British Columbia

B.C. government earmarks $300M to help TransLink buy more buses, reduce overcrowding

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is paying up to $300 million in new capital funding to help TransLink, Metro Vancouver's transit provider, add more buses to its fleet. Transportation Minister Rob Fleming...

Apr 17, 2024

B.C. prison guards decry increasing violence, drone drops of weapons, drugs

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Union of Canadian Correctional Officers says prisons have become "overwhelmed" by a surge in drone drops of weapons and drugs, driving a wave of violence in correctional facilit...

Apr 17, 2024

B.C. police seize guns, 14 kilograms of fentanyl in Lower Mainland trafficking probe

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Mounties in B.C.'s Lower Mainland say a months-long trafficking investigation spanned multiple cities and led to the seizure of significant quantities of illicit drugs, along with g...

Apr 17, 2024

Elephant seal Emerson is back in Victoria, defying relocation by swimming 200 km

VICTORIA - Emerson the elephant seal is back in Victoria after defying attempts to relocate him and swimming more than 200 kilometres to return to his preferred urban habitat to moult. The Fisheries D...

Apr 17, 2024

Officer in charge tells inquest everything possible was done to save B.C. hostage

BURNABY, B.C. - The officer in charge when police in Surrey, B.C., killed a hostage taker and the woman he was holding says he believes he did everything possible to save her. RCMP Insp. Blair White t...

Apr 17, 2024

B.C. killer seeks to attend sentencing by video as lawyer cites safety concerns

VANCOUVER - A defence lawyer for Ibrahim Ali, who was convicted of first-degree murder of a 13-year-old girl in Burnaby, B.C., says the man wants to appear at his sentencing hearing by video over fear...

Apr 16, 2024

Western Forest Products indefinitely curtails Alberni Pacific Division facility

VANCOUVER - Western Forest Products Inc. says it's indefinitely curtailing operations at its Alberni Pacific Division facility. The Vancouver-based company says the facility has been temporarily curta...

Apr 16, 2024

Unifor withdraws Amazon union applications, citing 'suspiciously high' employee data

VANCOUVER - Unifor says it's temporarily withdrawing its applications to represent workers at two Vancouver-area Amazon facilities, accusing the e-commerce giant of providing a "suspiciously high" emp...

Apr 16, 2024

B.C. coroner's jury hears from victim's son about night of fatal hostage taking

BURNABY, B.C. - The son of a woman killed in a hostage standoff in Surrey, B.C., in 2019 says he stood a block away watching as a "tank" was brought in, and heard multiple flashbangs going off on the ...

Apr 16, 2024

B.C. construction sector seeks support as workers shortage, late payments persist

VICTORIA - British Columbia's construction industry says its workforce numbers have improved in recent years, but labour shortages persist and are putting "extreme pressures" on employers. The BC Cons...

Apr 16, 2024