British Columbia

RCMP lacked dedicated team to investigate illegal activities at casino, inquiry hears

VANCOUVER - The inquiry into money laundering in B.C. has heard the RCMP didn't have the resources to investigate illegal activities at the province's largest casino, while the B.C. Lottery Corp. didn...

Oct 28, 2020

Guide hopes to help Indigenous communities across Canada engage in new IA process

PRINCE GEORGE-Educating and empowering First Nations communities across the country, that is what the Caucus of the First Nations Major Projects Coalitions (FNMPC) aims at doing with the release of a ...

Oct 28, 2020

Security hired to watch B.C. parents angered by COVID rules at youth soccer games

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A youth soccer club in Chilliwack, B.C., has hired a security firm to patrol the sidelines during games because of what the club describes as "borderline violent" confrontations ove...

Oct 28, 2020

Gearbox issue prevents BC Ferry from docking Tuesday, stranding passengers for hours

TSAWWASSEN, B.C. - Nearly 200 BC Ferries passengers finally disembarked from a broken-down ferry Tuesday night after being stuck aboard for hours. A problem with a gearbox on the Queen of Alberni prev...

Oct 28, 2020

Gatherings in Lower Mainland main driver for spike in COVID-19 cases

SURREY-Health officials in B.C.'s Fraser Valley are urging people not to hold private parties this Halloween weekend in order to help curb the spread of COVID-19.Dr. Elizabeth Brodkin, chief medical h...

Oct 28, 2020

Officer didn't alert feds that CBSA would examine Meng before arrest, court hears

VANCOUVER - The RCMP officer who arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport says he didn't know how long questioning by Canada Border Services Agency officials would delay her arres...

Oct 27, 2020

Judge rejects youths' lawsuit that asks Canada to develop climate recovery plan

VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has rejected claims by 15 young people asking that Ottawa be compelled to develop a climate recovery plan based on science, but their lawyers say the ruling will be a...

Oct 27, 2020

No new COVID-19 cases in Northern Health

VICTORIA-217 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., including two epi-linked cases.For a total of 13,588 since the start of the pandemic.Cases by Health Region:Vancouver Coastal Health: 4,476Fraser Health: 7,...

Oct 27, 2020

'Wearing masks is an important tool...to help keep us safe,' says B.C. Doctors

VANCOUVER-BC Doctors are applauding B.C.'s Provincial Health Officer on stating that wearing masks when out in public spaces is an expectation.Dr. Bonnie Henry made the statement in yesterday's Oct.27...

Oct 27, 2020

Medium is the message in Nanaimo, B.C., but RCMP not impressed

NANAIMO, B.C. - A Vancouver Island man is facing charges after choosing a poor time and place to let his creative impulses flow. Nanaimo RCMP say an officer was called to a doughnut shop on Sunday whe...

Oct 27, 2020