Category Archives: British Columbia
Man suspected of impaired driving held when vehicle crashes through B.C. restaurant
NANAIMO - A man has been detained by police after the vehicle he was driving crashed through the front of a restaurant on Vancouver Island. Mounties say they were called about a report of a vehicle th...
May 19, 2026
Mission, B.C., man injured after confronting bear on his back porch
MISSION, B.C. - British Columbia's Environment Ministry says conservation officers are investigating after a man was swatted by a bear on the back porch of his home. The ministry says in a statement t...
May 19, 2026
Union 'disappointed' as feds fund outside staff to guard immigration holding centres
OTTAWA - The union representing Canada Border Services Agency workers says it's disappointed by the federal government's decision to provide funding for the agency to hire private sector guards on con...
May 19, 2026
B.C. Premier Eby says Canada won't work if Ottawa favours separatist premiers
VICTORIA - Canada cannot work if "separatist premiers" get all of the attention of the federal government, B.C. Premier David said Tuesday. Eby said that is the message he'll relay to Prime Minister M...
May 19, 2026
Man charged in three B.C. extortion attacks in Surrey, Abbotsford
SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A man arrested in December in Abbotsford, B.C., has been charged with extortion using a firearm after being linked to two other cases in the Metro Vancouver city of ...
May 19, 2026
Ottawa proposes $164M in whale protection funding for waters off B.C. coast
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Ottawa says it has proposed spending about $164 million to protect whales and their habitat off British Columbia, including working with BC Ferries to reduce under...
May 19, 2026
Man charged after vehicle rampage in Vancouver injures scooter rider
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A man has been charged in a vehicle ramming in Vancouver that left the rider of a mobility scooter critically injured and destroyed a police cruiser. Vancouver po...
May 19, 2026
Metro Vancouver transit workers seek strike vote after talks with employer break down
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The union representing transit workers in Metro Vancouver is preparing for a strike vote after talks with the operator of bus services broke down. Unifor Locals 1...
May 19, 2026
Woman presumed drowned after vehicle plunges into river in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS - A woman is presumed drowned in the British Columbia Interior after the vehicle she was driving left the road and went into a river. Mounties say the crash happened Sunday around 6:21 p.m. w...
May 19, 2026
Alberta's timing targets for West Coast pipeline 'best-case scenario': CIBC analysts
CALGARY - The targeted timeline the Alberta government set out for construction to begin on a potential new West Coast oil pipeline is ambitious, with many obstacles yet to clear, analysts at CIBC Wor...
May 19, 2026