B.C. News

2015 is shaping up to be B.C.’s deadliest year for fentanyl-related deaths.

There’s a lot that hasn’t changed about firefighting over the past 30 years: It’s physically demanding, emotionally draining and dangerous. It just isn’t that much about fighting fires any more.

METRO VANCOUVER — Twin sisters mauled by a dog Wednesday in Richmond have been released from hospital, but they are dealing with major physical and psychological trauma, a close friend said Saturday.

Six British Columbians, including two with roots in Victoria, were among 69 appointments by Governor General David Johnston to the Order of Canada on Thursday.

METRO VANCOUVER - There were tears and cheers of "Thank you Canada" as the uncle, aunt and five cousins of the Syrian toddler whose photo galvanized the world arrived at Vancouver airport at around noon on Monday.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. government has given away so much power to timber companies that district forest managers no longer have the authority to stop suspect harvesting practices in the public good, a Forest Practices Board report reveals.

VANCOUVER — The work of some B.C. radiologists is still not being peer-reviewed, despite a commitment made by the provincial government four years ago. Key medical scans by one third of radiologists in B.C.

VANCOUVER — A University of B.C. student from Saanich has won a $50,000 grant for her latest invention, a coffee mug that charges a smartphone using the heat from the beverage.

Union leaders are floating the idea that a strike vote by Pacific Coach Lines bus drivers could disrupt service on B.C. Ferries. If the unionized bus drivers picket at ferry terminals, they say, it could set up a situation where unionized B.C.

RICHMOND — Aircraft pilots say they now have one more thing to worry about as they fly in and out of Vancouver’s busy international airport.