Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. abandons EV rebates to the Feds as it scraps sales mandate of 100% by 2035
VICTORIA - British Columbia has abandoned a rebate program for electric vehicles that it paused six months ago and is scrapping a mandate that every new vehicle sold in the province must be zero-emiss...
Nov 18, 2025
B.C. officer cleared in crash that involved chase of murder suspects
SURREY - British Columbia's independent police watchdog has cleared an RCMP officer in a vehicle chase of homicide suspects that ended in a crash that injured two people. The Independent Investigation...
Nov 18, 2025
B.C. police complaint commissioner's office gearing up for systemic investigations
British Columbia's police complaint commissioner says his office is gearing up to conduct systemic investigations in an expanded mandate that would go beyond individual cases of police misconduct in h...
Nov 18, 2025
'Crisis driven' complaints mounting in B.C., ombudsperson says
A British Columbia woman who escaped an abusive relationship was concerned about the safety of her pets and belongings she left behind so applied to the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Redu...
Nov 18, 2025
Man killed in downtown stabbing that is Vancouver's 25th homicide this year
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say a man has been stabbed to death in the city's 25th homicide of the year. Police say the attack happened Monday at about 3:15 p.m. around Granville and Helmcken streets...
Nov 18, 2025
'Valid' questions for CFIA but few simple answers in wake of B.C. ostrich cull
Infectious disease veterinarian Scott Weese says the hundreds of ostriches shot dead on a rainy night at a British Columbia farm this month "probably weren't infected" with avian influenza at the time...
Nov 18, 2025
Shots fired in Abbotsford, B.C.; police link attack to extortion case
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., are investigating after shots were fired overnight in what investigators are calling the latest case of extortion-related violence in the city. Abbotsford poli...
Nov 18, 2025
A list of some of the resolutions at British Columbia's NDP convention
VICTORIA - Delegates at the British Columbia NDP convention met over the weekend in Victoria to debate some of the hundreds of resolutions put before them. Premier David Eby has said some resolutions ...
Nov 17, 2025
Eby calls on Ottawa to be "relentless and remorseless" in pursuing economic growth
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby promises to fire up the provincial economy with a vision that would secure $200 billion in additional investments by 2035. Eby said the so-called Look Wes...
Nov 17, 2025
Murder suspect says assault sentence 'doesn't matter' next to how he tortures himself
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia man accused of killing Bailey McCourt says it "doesn't matter" how long he is sentenced to serve in a separate case where he is accused of assault by strangling and ut...
Nov 17, 2025