Category Archives: British Columbia

Man convicted of manslaughter in 2023 stabbing of teen on Surrey, B.C., bus
Homicide investigators say a man has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2023 stabbing death of a 17-year-old boy on a bus in Surrey, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a sta...
Mar 20, 2025

Fire chief says blaze in Burnaby, B.C., highrise injures 15, three seriously
BURNABY, B.C. - A fire in a highrise in the Metro Vancouver suburb of Burnaby has sent 15 to hospital, three of them with serious injuries. Fire Chief Ian Hetherington says about four dozen firefighte...
Mar 20, 2025

B.C. Wildfire Service sees record number of applications for 2025 season: province
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Wildfire Service has recorded its highest-ever number of applicants ahead of the 2025 season while expanding First Nations recruitment. A statement from the Forests Min...
Mar 20, 2025

One of 126 urban deer tests positive for wasting disease in B.C.
VICTORIA - One of 126 urban deer culled in southeastern British Columbia to determine if they were sick has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The government culled the animals in Cranbrook ...
Mar 20, 2025

Trade war windfall for B.C. food bank — hundreds of kilograms of unsold U.S. produce
The trend toward buying Canadian has created a silver lining for a food bank in Nanaimo, B.C., which has been flooded with hundreds of kilograms of American produce. Peter Sinclair, executive director...
Mar 20, 2025

B.C. Greens want answers about New Democrats' emergency powers legislation
British Columbia's Green Party says the NDP government needs to "explain why" its proposal for broad-reaching emergency cabinet powers is needed before its two members support the legislation. Interim...
Mar 20, 2025

Feds give millions to B.C.'s STEMCELL Technologies and HTEC for facility construction
VANCOUVER - The federal government says it's pumping nearly $100 million into two B.C. firms to support the construction of a hydrogen fuel facility and two "cutting-edge biomanufacturing facilities" ...
Mar 19, 2025

Body of missing Langley, B.C., senior found months after she went missing: RCMP
LANGLEY, B.C. - Mounties in Langley, B.C., say the body of an 82-year-old woman has been found several months after she went missing. Jane Whitehouse was reported missing on Oct. 25 last year. Police ...
Mar 19, 2025

RCMP in Northwest Territories charge B.C. man in fatal shooting
YELLOWKNIFE - RCMP say charges have been laid in a shooting that killed one person and injured two others in the Northwest Territories. Officers responded to a home early Saturday morning in the hamle...
Mar 19, 2025

Advocates and family of man shot by RCMP launch 'people's tribunal' to probe police
VANCOUVER - Laura Holland says she's "tired of waiting" for justice for her smart and affectionate son, who was killed by police in Campbell River, B.C., in July 2021. The B.C. Prosecution Service say...
Mar 19, 2025