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$100 BC Hydro and FortisBC credits announced for all B.C. households

$100 BC Hydro and FortisBC credits announced for all B.C. households

Plus, the B.C. government is issuing a new tax credit on a sliding scale to households earning less than $150,051.
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Oceans Protection Plan gets $1.2-billion boost

Oceans Protection Plan gets $1.2-billion boost

Announcement brings spending for things like oil spill response to $3.5 billion
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Bridgemark Group illegal insider trading hearings adjourned to September 2023

Bridgemark Group illegal insider trading hearings adjourned to September 2023

B.C. Securities Commission did not oppose delaying an illegal insider trading hearing for Bridgemark Group respondents by 11 months.
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Late-season wildfire prompts evacuation alert in eastern Fraser Valley of B.C.

Late-season wildfire prompts evacuation alert in eastern Fraser Valley of B.C.

AGASSIZ, B.C. — An out-of-season wildfire has put residents of a rural area on the edge of Agassiz, B.C., under evacuation alert.
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Best body in BC: Dawson Creek's Gibson takes a pair of first places in Vancouver Fall Classic

Best body in BC: Dawson Creek's Gibson takes a pair of first places in Vancouver Fall Classic

Symmetry.
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Watch: This B.C. woman is best friends with a wild squirrel

Watch: This B.C. woman is best friends with a wild squirrel

Samuel may be a wild animal and not a pet, but he loves to come in the house for cuddles.
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B.C.'s 2021 floods a 'toxic soup' of fecal coliform, fuel and cocaine

B.C.'s 2021 floods a 'toxic soup' of fecal coliform, fuel and cocaine

The report, which described wildlife and human habitat blurring during the flood, found 59 substances exceeded pan-Canadian environmental quality guidelines, and in some cases, concentrations grew as flood waters receded.
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Here are all the prohibited weapons people tried to sneak into B.C. last year

Here are all the prohibited weapons people tried to sneak into B.C. last year

The Canada Border Services Agency seized thousands of weapons and some of them are very peculiar.
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How a pair of pants is honouring the legacy of a Vancouver teen

How a pair of pants is honouring the legacy of a Vancouver teen

He designed the pants shortly before he passed.
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This is how much of a 'living wage' a B.C. family needs to earn in 2022

This is how much of a 'living wage' a B.C. family needs to earn in 2022

Higher housing costs coupled with more expensive child care and groceries have resulted in a higher living wage in many B.C. communities.
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