Category Archives: British Columbia

Talks to resume between B.C. government and its public service union
VICTORIA - Negotiations will resume Monday between the union representing British Columbia's public service workers and the province, but picket lines in front of government offices and liquor stores ...
Sep 26, 2025

Police confirm pilot's death after plane crash in Lillooet, B.C.
LILLOOET - Police in Lillooet, B.C., have confirmed that a pilot has died when a small plane crashed near the community's airport. RCMP say they were notified that a bush plane had crashed just after ...
Sep 26, 2025

High streamflow advisory in place for B.C.'s south coast
VICTORIA - A high streamflow advisory has been issued for much of the B.C. coast, with heavy rain expected throughout the weekend. The advisory is in place for the Lower Mainland, Sunshine Coast, Vanc...
Sep 26, 2025

Port of Vancouver says record volumes of cargo moved during first half of 2025
VANCOUVER - Record volumes moved through Canada's biggest port during the first half of this year as cross-border trade strife pushed businesses to seek customers outside of the United States, the Van...
Sep 26, 2025

Crew unravels humpback whale from rope and fishing gear off B.C.'s coast
Fader the humpback has been coming back to British Columbia's waters for the last two decades, but this time the whale was spotted with something extra - more than 130 metres of rope and fishing gear....
Sep 26, 2025

More than 300 addresses ordered evacuated as wildfire burns near Peachland, B.C.
PEACHLAND - An evacuation order has been issued for a few hundred addresses in the Okanagan Valley due to an out-of-control wildfire. The order covers 325 addresses in the Peachland, B.C., area, near ...
Sep 25, 2025

TSB to send investigators to site of plane accident in Lillooet, B.C.
RICHMOND - The Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a crash involving a small plane in Lillooet, B.C. The board says in a statement that they were notified on Wednesday at around 6 p.m. ...
Sep 25, 2025

Photo Gallery: Ostrich farm granted stay on cull
The mother and daughter at the centre of a movement to save their flock of 400 ostriches from a cull order had just finished a sombre and tearful prayer alongside supporters at their farm in British C...
Sep 25, 2025

Conservative Rustad says private property rights, Indigenous title cannot coexist
VICTORIA - Conservative Party of B.C. Leader John Rustad says "Indigenous rights and private property rights cannot coexist" and called on the Supreme Court of Canada to resolve the conflict as soon a...
Sep 25, 2025

B.C. fugitive, gangland killer arrested in Qatar: police
SURREY - A gangland killer who escaped from a British Columbia jail in 2022 has been captured in Qatar. Police say Rabih Alkhalil is in custody, three years after he escaped from the North Fraser Pret...
Sep 25, 2025