B.C. News

WorkSafeBC says it will have to re-examine its nearly two-decade-old investigative process in light of Crown counsel’s rejection of charges in the deadly explosion of a Burns Lake sawmill two years ago.

VALEMOUNT — No vehicles were caught under a large avalanche that rolled over Highway 16 and blocked off traffic for most of Monday near Mount Robson on the Alberta-B.C. boundary, said RCMP.

VALEMOUNT — An avalanche has triggered a large landslide, which has blocked Highway 16 near Mount Robson, on the Alberta-B.C. boundary, RCMP say. Const. Lesley Smith said the 400-metre-wide slide came down over the route at about 9:30 Monday morning.

VANCOUVER — Evidence shows the often-reclusive wolverine has taken up residence for the first time on an island off British Columbia’s Central Coast and the animal’s eating habits have changed along with its relocation.

Peace River, Alta., is a town that’s literally divided, which despite its name made it a fitting for the “war” that recently took place there.

The new collective agreement between the city and their unionized staff is one of lowest municipal settlements in B.C., according to a national advocacy group.

More than 100 people were caught with their pants down in public Sunday — but on purpose.

It’s been a devastating season for traffic fatalities along northern B.C.’s Highway 16, but weather’s not the only thing to blame, say police.

No one injured but coal spilled into protected waterway

A record number of passengers passed through Prince George airport last year. The count reached 426,709, the Prince George Airport Authority said Friday, 8,120 more than the previous record, set in 2012.