Politics

British Columbia Premier David Eby said a joint federal-B.C. plan to buy unsold condominiums won’t be a bailout for Vancouver developers, but there was an opportunity for the government to purchase empty homes in other places for less than it would cost to build them.

A stifling heat dome that sat over much of British Columbia five years ago is being remembered by the provincial health officer as traumatic for people who lost loved ones and overwhelming for those trying to care for those affected.

The British Columbia government is going to spend $16 million over the next two years focusing its efforts on 420 chronic offenders behind a “disproportionate” amount of street disorder, and property and retail crime. 

West Kelowna fire chief Jason Broland says that for better or worse, residents and emergency responders of the community in British Columbia’s Okanagan region now have a “deep understanding” of wildfire.

B.C. has turned up access to hearing aids. The provincial government says in a statement that adults with mild to moderate hearing loss can now buy over-the-counter hearing aids without a prescription.

B.C. Premier David Eby says U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest statement that he’s not looking to renew the trade deal between Canada, the United States and Mexico is a “bit bizarre,” given that the three countries are now in talks on the deal.

The first poll of British Columbia voters following the Conservative leadership race indicates the governing party and Official Opposition are currently sitting at a tie.

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim will not be sanctioned for breaching the municipal code of conduct by misusing his office to harass and personally attack a newly elected opposition councillor last year.

Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says British Columbia needs the leadership of Kerry-Lynne Findlay, but two former provincial Conservatives say the new leader of their old party will polarize the province.

An analyst says Kerry-Lynne Findlay won the B.C. Conservative leadership race because she is an “authentic champion” of populism within the broader conservative movement.

Former MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay has been elected as the leader of the B.C. Conservatives by a slim margin in the fourth round of voting.

Voting has closed for the BC Conservative leadership race and the winner will be announced at the party’s convention on Saturday night.

The estimated cost of hosting World Cup matches in Vancouver has repeatedly increased and is now almost triple an initial estimate by the B.C. government. Here’s how the increases have unfolded.

Elections BC says it has found no evidence of deliberate violations in a Metro Vancouver riding that helped give the NDP government a one-seat majority after the 2024 provincial vote.

The B.C. Conservatives are expected to announce their new leader on Saturday, nearly six months after John Rustad was chased out of office.