Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. worker's muscle, joint injury claims cost more than $2 billion over five years
RICHMOND - British Columbia's workers' compensation agency says claims for musculoskeletal injuries - those involving muscles, joints, tendons and nerves - have resulted in more than $2.35 billion in ...
Feb 26, 2026
Students in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., begin returning to class following mass shooting
TUMBLER RIDGE - Some students headed back to classes in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Thursday, just over two weeks after an 18-year-old shooter killed eight people, including six at the local secondary sch...
Feb 26, 2026
Snowfall, high wind warnings expand in B.C. as frontal system moves across province
COQUIHALLA - Large portions of British Columbia are under warnings and advisories for heavy snowfall and high winds as a frontal system moves across the province, triggering an expansion of alerts. En...
Feb 26, 2026
B.C. man cured of rare disease in world-first for new gene-editing technology
Ty Sperle says he felt "insane shock" after learning he'd been cured of a rare genetic disease through a clinical trial using a new gene-editing treatment. The B.C. man says he'd started that day last...
Feb 26, 2026
B.C. RCMP tout 10-year prison sentence for 'primary target' in drug lab investigation
RICHMOND - A 10-year prison sentence has been handed to a man police say led a crime group that operated "large-scale methamphetamine labs" in Richmond, B.C. RCMP say it's the end result of a years-lo...
Feb 25, 2026
Snowboarder killed in avalanche near Pemberton, B.C.
REVELSTOKE - A snowboarder has been killed in an avalanche near Pemberton, B.C., the third such death this month. Avalanche Canada says the boarder died on Tuesday after triggering a so-called wind-sl...
Feb 25, 2026
'It's not a joke': Winnipeg police detail arrests amid a spate of school threats
WINNIPEG - Police in Winnipeg are warning about a recent spate of threats to local schools. Staff Sgt. Shaun Venn says none of the 11 separate calls received between Feb. 3 and Feb. 19 were credible. ...
Feb 25, 2026
Eby honours heroism of Tumbler Ridge kids while marking Pink Shirt Day
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby has paid tribute to the heroism of children caught up in the Tumbler Ridge shootings, at an event for anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day. He says the children e...
Feb 25, 2026
Sikh Canadians say state violence a continued threat as PM prepares to visit India
OTTAWA - Some Canadian Sikhs are calling on the government to take a firmer stand on India as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to travel there this week on a mission to expand Canada's non-U.S. tra...
Feb 25, 2026
B.C. judge dismisses convicted killer's bid to have case thrown out over delay
NEW WESTMINSTER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application by a man convicted of first-degree murder to have the case thrown out over his claim that trial delays violated hi...
Feb 25, 2026