Category Archives: British Columbia

Class-action lawsuit filed in B.C. over 2009 Interior Health data breach
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Interior Health Authority has been hit with a class-action lawsuit over a data breach in 2009 that allegedly compromised thousands of employees' personal information tha...
May 23, 2025

'Soup Nazi' actor dips ladle for victims of Vancouver festival attack
VANCOUVER - "Soup Nazi" actor Larry Thomas will be picking up his ladle in a British Columbia restaurant to raise money for victims of last month's attack on Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival. Thomas...
May 23, 2025

New Royal Roads University campus named in honour of John Horgan
LANGFORD - The new campus of Royal Roads University is being named after the late John Horgan, honouring the former B.C. premier in the Vancouver Island community of Langford where he lived. Premier D...
May 23, 2025

Fierce-looking B.C. fossil confirmed as new genus, days after death of discoverer
Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would live on. Now it has been confirmed that the ferocious-looking marine reptile he...
May 23, 2025

Innovative horse simulator helps riders with disabilities get in the saddle
VICTORIA - "Do you want to go faster?" Jayne Imeson already knew the answer she was going to get from her six-year-old son, Casey, sitting astride his new steed in a park in Central Saanich, B.C. He n...
May 23, 2025

22-year-old woman dies in slack-line fall north of Vancouver
SQUAMISH - A 22-year-old woman is dead after a fatal slack-line incident at a recreation area north of Vancouver. Squamish RCMP say they received a report on Friday afternoon of a female falling from ...
May 22, 2025

Steve Rai appointed Vancouver's new police chief after filling job in interim role
VANCOUVER - Vancouver has a new police chief, with the appointment of Steve Rai to the role he has already been filling on an interim basis. Mayor Ken Sim says Rai brings more than three decades of ex...
May 22, 2025

B.C. First Nations fear protests and conflict over fast-track legislation
First Nations leaders in British Columbia say proposed legislation to fast-track resource projects will likely lead to protests and litigation should the provincial government push the law through. Ro...
May 22, 2025

Vancouver police say Downtown Eastside crime dropping after adoption of task force
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver have released new data they say depicts the success of a task force launched three months ago to curb crime in the city's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood. The data corr...
May 22, 2025

Vancouver consolidating festival attack memorials, but advocates say it's too soon
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver has started work to consolidate temporary memorials near the site of the Lapu Lapu Day festival attack, but an advocacy group says it's too soon. Workers at one memor...
May 22, 2025