Highlights

Criminal defence lawyer: “A terrible indictment of society when the best people can do is jail.”

YELLOWKNIFE — More than 19,000 people left Yellowknife in less than 48 hours as one of the largest firefighting mobilizations in the history of the Northwest Territories continued to protect the city from an encroaching wildfire.

Bassett pulled a gun in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and shot two men.

Brigitte Cleroux faces new charges of fraud over $5,000, impersonation, use of forged documents and assault in connection with a View Royal clinic on Vancouver Island.

The order, which allows the province to restrict travel, comes as roughly 15,000 homes are on evacuation alert across B.C.

What could have a been a devastating fire and an evacuation for the Blaeberry area north of Golden, B.C., was avoided thanks to those on the scene

BC Hydro has proposed to increase its EV charging fees to make up for operating costs; the B.C. Utilities Commission is promising a full and expedited review

City of Delta among the fire departments in B.C. able to send a firetruck to West Kelowna as fire ravages homes

BC Pharmacare will offer new coverage for medications that treat ALS, AHP and LC-FAODs.

A devastating wildfire near Kelowna, B.C., appears to have jumped Okanagan Lake, triggering evacuations of a university and bringing added pressure to already strained firefighters.