There will be no provincial charges for a tailings dam collapse in British Columbia but the province's new environment minister says a mining company may still be held responsible through federal laws.
George Heyman said Wednesday the August 2014 disaster has had tremendous economic and environmental consequences and British Columbians deserve to know what went wrong at the Mount Polley mine located in the province's Interior.
An evacuation alert has been issued to 51 properties in the Island Pond area in B.C.'s East Kootenay region due to a wildfire burning nearby.
The wildfire broke out 12 kilometres south of Canal Flats on Sunday after a tree fell onto a power line. As of late Monday night, it was estimated to be 150 hectares in size and was zero per cent contained.
RCMP are investigating after a 16-year-old from Pennsylvania died after an apparent drowning at North Vancouver's Lynn Canyon Park Friday afternoon.
Const. Brett Cunningham with North Vancouver RCMP says the teen was swimming with friends around 4 p.m. when he ran into trouble.
The group was in the water near Twin Falls, a popular swimming spot. Police say there are signs posted to discourage people from swimming in the area because of the fast-moving water.
A Saskatchewan family desperate to find their missing daughter, believed to be in the Pacific Northwest, is hopeful a new powerful resource involved in their search will finally help lead them to her.
The American National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, or NCMEC, has been disseminating information about 18-year-old Mekayla Bali, who was last seen in Yorkton, Sask., in April 2016.
After two days of public hearings, Vancouver City Council has approved the construction of a controversial highrise development in the city's West End.
Set to be located at the intersection of Burrard and Nelson streets, the development will include 56 storeys with 300 condominium units and a seven-story tower with 61 social housing units.
A rapid expansion of the Elephant Hill wildfire in B.C.'s Interior has forced the evacuation of the village of Clinton and the surrounding region.
A series of evacuation orders came in rapid succession on Saturday, and comes days after a separate evacuation order was issued to several properties northeast of Clinton, B.C. due to a rapidly moving wildfire in the area.
Some people displaced by wildfires aren't just worried about their homes; entrepreneurs are worried about the fate of the businesses they've left behind.
The B.C. Economic Development Association is hoping to help those businesspeople with a toll-free hotline to give them advice and direction on how to get back on their feet.
