British Columbia

Police investigating series of extortion threats linked with shooting in B.C.

WHITE ROCK, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia say they are investigating a series of extortion threats that police say may be linked. RCMP say they are working with police in Abbotsford to advance t...

Dec 08, 2023

Tens of thousands of B.C. residents received free contraception in eight months

VANCOUVER - About 188,000 people have received free prescription contraception since British Columbia. became the first province to offer them in April. The province says in the first eight months of ...

Dec 08, 2023

Weather system may bring snow to parts of Metro Vancouver, gusts to north B.C. coast

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued a series of warnings and advisories as a frontal system that could bring Metro Vancouver its first snowfall this winter nears the British Columbia coast. It s...

Dec 08, 2023

Time's up for some short-term rentals in B.C., as new housing rules transform scene

VICTORIA - Nancy Paine's short-term rental business is dead in the water. As co-founder and CEO of Victoria-based Superhost, Paine said she had been at the forefront of the Airbnb revolution for seven...

Dec 08, 2023

B.C. jury to resume deliberations in Ibrahim Ali's murder trial

VANCOUVER - A jury is resuming deliberations today in the case of Ibrahim Ali, whose marathon first-degree murder trial in B.C. Supreme Court wrapped up Thursday. Ali is accused of murdering a 13-year...

Dec 08, 2023

Inside Ibrahim Ali's murder trial: threats, hallucinations, a dead witness and delays

VANCOUVER - Ibrahim Ali's lawyers had a problem. They couldn't get him to understand a key point - that he was still on trial for the first-degree murder of a 13-year-old girl. "He's useless to us," d...

Dec 07, 2023

Jury retires in Ibrahim Ali's marathon B.C. murder trial

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court jury has retired to deliberate in the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali, more than eight months after he pleaded not guilty to killing a 13-year-old...

Dec 07, 2023

Bachrach calls on Ottawa to step up on watershed security in BC

OTTAWA - On Wednesday, a motion tabled by NDP MP Taylor Bachrach at the Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development was passed, calling on Ottawa to help build a 1 billion dollar...

Dec 07, 2023

Is a shift underway in provincial politics?

PRINCE GEORGE - A shift in provincial politics seems to be underway as new polling numbers have shown that support for the NDP government remains strong. Recent polling from Abacus Data shows that the...

Dec 07, 2023

Lululemon earns US$248.7 million in third quarter, revenue rises to US$2.2 billion

VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says its net income for the third quarter was US$248.7 million, compared with US$255.6 million a year earlier. The Vancouver-based apparel company says net revenue...

Dec 07, 2023