May 2026

The Vancouver Canucks will pick third in the 2026 NHL draft. The Canucks, who finished last overall in the 2025-26 NHL standings, had an 18.5 per cent chance (the best of all non-playoff teams) of getting the top choice heading into Tuesday’s draft lottery. The Toronto Maple Leafs will have the No. 1 pick after […]

Unseasonably hot weather in early May has pushed British Columbians’ electricity demands to about 7,600 megawatts. BC Hydro, in a news release Tuesday (May 5), says that’s the highest level ever seen in May, especially this early in the month. Electricity demand is expected to stay above average until temperatures cool on Wednesday. Peak hourly

This is just a test. That’ll be the message to British Columbians on Wednesday, May 6 at 1:55 p.m. (Pacific time) as part of a test of the B.C. Emergency Alert system for Emergency Preparedness Week. The test alert will be sent to all compatible cellphones and will also interrupt radio and TV broadcasts. The

Nineteen daily temperature high records were broken across B.C. on Monday, including three records over 100 years each. Environment Canada says a strong ridge of high pressure continued to bring elevated temperatures across different regions of the province, breaking records for another day. The daily maximum temperature records for Monday (May 4) include: • Bella

A B.C. woman has pleaded guilty to one count of assault and will serve only one extra day in jail for having “unauthorized physical contact wiith infants” in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Surrey Memorial Hospital last fall. Lindsey Hirtreiter pleaded guilty in Surrey provincial court on May 4 in connection with an