British Columbia

British Columbia sets tougher penalties for trucks that hit overpasses

DELTA, B.C. - The British Columbia government is stepping up penalties for truckers who crash into highway overpasses after a rash of such incidents in recent years. Transportation Minister Rob Flemin...

Dec 14, 2023

Death toll among B.C.'s homeless rising, hits 342 people last year: Coroner's report

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Coroners Service says there's been a sharp increase in deaths among people experiencing homelessness. A statement from the coroners service says the deaths of 342 people ...

Dec 14, 2023

Study shows colonials forced Indigenous woolly dogs into extinction

VANCOUVER - For thousands of years, a breed of white, woolly dog played an important and cultural role for Coast Salish people in Western Canada but when colonists moved in the animal quickly became e...

Dec 14, 2023

B.C. approves health research centre construction at new St. Paul's Hospital

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's provincial government says it is going ahead with the construction of a $638-million "state-of-the-art" research centre at the new St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. Prem...

Dec 14, 2023

Amazon delivery drivers accused of stealing packages in Metro Vancouver

BURNABY, B.C. - Three delivery truck drivers in Metro Vancouver are facing possible charges for allegedly stealing packages and trying to sell the contents online. Mounties say the cases of porch pira...

Dec 14, 2023

Vancouver passes motion to ask province to amend charter, remove elected Park Board

Vancouver's municipal council has passed a motion aimed at removing the city's elected Park Board. At a meeting last night, council passed a motion by Mayor Ken Sim to ask the province to amend the Va...

Dec 14, 2023

Hierarchical police, military and CSIS in need of harassment reckoning: professor

VANCOUVER - Bonnie Robichaud's ordeal started in the late 1970s when she got a unionized job as a cleaner on a military base in Ontario, and a Department of National Defence employee began sexually ha...

Dec 14, 2023

B.C. police seek Interpol notice for return of cocaine smuggler who escaped to India

SURREY, B.C. - Police in British Columbia are asking Interpol to post a red notice for the arrest and return of a Surrey man who escaped to India after being convicted of smuggling cocaine into Canada...

Dec 13, 2023

Grocery code launch being held back by dissent from some retailers: board report

After two years of work, the group responsible for developing the grocery code of conduct says its launch is being held back by a lack of support from all the major grocers. The interim board sent a p...

Dec 13, 2023

B.C.'s chief coroner exits, frustrated and disappointed with government's OD response

VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner Lisa Lapointe says she's a hopeful person, but she is leaving her office frustrated and disappointed. Angry, even. Lapointe has been at the forefront of the...

Dec 13, 2023