the province requires hunters to submit samples of every deer killed in the  Kootenay management area, the special hunt will increase test samples and bolster monitoring data for chronic wasting disease.

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While the Fraser Valley has seen devastating flooding over the last 10 days, other parts of the province are also dealing with the aftermath of multiple atmospheric river storm systems.

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A Vancouver Island grocery store has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a voyeurism class-action lawsuit brought by women who were secretly filmed in the bathroom by a former employee who uploaded the images to a Russian porn site.

Global BC senior meteorologist Kristi Gordon says more ferry cancellations and power outages are expected as the winds pick up into Thursday evening.

The City of Vancouver has approved a new policy meant to speed up the replacement of rooming houses in the impoverished neighbourhood by reducing the percentage of social housing rental units from 60 per cent down to 20 per cent.

The City of Vancouver has approved a new policy meant to speed up the replacement of rooming houses in the impoverished neighbourhood by reducing the percentage of social housing rental units from 60 per cent down to 20 per cent.

Former Vancouver Canuck defenceman Willie Mitchell has denied he sexually assaulted a 26-year-old woman at his Tofino, B.C., condo in 2022.