B.C. News

At the Legislative Assembly Management Committee's first meeting since March 30, Kate Ryan-Lloyd said interim financial officer Randall Smith began June 23.

VANCOUVER — An evacuation alert has been issued for a small island along British Columbia's Fraser River due to possible flooding from swelling waters after rainfall and snowmelt.

“We want people back,” said Mike Farnworth, the provincial minister of public safety. “The reality is recovery takes time. It can take quite a bit of time.”

It was a “somewhat poorly kept secret” that Kelowna's Briana Hardwick always wanted to become a judge.

Hiding alone in the bank manager's office while the gunman went to the vault, Shelli Fryer dialed 911 and left the line open, “praying they wouldn’t talk.”

VANCOUVER — A timeline has finally been announced for the removal of a huge barge that wedged itself onto a beach in Vancouver's English Bay last November.

Maria Hecimovic says she plans to retire five years earlier than originally planned.

VANCOUVER — Recent heavy rains across British Columbia's central and southern Interior are swelling river levels in many areas, prompting a renewed flood watch and more high streamflow advisories.

An employee at the North Van shipyard was awarded $1,000 in damages after a BC Labour Relations Board arbitrator ruled three drug tests following a minor workplace accident weren't justified.

Homes and businesses near the bank were evacuated when police discovered a “potential explosive device” in a vehicle. The B.C. RCMP explosives disposal unit was called in to deal with the device but has since left the scene.