First Nations evade evacuation orders, fight fires as weather conditions improve
The chief of the Tl’etinqox First Nation said RCMP officers told them to leave or risk having their children taken away. Instead they erected a fire boundary and prepared to fight.
B.C. wildfires threaten as many as 20,000 cattle, association says
Ranchers fleeing wildfires in British Columbia's Interior are leaving behind an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 cattle, hoping the animals' instincts will keep them safe.
Effort to remove infant's gender from health card advances equality, experts say
A parent's request to exclude their child's sex on government-issued identification is pushing past the boundaries of gender stereotyping, experts say.
Indigenous families need reassurance as inquiry director resigns, group says
An Aboriginal group is calling on organizers of the National Inquiry into MMIWG to be more transparent about how the process move forward with the resignation of its executive director.
B.C.'s new NDP premier wasn't always on the path to becoming a political leader
John Horgan's fight for society's underdogs started early in life.
B.C. woman regains Canadian citizenship stripped by arcane law
Byrdie Funk marked Canada Day by taking a citizenship oath, but unlike the 150 people around her who also raised their right arm to do the same, she is hardly a newcomer.
Canadian English accent surprisingly uniform coast to coast: Researchers
Derek Denis, a post-doctoral researcher of linguistics at the University of Victoria, said more than just the stereotypical "eh?" unites Canadians.
BC Liberals won't 'prop up' NDP government with a Speaker: De Jong
British Columbia Liberal House Leader Mike de Jong says it is not his party's responsibility to provide a Speaker in order to "prop up" an arrangement between the NDP and Greens.
Fifth body recovered in B.C. hiking disaster
Several hikers crossing an unstable ledge of snow in the mountains north of Vancouver fell 500 metres to their deaths, a search manager said on Sunday, April 9, 2017.
Totem pole raised at UBC honours First Nations victimized by residential schools
A 17-metre totem pole installed at the University of British Columbia is a permanent reminder of the strength and resilience of the countless children victimized by the residential school system.