B.C. News

VANCOUVER — Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt, B.C., is the latest emergency room in the province to shut its doors due to lack of staff, joining a series of similar interruptions in service in British Columbia's Interior.

SURREY, B.C. — The candidate nomination period for the upcoming provincial byelection in Surrey South has closed. Elections BC says there are a total of five candidates, each representing one of the five registered political parties.

VICTORIA — A British Columbia MLA says he holds no animosity toward the BC Liberal Party or its leader after being ousted from its caucus earlier this week. John Rustad, who represents Nechako Lakes in central B.C.

Five entrepreneurs aim to disrupt B.C.'s wine-cooler market with an innovative product they call SakeBomb – a range of flavoured coolers made with the rice wine, or sake.

Vancouver police are investigating what they call a series of violent stranger assaults in the city's Fairview neighbourhood and trying to establish if the incidents are related.

Michael Richards never thought he’d work anywhere other than with BC Ferries for the rest of his working life after he started in 2015.

The high performance director for Skate Canada said the International Skating Union ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes applies only to international competitions. 

VICTORIA — The Opposition B.C. Liberals have removed MLA John Rustad from the party caucus after he retweeted comments that questioned the role of carbon dioxide in climate change.

An engagement survey issued last year by the Crown corporation elicited approximately 7,500 comments, including more than 1,300 about compensation and benefits, according to a briefing note obtained under freedom of information.

The U.S. Securities Commission alleges Richmond and Vancouver families worked with a Port Coquitlam man to hack American brokerage accounts.