Category Archives: British Columbia
'Tragic accident' kills worker at central B.C. gold mine
QUESNEL - Activity at a gold mine site in central British Columbia has been temporarily suspended after a worker died. Osisko Development Corp. says in a statement the contractor working on the surfac...
Jan 23, 2026
B.C. police investigating after Molotov cocktail tossed through home's window
CASTLEGAR - Police in Castlegar, B.C., are investigating after an unknown man allegedly set fire to a red fuel can on the porch of a home on Thursday and threw a Molotov cocktail through the front win...
Jan 23, 2026
B.C. Law Society names OPCC counsel in probe over obscenity that derailed hearing
VANCOUVER - The Law Society of British Columbia has confirmed it is investigating Brad Hickford, counsel for a public hearing into the death of Myles Gray, over concerns about an obscenity resulting i...
Jan 23, 2026
'Significant' damage to B.C. island community's only bridge scraps reopening schedule
DELTA - A bridge that provides the only road access to a Metro Vancouver island community has suffered more significant damage than originally thought after the span was hit by a tugboat, and a precau...
Jan 23, 2026
Autopsy says dingoes likely didn't kill Canadian, but there were 'pre-mortem' bites
The father of a young Canadian found dead on a beach in Australia on Monday said her family hopes to bring her remains home next week, after an autopsy suggested dingo bites on her body were likely no...
Jan 23, 2026
Fewer black bears killed in B.C. last year than in last decade: conservation officers
New figures suggest fewer black bears in British Columbia were killed in 2025 than in previous years in the last decade. The Conservation Officer Service says officers dispatched 178 black bears and e...
Jan 23, 2026
OneBC group 'facilitated' off UBC campus by RCMP amid safety fears
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia says RCMP officers "facilitated" a group of people from the OneBC party off its Vancouver campus after they failed to follow instructions to leave for th...
Jan 22, 2026
B.C. minister condemns hate crimes after Nazi symbol spray-painted on bridge
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Indigenous relations minister is condemning "repeated acts of racist vandalism" in Port Alberni after someone spray painted a Nazi symbol over a message of 'every child m...
Jan 22, 2026
B.C. to fund $600,000 expansion of forensic firearms lab to fight extortion violence
VICTORIA - British Columbia is undertaking a $600,000 expansion of the province's forensic firearms lab, a move the government says is a direct response to the recent rash of extortion violence. The f...
Jan 22, 2026
Ex-grocery boss Jones to make 'big announcement' amid B.C. Conservative race
VICTORIA - Former grocery executive Darrell Jones says he'll be making a "big announcement" next week as he considers running for the leadership of the B.C. Conservatives. Jones, whose announcement is...
Jan 22, 2026