Category Archives: British Columbia
Pokémon cards are a hot commodity, and B.C. thieves aren't playing around
Pokmon cards were the focus of a gang who turned up at an Abbotsford, B.C., collectibles store on Friday - but they weren't there to play. In pre-dawn scenes captured on the store's security video, th...
Mar 10, 2026
B.C. killings due to 'botched robbery,' defence lawyer says, as murder trial closes
ABBOTSFORD - A weeks-long trial of three men accused of murdering an Abbotsford, B.C., couple came to a close in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday, with defence lawyers painting a picture of a robbery gon...
Mar 10, 2026
Vancouver councillor sues Mayor Ken Sim over 'flippant and reckless' drug accusation
VANCOUVER - Vancouver City Coun. Sean Orr is suing Mayor Ken Sim for defamation after he accused Orr of distributing illegal drugs, comments the councillor said were made for political gain. The lawsu...
Mar 10, 2026
Eby says he had 'frank discussion' with U.S. ambassador on lumber dispute, tariffs
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby says he had a "frank discussion" with U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra about the cross-border softwood lumber dispute and tariffs. Eby says he and Hoekstra didn't agree ...
Mar 10, 2026
Police in Abbotsford, B.C., searching for suspects in sex assault
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., are investigating after a woman reported being driven to a rural area against her will and sexually assaulted by four men. Abbotsford police say the woman repo...
Mar 10, 2026
Vancouver moves closer to no-snow winter despite chilly blast
VANCOUVER - Vancouver has moved closer to an official snowless winter after a chilly blast failed to result in the benchmark one centimetre of accumulation at the city's airport. As much as four centi...
Mar 10, 2026
16 people treated for smoke injuires in fire in Mission, B.C., seniors home
MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA - The chief of the fire department in Mission, B.C., says air conditioning units were falling through the ceiling behind his crew members as they were trying to evacuate peop...
Mar 10, 2026
Registration of U.S. nurses in B.C. soars amid recruitment push
This summer, Alex Alvarez will pack her belongings and make the 3,500-kilometre trek with her husband, young son and Boston Terrier from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nanaimo, B.C. - a city she's never visite...
Mar 10, 2026
Marc Miller says Musqueam deal has 'nothing to do with' private property
OTTAWA - Culture Minister Marc Miller says a rights acknowledgment agreement between the federal government and the Musqueam First Nation has "nothing to do with" private property. He says instead tha...
Mar 09, 2026
B.C. to bring in safety zones, ban harassment around sites of worship
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is bringing in legislation to prevent intimidation, harassment and obstruction of people from going to their temples, churches and other places of worship. T...
Mar 09, 2026