Skip to content

BC News

Fire on bus carrying school children cuts road and power in Chilliwack, B.C.

Fire on bus carrying school children cuts road and power in Chilliwack, B.C.

CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A bus carrying elementary school students on a field trip has caught fire on a road in Chilliwack, B.C., spreading to a nearby structure and cutting power to the area before being extinguished.
Read more >
Bus carrying West Van elementary students catches fire in Chilliwack

Bus carrying West Van elementary students catches fire in Chilliwack

Westcot students all got off the charter bus safely before it burst into flames on Vedder Mountain Road.
Read more >
Working alarm in just 45% of B.C. home fires, as deaths triple since 2019: report

Working alarm in just 45% of B.C. home fires, as deaths triple since 2019: report

VICTORIA — British Columbia's fire commissioner has highlighted the importance of functioning smoke alarms, saying too many people were needlessly dying, as he released a report showing that fire fatalities have tripled since 2019.
Read more >
Research shows crops not only grow, but thrive amid solar panel installations

Research shows crops not only grow, but thrive amid solar panel installations

New research hopes to address land-use conflict
Read more >
1,200-kilometre Race to Alaska is off and running — with no engines

1,200-kilometre Race to Alaska is off and running — with no engines

Competitors made the traditional sprint from Government Street to their vessels in the Inner Harbour on Thursday and set out to complete the 1,200-kilometre journey.
Read more >
Squamish Nation to celebrate centennial Amalgamation Day anniversary

Squamish Nation to celebrate centennial Amalgamation Day anniversary

Four weeks of events and one Amalgamation Day festival will celebrate 100 years since the Squamish Nation was formed
Read more >
B.C. government taps veteran mediator to resolve Fraser Valley bus strike

B.C. government taps veteran mediator to resolve Fraser Valley bus strike

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has appointed veteran mediator Vince Ready to help resolve what it says is an "incredibly challenging" bus strike in the Fraser Valley.
Read more >
Four First Nations artists to collaborate on Invictus Games 2025 visual design

Four First Nations artists to collaborate on Invictus Games 2025 visual design

Artists from the Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish, Lil’wat and Musqueam Nations have been selected to create the design for the competition coming to Vancouver and Whistler in 2025
Read more >
Plea bargain reached in deadly restaurant shooting that targeted alleged money launderers

Plea bargain reached in deadly restaurant shooting that targeted alleged money launderers

Two men connected to the underground Richmond bank busted for laundering hundreds of millions of dollars through casinos were shot in 2020
Read more >
Wildfires getting bigger and number of large fires increasing over time: BCWS

Wildfires getting bigger and number of large fires increasing over time: BCWS

The challenge is deciding on where the most critical fire response is, recognizing that BCWS doesn’t have the capacity to put every fire out.
Read more >