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Clearwater, B.C., launches its own wildland firefighting team amid ongoing drought

The team, called the Fire Department Initial Attack crew (FDIA), will be made up of six members, according to the district's director of corporate services, Alsid Prime, and they will be used depending on risk, availability and whether B.C. Wildfire crews are involved. 

B.C.'s Reece Howden clinches 3rd career ski cross Crystal Globe with back-to-back wins

Canadian ski cross racer Reece Howden won the third Crystal Globe of his career on Sunday with a victory in the final men's World Cup race of the season in Idre Fjäll, Sweden.

B.C. Hydro is cutting power to thousands. Here's how to prepare your phones, fridge and more

The largest outage will be in Prince George, where maintenance on critical equipment will plunge the city into darkness for up to 10 hours Sunday night, with other communities to follow.

Tofino voted to opt into B.C.'s short-term rental rules. Now, it's backing out

Just over a year after the resort municipality of Tofino voted to opt in to provincial rules restricting short-term rentals, council has decided to ask the province if it can back out.  

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