British Columbia

Establishing motive central focus in fatal library attack in North Vancouver: police

VANCOUVER - Police are working to determine the motive of a series of stabbings that left a woman dead and six others injured inside and around a public library in North Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday. ...

Aaron Schulze Mar 28, 2021

B.C. mining laws raise questions as province looks to implement UN declaration

VANCOUVER - The relationships between Indigenous nations and British Columbia's mining sector are set to change as the province works to match its laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Right...

Mar 28, 2021

Six protesting old-growth logging arrested as traffic stopped on Vancouver bridge

VANCOUVER - Six people have been arrested for refusing to end a blockade of Vancouver's Cambie Bridge. Vancouver police say in a statement that about 150 people marched to the bridge and stopped traff...

Mar 27, 2021

RCMP say multiple stabbings at North Vancouver library, six taken to hospital

VANCOUVER - The RCMP say multiple victims were stabbed inside and outside a library today in North Vancouver, B.C. Police say in a statement on Twitter that a suspect is in custody and there's no ongo...

Mar 27, 2021

B.C. reports 908 new COVID-19 cases, third-highest daily total yet

VICTORIA - British Columbia reported 908 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the third-highest daily total in the province since the start of the pandemic. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Hea...

Mar 26, 2021

B.C. is first in Canada to set emissions targets for industries, communities

VICTORIA - British Columbia has set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for most sectors in the provincial economy, including the oil and gas industry. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Ch...

Mar 26, 2021

No violation of Meng's charter rights in collection of device serial numbers: Crown

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says RCMP did not need a search warrant to obtain the electronic devices of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou or collect their serial numbers. John Gibb-...

Mar 26, 2021

Coal company Teck fined $60M for contaminating B.C. rivers

FERNIE, B.C. - Canadian mining company Teck Coal has been assessed $60 million in fines for contaminating waterways in southern British Columbia."It's the largest-ever penalty assessed under the Fishe...

Mar 26, 2021

B.C. labour minister concerned over recent workplace deaths

VICTORIA - British Columbia's labour minister says he has contacted the head of the province's workplace safety agency after six workers died on the job in the past four weeks. Harry Bains says he's r...

Mar 26, 2021

Romania OKs holding Easter celebrations despite virus surge

BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanian authorities announced Thursday that Easter celebrations in the deeply Christian country will go ahead in person this year, even though Romania is battling a surge of COVI...

Mar 25, 2021