Category Archives: British Columbia
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes off coast of northern Vancouver Island, B.C.
PORT HARDY - A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck off the northern coast of Vancouver Island, B.C. Earthquakes Canada says it hit about 183 kilometres west of Port Hardy around 10:50 a.m. on Sunday. ...
Mar 29, 2026
Homicide team deployed after man dies in Surrey, B.C., shooting
SURREY - British Columbia's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been deployed to Surrey after a fatal shooting in the city. The Surrey Police Service says in a news release that officers respon...
Mar 29, 2026
Darrell Jones drops out of B.C. Conservative leadership race, six candidates remain
VICTORIA - The number of candidates running for the leadership of the British Columbia Conservatives has shrunk to six, with candidate Darrell Jones announcing he will be throwing his support behind C...
Mar 28, 2026
New project aims to help Indigenous people with diverse needs
PRINCE GEORGE - The B.C. government is launching a new pilot project aimed at helping Indigenous people with developmental disabilities, those with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and autism in Prince...
Mar 28, 2026 (Image Credit: Prince George Native Friendship Centre)
Family fighting to bring B.C. senior home after she fell into a coma in China
It was supposed to be a joyful family reunion, but instead a British Columbia grandmother is stranded in China in a coma, her family unable to pay the hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring her hom...
Mar 28, 2026
Quicksketch: Who's who in the NDP leadership race
WINNIPEG - The next NDP leader will be announced on Sunday. There are five candidates on the ballot and voting concludes Saturday. Here's a quick look at the candidates and how the last six months hav...
Mar 28, 2026
Site C work camp moved to support nation-building project in northern B.C.
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says it's relocating and repurposing the majority of its work camp for building the Site C hydroelectric dam to support the construction of the North Coast Transmission Line proje...
Mar 27, 2026
Joint federal-provincial commission into Tumbler Ridge shooting an option: minister
VICTORIA - A joint federal-provincial commission could look into the shooting that killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., says British Columbia's public safety minister. Nina Krieger says a joint...
Mar 27, 2026
A year after the tragedy, Lapu Lapu festival victims question donations
VANCOUVER - Family members of the Lapu Lapu Day festival tragedy victims said they are not getting as much financial support as they expected, and are calling on organizers to halt plans for this year...
Mar 27, 2026
Political science lecturer says calls for resignation of MLA Chan hold water
VICTORIA - A University of British Columbia political analyst says calls for the resignation of Independent MLA Hon Chan are appropriate, after the legislator was charged this week in relation to an a...
Mar 27, 2026