The Latest Breaking News from British Columbia

Canadian firefighter dies as record wildfire season continues

Firefighter dies battling blaze in British Columbia, union says, as more than 900 fires are still burning across Canada.

Al Jazeera · Jul 14, 2023

For some remote Canadian wildfires, best and fastest option is sending in the smokejumpers

As more than 900 fires burn in a Canadian fire season that has periodically pushed dangerous smoke south into the U.S. and even far east to Europe, one province — British Columbia — relies on smokejumpers to help fight the blazes

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023

Tentative deal reached in nearly 2-week port strike on Canada's west coast

A tentative deal has been reached between employers and workers in a strike that has halted shipments in and out of ports in Canada’s west coast region of British Columbia for nearly two weeks

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023

Missing teen found alive 54 hours after being separated from hiking group in forest

Esther Wang, 16, was separated from her hiking group while in Golden Ears Park in British Columbia, which is about 25 miles from the US-Canadian border, on Tuesday afternoon local time.

Daily Mirror · Jul 1, 2023

Brickbat: We Can't Handle the Truth

Two years after Canadian officials announced the graves of 215 children had been found on the grounds of a former Indian residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia, no human remains have actually been discovered. And some in the government don't like how critics keep pointing that out. In a recent…

Reason · Jun 30, 2023

Hotter, faster fires: can Canada preserve its threatened wildlife?

The half-moon hairstreak butterfly is among the endangered species fighting the heat and smoke of a record wildfire season

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2023

Watch: Riding Through The Cariboo Chilcotin Coast In British Columbia

The Motorcycle Travel Channel on YouTube continues the 53-day trip through North America from Arizona to British Columbia.

RideApart · Jun 18, 2023

This British Columbia logo looks like a mistake but deserves a prize

I'll buy a consonant, please.

Creative Bloq · Jun 17, 2023

Canada wildfires: an area larger than the Netherlands has been burned so far this year -- here's what is causing them

Over the past few weeks, wildfires have ravaged large swathes of Canada. The fires have burned millions of hectares of land, displaced tens of thousands of people and disrupted the lives of millions.

The Conversation · Jun 16, 2023

Grandparent shuts down school sport event falsely accusing girl of being trans because she had a ‘pixie cut’

Athletics competition was disrupted in Canadian town of Kelowna, British Columbia

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023