The 15th floor of an apartment building in Vancouver's West End neighbourhood has been gutted by a fire that billowed thick black smoke as residents scrambled to safety.
Several fire crews responded to the three-alarm blaze before it was extinguished.
Fire Chief Darrell Reid took to Twitter to thank fire and rescue crews for their "fast knockdown" of the fire through "strong, tactically sound command."
Reid says the fire was contained to the 15th floor and the cause is under investigation.
The youngest elected mayor in British Columbia's history pleaded guilty Monday to sexually assaulting boys in what his lawyer says is an act of remorse that will bring an end to the cycle of abuse.
OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen is defending new measures aimed at cracking down on unscrupulous immigration consultants, rejecting an all-party committee's call that they be brought under government regulation.
Voters in Nanaimo elected Paul Manly of the Greens as their new member of Parliament, barely six months before October's federal vote.
OTTAWA — Monday's byelection win for the Green party in B.C. is a sign that Canadians are "preoccupied" with the issue of climate change going into this fall's federal election, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
British Columbia is heading into the first very warm stretch of spring, but forecasters say the heat wave due to arrive later in the week won't be accompanied by flooding.
A statement from the premier's office says Horgan spoke with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday and brought up his concerns, making it clear that gas hovering around $1.70 a litre is of national importance.