Vancouver

The union representing most of the 300 employees who will lose their jobs with the closure of Canfor’s Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George, B.C., says people are reeling from the latest blow to an already battered industry.

The federal weather agency says a stretch of high temperatures this week poses a risk to public health in areas of B.C.’s Southern Interior.

The remains of a woman recently reported missing in Mission, B.C., were found years ago, according to authorities.

The British Columbia government says it’s forgiving $340,000 in legal debts owed by a former aide who pleaded guilty to breach of trust in 2017 for his part in a political scandal involving the use of public office for partisan purposes.

A 76-year-old woman was left without her gold necklace after police say she was targeted in a distraction theft in East Vancouver Tuesday afternoon.

A group of co-workers in Metro Vancouver will be splitting a $500,000 prize after winning the Extra on a Lotto 6/49 draw.

The BC Wildfire Service has warned that this week could be a crucial period for firefighters in the province as conditions converge to create what director of wildfire operations Cliff Chapman calls a “significant wildfire event.”

Several open fire bans, including campfire prohibitions, are coming into effect over the next two days in parts of British Columbia as crews prepare for the threat of new blazes associated with dry lightning.

That last time Glen McLeod sat on his beloved tree’s bulbous base, he had to say goodbye.

A novice driver has been ticketed after a rollover crash in Abbotsford Tuesday evening that left a car upside down on an electrical box.

A B.C. mortgage broker has received the maximum penalty for conducting business while unregistered, according to the profession’s provincial regulator.

Police say a 22-year-old Vancouver woman with a learner’s licence has lost her motorcycle for seven days after reaching “a shocking speed” on the Sea to Sky Highway, days after a fatal motorcycle crash on the same route prompted a police watchdog investigation.

Rice is a staple in cuisines around the world, but experts are warning people not to eat too much of it after testing revealed concerning levels of the heavy metal inorganic arsenic in the grain.

More than 230 people registered to speak Tuesday night as Vancouver City Council began hearing public feedback on the city’s controversial Villages Plan — a proposal that would change zoning to allow more low-rise housing in 17 neighbourhoods across Vancouver.

The Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George is shut down permanently, Canfor announced Monday, affecting approximately 300 employees.