Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. conservation officers capture four more bears in attack investigation
Conservation officers in British Columbia say they've captured four more grizzly bears that are being tested to determine if they were involved in an attack on a school group last month. The provincia...
Dec 03, 2025
Eby says no to harvesting old growth for pulp to extend life of B.C. mill
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is looking for ways to help a pulp mill closing on Vancouver Island, Premier David Eby said Wednesday, but logging the province's old-growth forests for pulp...
Dec 03, 2025
Civil forfeiture lawsuit seeks seizure of three alleged B.C. Hells Angels clubhouses
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Director of Civil Forfeiture wants to seize three clubhouses from the Hells Angels, claiming properties in Surrey, Mission and Pitt Meadows were used by the motorcycle c...
Dec 03, 2025
80% of online pet ads may be fake says B.C. business bureau in holiday-scam warning
VANCOUVER - The Better Business Bureau is warning B.C. residents to be cautious about falling in love with a puppy for sale this holiday season - it may not be real. The bureau says up to 80 per cent ...
Dec 03, 2025
Mayor of Surrey, B.C., rejects 'extraordinarily excessive' police budget
SURREY - The mayor of Surrey, B.C., says she won't support a provisional budget request for the city's police force, calling a $91-million increase in funding "extraordinarily excessive." Brenda Locke...
Dec 03, 2025
BC Hydro takes ranchers to court, says they blocked 'nation-building' hydro line work
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Crown utility is taking a family of ranchers in Vanderhoof, B.C., to court for allegedly blocking access to properties that BC Hydro needs to enter as it prepares for wo...
Dec 03, 2025
NDP legislator Joan Phillip facing unspecified health issue, says party caucus
VICTORIA - The British Columbia NDP caucus says legislator Joan Phillip is dealing with an illness that requires additional testing. New Democrat caucus chair Garry Begg says in a news release that th...
Dec 03, 2025
Some B.C. Conservatives say 'incapacitated' Rustad out as leader. But others disagree
VICTORIA - An attempted coup against John Rustad's leadership of the Conservative Party of B.C. descended into chaos on Wednesday, with the party's legislators unable to agree who was in charge. The p...
Dec 03, 2025
What do snowboards and mountain goats have in common? Indigenous weaver knows
VANCOUVER - Meghann O'Brien used to feel connected to the mountain through her snowboard, but now she finds that link through the wool of a mountain goat used in her weaving for the last 15 years. O'B...
Dec 03, 2025
Vancouver Island mill latest to close in B.C., 350 jobs lost
A pulp mill on Vancouver Island is permanently ending operations, the latest mill to close in the province, affecting around 350 employees. Domtar said in a statement Tuesday that continued poor prici...
Dec 02, 2025