Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. says violent repeat offender scheme cuts police interactions by 50 per cent
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says its program targeting repeat, violent offenders has resulted in 50-per-cent fewer police interactions involving such offenders in the 18 months since it...
Dec 17, 2025
Ex-grocery executive, Jones, says customer is boss as he eyes B.C. Conservative job
VICTORIA - Former grocery executive Darrell Jones said he plans to apply lessons learned from B.C. billionaire Jimmy Pattison to the political world as he considers running for the leadership of the p...
Dec 17, 2025
B.C. mink farmers drop legal challenge of ban, citing costs after four-year fight
VANCOUVER - Mink farmers in British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada are dropping their legal challenge over a pandemic-era ban in the province due to legal fees they say are "far beyond their means."...
Dec 17, 2025
'Awful cleanup' ahead for poultry farmers in Abbotsford from flooding, says Eby
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby got a first-hand look at the "devastating" flooding in the Fraser Valley from a series of storms that swamped homes and farms and forced hundreds off the...
Dec 17, 2025
Two new cases of chronic wasting disease confirmed in deer in B.C.'s Kootenay
VICTORIA - Two new cases of chronic wasting disease have been detected in deer in British Columbia's Kootenay region, bringing the total cases discovered in the province to eight. A statement from the...
Dec 16, 2025
Police seek suspect in two attempted abductions in Mission, B.C., within 24 hours
CHILLIWACK - Police in the Fraser Valley in British Columbia are warning the public to be on the lookout after two alleged abduction attempts within 24 hours. Mission RCMP say the first case happened ...
Dec 16, 2025
Additional charge laid against man connected to fatal Vancouver triple stabbing
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say the Crown has approved a third count of second-degree murder against a man linked to the deaths of three women last year. Police say Viet Quy John Ly was arrested o...
Dec 16, 2025
Man wanted by Calgary police on more than thirty charges arrested in B.C.
SURREY - A 39-year-old man wanted by Calgary police on more than thirty charges has been arrested in Surrey, B.C. The Surrey Police Service says officers from the Calgary Police Department reached out...
Dec 16, 2025
Senior B.C. Mountie facing assault charges to plead not guilty: Lawyer
ABBOTSFORD - The lawyer for a senior British Columbia RCMP officer says his client intends to plead not guilty to assault charges laid after an alleged off-duty altercation in Abbotsford in July. RCMP...
Dec 16, 2025
Major conservation of B.C. forestry land totalling 45,000 hectares announced
VANCOUVER - An environmental charity says it has reached an agreement with the federal and British Columbia governments as well as other private and public sector partners to conserve 45,000 hectares ...
Dec 16, 2025