Category Archives: British Columbia

Vancouver police officer faces possible charges over collision that hurt pedestrian
VANCOUVER - The Independent Investigations Office is asking prosecutors to consider charges against a Vancouver Police officer whose vehicle hit a pedestrian in the city's Eastside last year. It says ...
Aug 22, 2024

More shelter beds for people in Victoria street camp cited by police for 'hostility'
VICTORIA - Dozens of new shelter beds are opening for people living on the streets in Victoria, including at an encampment where police escorts have been required for emergency responders. A statement...
Aug 22, 2024

B.C. commuters left without West Coast Express as railways lock out workers
Rail commuters in British Columbia's Lower Mainland must find alternative transportation after Canada's two major railways locked out workers in their first-ever simultaneous stoppage. A bulletin from...
Aug 22, 2024

Japanese Canadian paper, pillar for community during war, saved from digital oblivion
VANCOUVER - More than eighty years ago, Japanese Canadians came together to sustain The New Canadian, the only newspaper specifically for the community that was allowed to be published through the Sec...
Aug 22, 2024

B.C. First Nations life expectancy plunges by 6 years, says report
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia report tracking Indigenous health issues says life expectancy for the province's First Nations people has plunged by more than six years since 2017. The First Nations He...
Aug 21, 2024

Rail strike would halt B.C.'s West Coast Express commuter train, says TransLink
The operator of British Columbia's commuter train that shuttles thousands of people across the Lower Mainland says it won't be able to run if a strike halts Canada's two biggest railways this week. Me...
Aug 21, 2024

B.C. down to two 'wildfires of note' but warming, drying trend returns to north
The Komonko Creek wildfire in southeastern B.C. is no longer considered a "wildfire of note," reducing to two the provincial tally of fires that are highly visible or pose a threat to people or proper...
Aug 21, 2024

Two Vancouver police officers charged with assault after alleged off-duty incident
VANCOUVER - Two Vancouver police officers have been charged with assault related to an off-duty incident last December. Court records show Brian Hunt and Joshua Wong each face one count of assault ove...
Aug 21, 2024

Removal underway for huge crane blocking Vancouver, B.C., street
VANCOUVER - A City of Vancouver official says a huge crane that crashed down on a busy street will likely be removed in two days, after blocking the route for more than two weeks. Saul Schwebs says cr...
Aug 21, 2024

Grizzly bear cubs seen on Vancouver Island for first time could have big impact
COURTENAY, B.C. - When wildlife photographer Catherine Babault captured images of a female grizzly bear with two cubs encountering a herd of elk on Vancouver Island last month, she knew she had witnes...
Aug 21, 2024