Category Archives: British Columbia
Hearing into Myles Gray's beating death halted for 4 weeks over obscenity resignation
VANCOUVER - A long-anticipated hearing into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 is being adjourned for four weeks, after it was derailed by an obscene remark and the subsequent resignation...
Jan 27, 2026
First Nation leader urges B.C. to maintain DRIPA as Eskay Creek mine deal is signed
VICTORIA - The president of the Tahltan Central Government said British Columbia shouldn't change its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, just as the First Nation and the provincial g...
Jan 27, 2026
B.C. attorney general warns against doing deals with ICE, amid pending Pattison sale
British Columbia's attorney general said business leaders in the province need to consider whether their decisions could be contributing to an immigration crackdown in the United States that she and o...
Jan 27, 2026
New seniors advocate report shows growing gap in B.C. long-term care demand, capacity
VICTORIA - British Columbia's seniors advocate is sounding the alarm over an acute need for more long-term care beds in the province, as the growth in demand has outpaced the increase in supply since ...
Jan 27, 2026
Driver from Saskatchewan arrested in fatal B.C. multi-vehicle crash
FORT ST. JOHN - A Saskatchewan man has been arrested and could face criminal charges after a fatal multi-vehicle crash in northeastern British Columbia. The BC Highway Patrol says police were alerted ...
Jan 27, 2026
Why two skulls unearthed in B.C. could be harbingers for future archeological woes
Last June, landscapers working on a site in Kamloops, B.C., came upon a troubling discovery - two human skulls and jawbones. Police and the coroner were informed, but after an inspection that swiftly ...
Jan 27, 2026
B.C. issues environmental assessment certificate for Eskay Creek mine
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has issued an environmental assessment certificate to Eskay Creek Mining Ltd., to restart gold and silver mining at the site of the former Eskay Creek mine i...
Jan 26, 2026
No possession arrests without 'extenuating circumstances': head of B.C. police chiefs
VICTORIA - The president of the BC Association of Chiefs of Police says people will not be arrested for possession of small amounts of drugs after the end of decriminalization on Jan. 31, "unless ther...
Jan 26, 2026
Involuntary care safeguards often missing, B.C. Ombudsperson says
A report by British Columbia's Ombudsperson warns that legal safeguards designed to protect patients receiving involuntary mental health care aren't being applied consistently across the province, wit...
Jan 26, 2026
ICE wants to buy Pattison building in Virginia to use for 'holding and processing'
VANCOUVER - The United States Department of Homeland Security is planning to buy a building owned by the property arm of Vancouver-based conglomerate Jim Pattison Group to use as an Immigration and Cu...
Jan 26, 2026