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What you should know about B.C.'s wildfire rank system

What you should know about B.C.'s wildfire rank system

The six-step fire-ranking system provides firefighters a clear framework for assessing fire behaviour and deploying safe firefighting tactics.
Opinion: How Canada's first national cycling map will benefit both riders and public planners

Opinion: How Canada's first national cycling map will benefit both riders and public planners

Cycling in Canada has been experiencing a great boom in recent years. Yet, there was no consistent and complete way to measure cycling infrastructure, until now.
Shoe with suspected human remains inside found on Victoria beach

Shoe with suspected human remains inside found on Victoria beach

Authorities say a foot encased in a shoe is sometimes the only thing left when a body is in the water and decomposes over lengthy periods.
B.C. woman given suspended sentence for coughing in grocery clerk's face during pandemic

B.C. woman given suspended sentence for coughing in grocery clerk's face during pandemic

"It was the height of selfishness and self-entitlement," the judge said.
B.C. nurse suspended for accessing medical records

B.C. nurse suspended for accessing medical records

The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives has suspended a Rossland, B.C., nurse for accessing medical records and leaving a student nurse in charge while he attended to a personal matter.
Trans Mountain wants higher tolls. They won't cover even half its price tag

Trans Mountain wants higher tolls. They won't cover even half its price tag

Trans Mountain applied to raise the base tolls on June 1.
Canadian airline ordered to reimburse travellers' delay expenses

Canadian airline ordered to reimburse travellers' delay expenses

The airline's 'accommodation tool' changed a Calgary-Europe itinerary while the travellers were in the air from Vancouver.
Metro Vancouver nurse pleads guilty to child pornography possession

Metro Vancouver nurse pleads guilty to child pornography possession

Police located more than a million images and 15,000 videos of children on Derek Paul Roelofsen's computers.
Photos: Canadian Open Downhill 2023

Photos: Canadian Open Downhill 2023

ICYMI: It was a fairy-tale ending for the Jewett family as brothers Jakob and Dane both soared to victory
Rain brings small 'reprieve' in B.C.'s north, but wildfire conditions dire elsewhere

Rain brings small 'reprieve' in B.C.'s north, but wildfire conditions dire elsewhere

The number of active wildfires in British Columbia has dropped sharply to about 400 as cooler weather and recent rain has cut the fire risk, but another hot spell could wipe out those gains as large sections of the province wilt under severe drought.