Category Archives: British Columbia

Asylum claims won't stop extortion suspects facing justice: Immigration Department
VICTORIA - Canada's Immigration Department says claiming asylum "cannot, and will not" prevent criminals being punished, after British Columbia's premier criticized refugee claims by extortion suspect...
Feb 04, 2026

B.C. minister says Ottawa is missing from the table on flood mitigation planning
OTTAWA - British Columbia's minister of emergency management is accusing the federal government of being absent from flood mitigation planning meetings following two major flooding events in her provi...
Feb 04, 2026

Parents of B.C.'s Piper James grieve on Australian beach where she died
BRISBANE - The parents of Canadian teenager Piper James have walked in the surf and taken part in a traditional Aboriginal ceremony on an Australian beach where their daughter was found dead last mont...
Feb 04, 2026

What's a 'thumper'? B.C. RCMP describe devices in an unneighbourly noise dispute
When two RCMP officers responded to a call about screams coming from a Burnaby, B.C., condo in late October last year, they forcibly entered the unit believing someone might be in trouble. Instead, th...
Feb 04, 2026

Former B.C. lawyer who stabbed client to death is found guilty of first-degree murder
After former Kamloops, B.C., lawyer Rogelio (Butch) Bagabuyo stole almost $800,000 from a client, stabbed him to death and then smuggled the body out of his office in a plastic tote, he tried to expla...
Feb 03, 2026

B.C. man feared 'hit' because of a feeling, ex-Mountie tells inquest into deaths
BURNABY - A former RCMP officer says a man found dead with his wife and two young sons in Prince Rupert, B.C., told him days before that he had a "feeling" that someone was trying to kill them, not be...
Feb 03, 2026

'Corrosive' immigration loopholes need to be shut down, Eby tells Ottawa
Federal lawmakers must close "corrosive" loopholes hampering the crackdown on extortion-related shootings in British Columbia, including one that allows suspects to apply for refugee status, as the "p...
Feb 03, 2026

China travel delayed Vancouver doctor's arrest for alleged sex assaults of teen girls
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say their investigation into a doctor for allegedly sexually assaulting teenage female patients took years to result in charges because the suspect went to China. Inves...
Feb 03, 2026

Vancouver International Airport set records for passengers and cargo in 2025
RICHMOND - Vancouver International Airport says it saw a record number of travellers and cargo shipments last year. The airport says it saw more than 26.9 million travellers in 2025, a 2.7 per cent ye...
Feb 03, 2026

B.C. minister is 'cautiously optimistic' Ottawa will help after Fraser Valley floods
VICTORIA - British Columbia's emergencies minister says she's cautiously optimistic about securing federal funding to prevent future flooding in the Abbotsford region, as she prepares to head to Ottaw...
Feb 02, 2026