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A timeline of avalanche deaths in B.C. for the 2022-2023 season

A timeline of avalanche deaths in B.C. for the 2022-2023 season

Nine people have been killed in British Columbia avalanches this season, including four since Feb. 11. Avalanche Canada has warned that this year's snowpack is dangerous and difficult to forecast.
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Chinese consulate-general says report could damage China's relationship with Canada

Chinese consulate-general says report could damage China's relationship with Canada

VANCOUVER — The Chinese consulate-general in Vancouver has called a newspaper report that cited Canadian intelligence documents and described alleged efforts to oust candidates seen as unfriendly to Beijing, "smearing and discrediting" to China.
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William Sandeson guilty of second-degree murder, jury rejects self-defence claim

William Sandeson guilty of second-degree murder, jury rejects self-defence claim

HALIFAX — A jury found a former Halifax medical student guilty of second-degree murder on Saturday in the 2015 shooting death of a fellow student whose body has never been found.
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Swiss museum returns two artifacts to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) confederacy

Swiss museum returns two artifacts to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) confederacy

MONTREAL — Two artifacts sacred to some of Canada's Indigenous peoples are now back on home territory after a Swiss museum returned them to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) confederacy this month.
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Northern spotted owl found injured near B.C. train tracks two months after release

Northern spotted owl found injured near B.C. train tracks two months after release

VANCOUVER — One of just four endangered spotted owls known to be in the wild in British Columbia is now recovering from an injury after being found along some train tracks, slowing the careful plans to revive the species, a breeding facility co-ordin
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Time in Canada to debate whether notwithstanding clause should exist, says Liberal MP

Time in Canada to debate whether notwithstanding clause should exist, says Liberal MP

OTTAWA — A Liberal MP from Montreal says it is time for the country to debate whether the notwithstanding clause should be on the books.
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RCMP discontinues search for foreign object downed over Yukon

RCMP discontinues search for foreign object downed over Yukon

OTTAWA — The RCMP says it has ended its search for an unidentified aerial object shot down over central Yukon last Saturday. The mounties say they searched the highest probability area but could not find the debris.
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CSIS failed to fully consider human toll when disrupting threats, watchdog says

CSIS failed to fully consider human toll when disrupting threats, watchdog says

OTTAWA — A new report from the federal spy watchdog says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service failed to adequately consider the potentially serious adverse effects on people and their families when using its powers to disrupt potential threats.
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No winning ticket sold for Friday's $30 million Lotto Max jackpot

No winning ticket sold for Friday's $30 million Lotto Max jackpot

There was no winning ticket sold in Friday's Lotto Max $30 million draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Feb. 21 will be an estimated $40 million. The Canadian Press
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Fisheries Department to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.'s coast to protect wild fish

Fisheries Department to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.'s coast to protect wild fish

VICTORIA — The plight of British Columbia's endangered wild salmon came first Friday in the decision against renewing licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in the Discovery Islands area off Vancouver Island, says the federal fisheries minist
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