B.C. News

Ten wildfires under investigation for arson

Here's the latest information from B.C. Wildfire Service on the major wildfires burning in the region: Click here for a map of wildfires in the province.

OTTAWA — A House of Commons committee gave its conditional nod of approval Friday to the federal government’s planned closure next week of a communications station in Comox.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s representative for children and youth is calling on the province to urgently consider a law allowing youth to be involuntarily placed in a facility for their own short-term safety.

A judge has ordered a Duncan-area man to pay more than $93,850 in civil damages following his criminal conviction for spying on and video-recording his stepdaughter while she was undressed in her bathroom and bedroom.

B.C. Wildfire officials anticipate "another challenging day on the fire lines in the Peace" and are working to keep the massive Siphon Creek wildfire from hitting the Alberta border.

A former 1980s child actor who now lives in the Sunshine Coast town of Gibsons has been accused of committing a bank robbery in Sechelt.

B.C.’s children and youth watchdog is demanding that the Speaker of the legislature retract comments alleging contempt of parliament, as an ugly war of words between the two prominent figures continues to escalate.

A lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court alleges that 60 property owners in Richmond fell victim to a shadow-flipping scam by a local realtor and his brokerage firm.

ABBOTSFORD — Kelly Ellard, serving a life sentence for second-degree murder has for the first time taken responsibility for the death Reena Virk almost two decades ago, but Ellard's confession wasn't enough to earn her day parole.