Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. community holds vigil to mourn deaths, losses in deadly Hong Kong fire
VANCOUVER - Family members of more than 150 people who died when seven highrises burned in Hong Kong last week "deserve the truth," said Phoebe Wong, who attended a memorial in Vancouver late Sunday f...
Dec 01, 2025
Woman charged in alleged breach of Surrey, B.C., hospital's neonatal care unit
SURREY - A 35-year-old woman has been arrested and charged in connection to a breach in the Surrey, B.C., hospital neonatal intensive care unit in October. The Surrey Police Service said Monday that L...
Dec 01, 2025
Police increase presence after threat made against three Nanaimo, B.C., schools
NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo, B.C., are stepping up their presence at three local high schools after receiving what what's described as an "unspecified threat." RCMP say in a news release that there wi...
Dec 01, 2025
Snowfall, freezing rain warnings issued for B.C.'s central Interior
WILLIAMS LAKE - Parts of the British Columbia Interior are in for a blast of wintry weather with freezing rain and snow of up to 15 centimetres. Environment Canada has issued the advisories covering p...
Dec 01, 2025
Charity celebrates milestone as Vancouver Island marmots rebound to 427 in wild
VANCOUVER - A foundation trying to save a critically endangered species is celebrating a marmot milestone. The Marmot Recovery Foundation announced on its social media page that the population of the ...
Nov 30, 2025
Cleanup work is underway, line reopens, after train derailed near Cranbrook, B.C.
CRANBROOK, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Cleanup work is underway after 12 rail cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train derailed about 16 kilometres east of Cranbrook, B.C. CPKC said Saturday that the derai...
Nov 30, 2025
'Fool's errand': Why the Exxon Valdez looms large over northern pipeline debate
VICTORIA - The Exxon Valdez disaster happened more than 36 years ago off Alaska's coast, but the catastrophic oil spill still looms over plans for a pipeline from Alberta to the northern British Colum...
Nov 30, 2025 In this April 9, 1989 file photo, crude oil from the tanker Exxon Valdez, top, swirls on the surface of Alaska's Prince William Sound near Naked Island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, John Gaps III
Investigators deployed to scene following a train derailment near Cranbrook, B.C.
CRANBROOK - An investigation is underway after multiple cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train derailed about 16 kilometres east of Cranbrook, B.C. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says...
Nov 29, 2025
Man dead following late-night shooting in Surrey, police say
SURREY - Surrey police say a man is dead after a late-night shooting in the city. Police say officers responded to calls of a shooting before midnight on Friday, and when they arrived, officers found ...
Nov 29, 2025
Canadian watched childhood home burn as Hong Kong blaze killed more than 100 people
Toronto resident Paul Chow was devastated when the apartment where he grew up made international news after a raging inferno tore through seven highrise towers in Hong Kong, leaving more than 100 dead...
Nov 29, 2025