Category Archives: British Columbia
Two men charged in 2022 Maple Ridge, B.C., homicide, believed to be targeted shooting
MAPLE RIDGE - Two men have been arrested and charged in relation to a 2022 homicide in Maple Ridge, B.C., where a 33-year-old man was killed in what's believed to be a targeted attack. Homicide invest...
Apr 13, 2026
B.C. health officer Bonnie Henry is disappointed by reversal of decriminalization
VICTORIA - Politicians and health experts are looking back at the successes and mistakes made during in the decade of a public health emergency into the toxic drug crisis in British Columbia. Provinci...
Apr 13, 2026
B.C. challenge to Catholic hospital's 'traumatic' denial of MAID enters closing phase
VANCOUVER - Allowing publicly funded faith-based health-care providers to impose religious beliefs on patients, including those seeking medical assistance in dying, is a breach of the British Columbia...
Apr 13, 2026
Tears and pride as Lapu Lapu survivors gather at community dinner before anniversary
VANCOUVER - After Lapu Lapu attack survivor AJ Sico sang the national anthem from his wheelchair in a Vancouver banquet hall, he was met with a standing ovation - a fitting tribute, his family says, t...
Apr 13, 2026
Early morning shots fired at Surrey, B.C., home; motive unknown, police say
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating after the latest case of attackers firing shots at a home during the early morning hours. Investigators say the shots were fired on Monday at around ...
Apr 13, 2026
Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes is back as interim CEO, replacing Irina Novoselsky
The CEO of Hootsuite has stepped down after spending the last several months defending a contract between the company and a controversial U.S. government department, making way for the firm's founder ...
Apr 13, 2026
Pause of Indigenous rights act won't be confidence vote, B.C. election prospect fades
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said he may extend the current legislative session to find support among individual First Nations over his plans to suspend parts of the Declaration on th...
Apr 13, 2026
B.C. First Nation asks UN body to count cultural losses in spill compensation formula
VICTORIA - An international group that sets the compensation formula for maritime oil spills doesn't factor in the devastating cultural losses to First Nations, says an Indigenous leader whose Coastal...
Apr 13, 2026
Number of candidates running for leader of B.C. Conservatives has shrunk to five
The number of candidates running to replace John Rustad as leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. has shrunk to five. Contractor Warren Hamm of Rossland, B.C., says he has dropped out of the race an...
Apr 12, 2026
Police in B.C. after investigating fatal collision between motorcyclist, semitruck
VICTORIA - Police in Delta, B.C., say a 31-year-old man is dead after his motorcycle collided with a semi-truck on a major bridge in Metro Vancouver. A statement from Delta Police says the motorcyclis...
Apr 12, 2026