Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. reports 138 work-related deaths in 2025; occupational diseases the leading cause
RICHMOND - British Columbia's workers' compensation agency says 138 people died on the job or from workplace injuries and illnesses last year. WorkSafeBC says in a statement that 79 of those deaths we...
Apr 27, 2026
Shell goes big on Canadian gas with $22B deal to buy ARC Resources
CALGARY - Shell plc has signed a $22-billion deal to acquire ARC Resources Ltd., bringing together the lead partner in Canada's first operating liquefied natural gas project with a major producer in o...
Apr 27, 2026
B.C. home sales expecting 2.1 per cent slide in 2026 as economic challenges mount
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia are forecast to fall 2.1 per cent this year as economic challenges push volume and prices lower across the province. The B.C. Real Estate Association says in...
Apr 27, 2026
Suspected cocaine, fentanyl, mushrooms seized as two arrested in Kelowna, B.C., bust
KELOWNA - Two men have been arrested in a co-ordinated bust in British Columbia's Interior that saw police seize more than 10 kilograms of illicit substances along with other items related to a drug d...
Apr 27, 2026
Three men charged in 2022 homicide in Castlegar, B.C.
CASTLEGAR - Police in British Columbia say three people have been charged in the 2022 homicide of a man in the province's Interior. Mounties in Castlegar, B.C., say the three accused were arrested Fri...
Apr 27, 2026
VPD officers haven't spoken at Myles Gray death hearing. Here's what the exhibits say
VANCOUVER - None of the seven Vancouver police officers involved in a violent encounter leading up to the death of Myles Gray more than 10 years ago has yet testified at a public hearing that is sched...
Apr 27, 2026
Surrey Police Service investigating after reported gunfire between two vehicles
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., say they're investigating an apparent gunfight involving two vehicles in the city on Saturday night. The Surrey Police Service says officers were called to the city ce...
Apr 26, 2026
RCMP in B.C. investigate suspected kidnapping in a restaurant parking lot
RICHMOND - Police in Richmond, B.C., say they're investigating a suspected kidnapping in a restaurant parking lot. Police say they were called to the Bamboo Grove Restaurant on No. 3 Road just after 1...
Apr 26, 2026
Carney, Eby lament 'senseless' violence of Vancouver festival attack one year later
VANCOUVER - It was early Sunday morning when Antonio Ortega drove in the area of Fraser Street in Vancouver, a year to the day since a vehicle tore through the crowd of the Lapu Lapu Day festival cele...
Apr 26, 2026
Man arrested after deadly fire at Abbotsford, B.C., homeless encampment
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say a man has been arrested after a body was discovered in a burned out structure at a homeless encampment Friday evening. Abbotsford Police say officers respo...
Apr 25, 2026