Category Archives: British Columbia

Bridge over Okanagan Lake in B.C. reopens after bomb scare, fire in van
KELOWNA, B.C. - Police have reopened a bridge across Okanagan Lake in the B.C. Interior after an explosives scare that shut it down for about 11 hours. Officers say the incident began early Monday mor...
Jan 27, 2025

Canada stops letting cross-border hikers enter B.C. via Pacific Crest Trail
OTTAWA - The Canadian Border Services Agency says hikers on a trail that crosses into British Columbia from Washington state will no longer be allowed to proceed without first entering Canada through ...
Jan 27, 2025

Feds to contribute $663M for Metro Vancouver transit infrastructure over 10 years
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - The federal government says it's kicking in more than $663 million in funding for Metro Vancouver transit infrastructure over the next decade, beginning next year. Energy and N...
Jan 27, 2025

Five years on, Chinese Canadians recall ridicule and racism over pandemic precautions
VANCOUVER - In early 2020, Lili Wu was already "armed to the teeth" whenever she ventured to public places near her home in Port Coquitlam, B.C. - face mask, sanitizer, protective eyewear and gloves. ...
Jan 27, 2025

B.C.-based climate activist deported to Pakistan after protest charges
A British Columbia-based climate change activist says he's looking forward to seeing his family and eating the food when he returns to his native Pakistan, as he was being deported from Canada on Sund...
Jan 26, 2025

One driver dead at scene of multi-vehicle crash on Metro Vancouver bridge
SURREY, B.C. - The Surrey Police Service says one driver is dead and others have been injured in a multi-vehicle collision on the Patullo Bridge, a key route in Metro Vancouver. Police say the crash a...
Jan 26, 2025

'We failed her': CEO apologizes as B.C. starvation inquest seeks pay boost for carers
The head of a Crown corporation that funded the care of a B.C. woman with Down syndrome who died of starvation said the organization "failed her," after an inquest jury ruled the death a homicide and ...
Jan 25, 2025

B.C. climate activist facing imminent deportation without reprieve from minister
VANCOUVER - A climate activist in British Columbia says he's packing his bags and plans to report to the Vancouver airport later Saturday to face deportation back to Pakistan, believing his removal fr...
Jan 25, 2025

B.C. chief wants Oscar-nominated residential school film to be part of curriculum
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - An Oscar-nominated documentary about deaths, abuse and missing children at a former British Columbia residential school should be shown in schools across Canada, says a First Nat...
Jan 24, 2025

TSB investigators deployed after boat crash and sinking near Squamish, B.C.
SQUAMISH, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it has deployed a team of investigators after a collision and sinking of a workboat near Squamish, B.C., last month. It says the inciden...
Jan 24, 2025