The Canadian Armed Forces has been called in to help with recovery efforts in flood-stricken B.C., with the provincial government declaring a state of emergency.
British Columbia declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, following unprecedented flooding that has displaced residents, severed access to multiple highways and killed thousands of livestock while many more animals are in danger of dying.
British Columbia Premier John Horgan says a biopsy has shown a growth in his throat was cancerous, but his prognosis is good and he expects to make a full recovery.
An independent assessment of British Columbia’s oil and gas royalty system confirms what many have been saying for years: It’s a "broken" program that is "not compatible with environmental goals."
The plight of the residents of the British Columbia village of Lytton that was all but destroyed in a wildfire this summer gained political focus on Thursday, October 7, 2021, in the provincial legislature.
The British Columbia government's inadequate support during an extreme heat wave this summer "compounded risks" for people with disabilities and those who are older, says an independent international human rights group.
Titled “An Urgent Call to the BC Government to Confront the Climate Emergency,” the letter’s signatories include the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Stand.earth, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, and other faith, labour, youth, senior and community groups.
Canada's premiers are demanding a meeting with the newly re-elected prime minister to ask for more money — no strings attached — to pump into their health-care systems.
Some doctors and nurses are frustrated with large groups of anti-vaccination protesters outside hospitals in cities across the country and say limited health-care resources are being used to save the lives of those who decided not to protect themselves against COVID-19.
B.C. Premier John Horgan expressed his gratitude to health-care workers on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, after protests outside some hospitals in the province.
British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he will lobby Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to deploy Canada's military to help clear fire danger zones to prevent future wildfires.