Category Archives: British Columbia

'Pivotal moment': Trudeau celebrates 10th anniversary of landmark Tsilhqotʼin ruling
NEMAIAH VALLEY, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid tribute to a landmark court ruling that resulted in the first declaration of Aboriginal title in Canadian history, visiting the territory of t...
Jun 26, 2024

Mounties seize 439 catalytic converters in B.C. theft, trafficking investigation
BURNABY, B.C. - Mounties in Burnaby, B.C., say they used undercover officers as part of a lengthy investigation into hundreds of stolen catalytic converters that they say were destined to be sent to t...
Jun 26, 2024

Catholic Church and B.C. First Nation unveil covenant on residential schools
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The leader of Vancouver's Roman Catholic archdiocese says the church was wrong to administer residential schools in British Columbia, and he hopes a newly released covenant with a Fir...
Jun 26, 2024

Eleven-year-old boy drowns after inflated tube flips in B.C. lake
KIMBERLEY, B.C. - RCMP say an 11-year-old boy has drowned in Wasa Lake, north of Cranbrook in southeastern B.C. Police say the boy was out with two other children on Sunday on an inflated tube when it...
Jun 26, 2024

Vancouver Police release video showing suspect in synagogue arson
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver have released video showing a man who is believed to have set fire to the front entrance of a synagogue last month in the hope that someone may recognize the suspect. T...
Jun 26, 2024

Centuries of stories, from some of Canada's centenarians
The Canadian Press has spent the past month interviewing some of Canada's more than 11,000 centenarians and their families. These are some of their stories. 'EVERYONE LOOKS AT YOU AS IF YOU SHOULD HAV...
Jun 26, 2024

B.C. First Nation has draft treaty after 30 years of hard work: treaty commissioner
TERRACE - The head of British Columbia's Treaty Commission says the latest draft treaty signed in the province will allow the First Nation to "break free from the shackles of the Indian Act" and take ...
Jun 25, 2024

Green MLA Olsen not running in fall B.C. election, cites mental and physical health
VICTORIA - One of the two Green Party members in British Columbia's Legislature has announced he will not seek re-election in this fall's provincial vote. Adam Olsen, who represents Saanich North and ...
Jun 25, 2024

First Nations, Ottawa, B.C., announce $335M for protection off Great Bear coast
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is working with 17 First Nations in British Columbia as well as the provincial government to expand protection for marine ecosystems off t...
Jun 25, 2024

Pattison Media awards scholarships to six journalism students
KAMLOOPS - Pattison Media Ltd. has announced the awarding of six total scholarships valued at $2,500 each, to deserving students enrolled in journalism and/or broadcast studies at institutions across ...
Jun 25, 2024