Category Archives: British Columbia

Pedestrian dies after bus carrying elementary school pupils crashes in B.C. Interior
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A pedestrian is dead after a bus carrying elementary school students crashed and ran off a highway in British Columbia's central Interior. Police say the person was struck on Hi...
Jun 21, 2024

Indigenous leader makes plea for unity among B.C. First Nations to save wild salmon
VICTORIA - Indigenous dancers have circled a fire inside Victoria's Mungo Martin House in a celebration of wild salmon on National Indigenous Peoples Day. Members of the Namgis First Nation from the A...
Jun 21, 2024

B.C. launches class-action lawsuit against makers of 'forever chemicals'
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it has filed a class-action lawsuit against manufacturers of so-called "forever chemicals" involved in what it calls widespread contamination of drinkin...
Jun 21, 2024

B.C. police warn of safety risk after male arrested for manslaughter, then released
SICAMOUS, B.C. - Police in Sicamous, B.C., are warning of a "potential public safety risk" after a male was arrested then released with conditions over the death of a woman at a mobile home park. RCMP...
Jun 21, 2024

Large, smoky fire extinguished in Metro Vancouver, air quality bulletin to be lifted
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Metro Vancouver Regional District says a fire at a trestle bridge in Richmond, B.C., has been extinguished after sending up huge plumes of smoke that prompted an air quality bulle...
Jun 21, 2024

Vancouver Dragon Boat Festival will go ahead after sewage leak into False Creek
VANCOUVER - Organizers of this weekend's Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver say a sewage leak into False Creek where the races are held won't have a major effect on the event. The leak from a pipe unde...
Jun 20, 2024

Surrey, B.C., police officer charged with excessive speeding
VICTORIA - Prosecutors say they have charged a Surrey, B.C., police officer with speeding following an incident last year. A statement from the BC Prosecution Service says the charge against Surrey Po...
Jun 20, 2024

Eby's baby countdown brings B.C. election campaigning forward
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's election is still four months away, but Premier David Eby has held a campaign event in Vancouver ahead of what he says is a personal count down - next week's expected bi...
Jun 20, 2024

William Shatner dives into salmon farm debate with profanity-laden campaign
Canadian actor William Shatner is wading into the debate over open-pen salmon farming in British Columbia, saying it's time to stop being polite in an F-word-filled video that calls for an end to the ...
Jun 20, 2024

Minister wants B.C. to be model for aquaculture as it moves to containment
VANCOUVER - Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier says the country's "strict rules" on banning open-net salmon farming are necessary, since the goal is to make British Columbia "a model" in g...
Jun 20, 2024