The Government of British Columbia, Government of Canada and Shell Canada are each committing funding toward the new B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy and collaborating to decarbonize the economy and scale up clean energy. "Climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, and we are already seeing its devastating effects. Shifting from our reliance on fossil fuels to low-carbon energy requires an all-hands-on-deck approach," said Premier John Horgan. "That's why we are working together with industry and government partners to create a centre for innovation and clean energy that

The B-C Wildfire Service says it is being forced to focus on wildfires that threaten lives and safety due to a lack of resources. Spokesman Kurtis Isfeld says issues like hot weather are affecting firefighting partners in other provinces, which means there are fewer resources to share as the forecast shows little to no reprieve. Emergency Management B-C says there are more than 300 wildfires burning across the province, and two-thousand 800 people have been forced to escape their properties. Sarah Hall of the fire service says about 51 evacuation alerts affecting 10-thousand properties around

A provincial government agency say four coyotes have been euthanized in Vancouver's Stanley Park following an attack on a toddler earlier this week. A statement from British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says the coyotes were killed Wednesday and early Thursday. The statement says one of the animals was found close to the site where the child was bitten on the head and neck at around dusk on Monday. The Vancouver Park Board says in a social media post that the northeast corner of the urban park has been closed while conservation officers search for more animals. Conservation officers

Danger from BC wildfires has picked up, prompting several evacuation orders and alerts yesterday and early this morning. More than 300 wildfires are currently burning in the province, with many of the most threatening located in the Cariboo and Kamloops fire centres. Evacuation orders were issued for more than 1,400 properties in those regions yesterday and several dozen more were added this morning as a new fire in the Okanagan west of Peachland has scorched more than two-and-a-half square kilometres of bush in less than 12 hours. Elsewhere, the villages of 100 Mile House, Cache Creek, Ashcr

One of the experts who used a specialized radar to search the grounds of a former Indigenous residential school for signs of human graves says only a fraction of the area has been checked. Sarah Beaulieu says just under one hectare of land has been surveyed and a further 65 hectares must still be checked at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School where as many as 215 unmarked graves have already been detected. Beaulieu says the work began in the former school's apple orchard because that is where a child's rib bone and tooth were found. Former students reported they were woken at night

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to keeping Canada safe from the threats posed by weapons and undeclared food and animal products. Today, the CBSA announced that border services officers seized eight undeclared firearms as well as numerous food, plant and animal products in the West Coast & Yukon District. On May 25, 2021, two United States residents who were seeking entry to transit through Canada were referred for secondary examination. Border services officers conducted a search and seized firearms and firearm parts and detained food, plant and animal products outli

Hundreds of people in parts of B-C are being told to pack a to-go bag and their most precious belongings in case they must leave dueto wildfires.Residents in about one thousand properties south of 100 Mile House and 482 properties around Canim Lake have been placed onevacuation alert. The entire community of Cache Creek has also been put on notice that residents may have to leave. More than 300 wildfires are burning in the province and over two dozen of those are considered either highly visible or a threat topublic safety.

B.C. is reporting 41 new cases of COVID-19, including four epi-linked cases, for a total of 148,228 cases in the province.There are 639 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 145,817 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 65 individuals are currently in hospital and 11 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation. In the past 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,760. Province has administered 5,872,611 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. As of Wednesday, Jul

The Province is strengthening B.C.'s ambulance system to ensure it is faster and more responsive to British Columbians, a better place to work for paramedics and dispatchers, and able to rapidly meet changing demands and needs through focused and direct leadership."When we call for help, we need to know help is on the way, and that it will arrive quickly," said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health. "Immediate action on operations, as well as stronger leadership and increased investment at BC Emergency Health Services, will deliver a more effective ambulance service for patients and families who depe