Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. man gets 13-year sentence for drug offences, trying to bribe prison guard
CHILLIWACK - A man from Chilliwack, B.C., has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison on drug and weapons charges after being on the run from police for almost three months. RCMP say William Mi...
Oct 02, 2025
NDP House Leader Farnworth says government plans passing 18 bills during fall session
VICTORIA - British Columbia house leader Mike Farnworth said the NDP government plans to pass 18 bills in the fall session of the legislature by the time it ends in late November. Farnworth said the g...
Oct 02, 2025
B.C. public service workers' union expands pickets at another two dozen sites
BURNABY - Striking British Columbia public service workers have followed through on a pledge to escalate their job action as they push for a new contract, with their union saying pickets are up at ano...
Oct 02, 2025
RCMP to scale back presence at Nanaimo, B.C., schools targeted by unspecified threat
NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say they will be scaling back their presence at two schools targeted by an unspecified threat earlier this week. RCMP say in a statement that members of the departme...
Oct 02, 2025
Enbridge CEO urges tanker ban end, says no company will build 'pipeline to nowhere'
CALGARY - The top executive of Canada's biggest crude shipper says his company won't consider devoting anything beyond time and expertise to Alberta's plan for a West Coast bitumen pipeline unless Ott...
Oct 02, 2025
Budget watchdog says home affordability is getting better — but not everywhere
OTTAWA - Ottawa's fiscal watchdog is reporting significant progress in closing Canada's housing affordability gap - but the picture looks very different across the country. Interim Parliamentary Budge...
Oct 02, 2025
Ontario man convicted of manslaughter in fatal shooting in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - An Ontario man has been convicted in a shooting in Surrey, B.C., that killed a man and injured a woman in February 2022. Homicide investigators in B.C. say Yusuf Kontos was arrested in Richmo...
Oct 02, 2025
B.C. homeless count shows rising numbers in 12 of 20 communities surveyed
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says more than half of 20 communities surveyed saw an increase in homelessness since the last count in 2023. The Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs sa...
Oct 02, 2025
Bus driver killed in crash involving a fuel truck in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS - A transit driver has been killed in a crash involving their bus and a fuel truck in Kamloops, B.C. RCMP say officers responded to a call on Wednesday about the crash near the 900 block of O...
Oct 02, 2025
Former Vancouver police officer awarded $30,000 after years-long grievance process
A labour arbitrator has awarded a former Vancouver police officer $30,000 in her years-long grievance process over how the Vancouver Police Department handled sexual harassment and discrimination comp...
Oct 02, 2025