Category Archives: British Columbia
Canadian forest sector faces another blow with new U.S. tariff onslaught
The Trump administration's latest tariff onslaught won't just hurt Canadian forestry workers during already tough times, but will also undermine U.S. efforts to make housing more affordable, says the ...
19h ago
Vancouver Island man charged after truck crashes into vehicles, killing man on road
FANNY BAY - A Vancouver Island man has been criminally charged in a fatal crash last year that killed another man who had been standing on the side of the road. The BC Highway Patrol says in a stateme...
20h ago
Update: BC AMBER Alert issued for missing 4-year-old boy in West Kelowna cancelled
WEST KELOWNA - Update: Mounties have cancelled the Amber Alert. Police say that the boy has been located safe in Vernon, although they didn't give his condition.Earlier: A BC AMBER Alert has been acti...
21h ago (Image Credit: RCMP)
Man dies after police shooting at shopping centre in North Vancouver
NORTH VANCOUVER - British Columbia's police watchdog says officers in Metro Vancouver shot and killed a man after he tried to get into a police vehicle and there was a confrontation. The Independent I...
21h ago
BC Wildfire Service braces for heat peak, warns of potential new starts
VANCOUVER - An incident commander for a complex of fires burning near Kimberley, B.C., says more resources are on the way to help firefighters battle the fires as heat peaks this week. Hugh Murdoch sa...
Jul 22, 2026
With flames in backyard, Boston Bar resident tells of B.C. town surrounded by fire
Attila Banhegyi said a tree was burning in the backyard of his home in Boston Bar, B.C., a community now surrounded by fire. Banhegyi, who runs a campground and also has a mail-order cosmetics busines...
Jul 22, 2026
B.C. review board finds suspected police killer unfit for trial
A man accused of first-degree murder in the 2022 killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park has been found unfit for trial by the British Columbia Review Board and has been ordered h...
Jul 21, 2026
Two found by rescuers on B.C. lakeshore in Sea to Sky region after plane 'submerged'
SQUAMISH - Search and rescuers in Victoria, B.C., say two people were found on the shore of Seagram Lake in the Squamish River Valley early Tuesday after their plane went down. Capt. Pedram Mohyeddin,...
Jul 21, 2026
BC Hydro to triple EV-charging network to 3,500 ports by 2035
British Columbia's Crown power utility is planning to add more than 2,500 public charging ports for electric vehicles, tripling the size of its network by 2035. The province's Transport Ministry says ...
Jul 21, 2026
Man wanted for Quebec murder is arrested in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY - British Columbia's organized crime agency says collaboration between police forces across Canada has led to the arrest of a man who is wanted in Quebec for murder. The Combined Forces Specia...
Jul 21, 2026