Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. Indigenous relations face 'fraught context' but treaty commissioner undeterred
VICTORIA - Relations between the British Columbia government and First Nations plunged this year as Premier David Eby grappled with how or whether to amend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous ...
May 27, 2026
Attorney General Sharma says B.C. supports company's request to reopen Cowichan case
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general says it is rare to reopen a court case as significant as the landmark Cowichan Tribes title decision, but the government supports an effort to do so by t...
May 26, 2026
Comox Valley lifts emergency water restrictions after sewer leak repairs
COMOX - Residents in B.C.'s Comox Valley can resume normal use of toilets, dishwashers and washing machines after the regional district announced Tuesday that repairs to a major sewer leak were comple...
May 26, 2026
Reported Germany-Canada LNG deal would bolster investment case for Ksi Lisims: Eby
A deal to supply Canadian liquefied natural gas to Germany would be a key step toward the partners behind the Ksi Lisims project deciding to go ahead with their $10-billion West Coast plant and export...
May 26, 2026
Ex-husband emerged shoeless from woods to confess he killed Tatjana Stefanski: Crown
KAMLOOPS - A Crown lawyer says police were with an abandoned car as it was being towed from a British Columbia forest road when murder suspect Vitali Stefanski emerged shoeless from the woods and told...
May 26, 2026
Errors that forced reinstatement of Victoria school board 'inadvertent': minister
One of the nine Victoria school board trustees fired by the B.C. government last year says she feels "vindicated" after a court case challenging the dismissal came to an unexpected end on Monday. Brit...
May 26, 2026
B.C. law coming to mandate dashboard cameras for commercial vehicles
VICTORIA - A private-members bill to mandate dash cameras on all commercial vehicles travelling B.C. highways has passed unanimously through the legislature. B.C. Conservative member Ward Stamer says ...
May 26, 2026
Man injured in police-involved shooting near home in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after a man was shot during an interaction with officers in Surrey, B.C. Police say the shooting happened at around 7:30 p.m. Monday near a...
May 26, 2026
Jogger hurt in bear attack after running into cubs and sow in Squamish, B.C.
SQUAMISH - A man has been injured in a black bear attack in Squamish, B.C., about 60 kilometres north of Vancouver. British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says in a Facebook post that the att...
May 26, 2026
Homicide unit investigating after woman found dead in Mission, B.C.
MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Homicide investigators have been called to Mission, B.C., after a woman was found dead in a residence. Mounties say officers were notified by the B.C. Ambulance Service aro...
May 25, 2026