Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. court finds Criminal Code first-degree murder parole provision unconstitutional
Luciano Mariani broke into the Vancouver Island home of his former girlfriend Caroline Bernard in August 2021 and bludgeoned her with a baseball bat while she slept, leaving the "ghastly scene" for th...
Jan 30, 2025
B.C. woman pleads guilty to multiple charges of human trafficking after 2023 arrest
A British Columbia woman has pleaded guilty to charges of human trafficking, assault, unlawful confinement and sexual exploitation of minors. Jennifer Stephens was arrested by Langley RCMP officers in...
Jan 30, 2025
B.C. fires Victoria School Board over ban on police in schools
VICTORIA - British Columbia's education minister has fired the entire Victoria School Board in a dispute over a safety plan where the board barred police from schools except in emergencies. Minister L...
Jan 30, 2025
Surrey, B.C., mayor joins alliance of border communities ahead of possible tariffs
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke says U.S. tariffs would put hundreds of jobs in her community at risk, as she becomes the latest mayor to join an alliance advocating for Canadian border communities. Locke s...
Jan 30, 2025
$5-million climate program to help B.C.'s tree fruit growers in extreme weather
VICTORIA - Tree fruit growers in British Columbia are now able to access a $5-million climate resiliency program to help their crops weather extreme heat and cold. The funding comes after many B.C. cr...
Jan 30, 2025
BCCLA files lawsuit against City of Vancouver's ban on daytime shelters
VANCOUVER - The BC Civil Liberties Association says it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Vancouver to challenge the municipality's daytime ban on outdoor sheltering, calling it "cruel, dehumaniz...
Jan 30, 2025
Environment Canada warns of wintry conditions along B.C. south coast
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says wintry conditions are expected along British Columbia's south coast this week. It says a low pressure system is making its way toward the coast, bringing steady pre...
Jan 30, 2025
B.C. Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin wraps up seven-year post
VICTORIA - British Columbia's lieutenant-governor is leaving office after seven years on the job Janet Austin is set to perform her final ceremony in Victoria with a viceregal salute by the Naden Band...
Jan 29, 2025
B.C. extends deferral of logging in Fairy Creek amid reports of tree spiking
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved a legal order to extend temporary protections to an old-growth forest on Vancouver Island even as Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar acknowledges R...
Jan 29, 2025
B.C. assembles 'war room' to push back against U.S. tariff threats
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier is assembling a "war room" over the looming trade war between Canada and the United States, with President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs on Canadian goods com...
Jan 29, 2025